Des w/AJ Some More

AJ uses the baby remote as a phone. They play with a book.

Desmond and AJ Play

As you can see, AJ talks and walks now. She says simple words while Desmond still utters complete gibberish.

Nickname Review

We go over his nicknames, and with a new face he makes, he already has a new one. It is a miracle he responds to his name Desmond.

Some Belly Time with His Piano

Desmond does his 'snake dance' ont he ground to the piano music and duck music. He pops up on his knees a bit.

Stuffing the Sausage

Without comment.

Des Dances to Awesome Tunes

Des likes to shake to music. He wiggles some, falls some, and laughs some.

Des Saying "DADADADA"

Despite seeign the camera, he does spend a solid two minutes talking.

Morning with Des Moving his Feet

Desmond plays in his high chair one morning. Dad makes a Caddyshack reference. He'll still want to watch it and laugh at it right? It's not like those jokes are time specific. It's not Murphy Brown where half the comedy is lost because of the topical jokes.

Desmond and Dad Chat

Sometimes it really is this much fun.

Des as Chewy

So we dressed Desmond up as Chewbacca for Halloween. Mom was Princess Leia and Dad was Darth Vader...



Of course we had to set him up for photos.



Plus Dad needed some time with him.

Des Eats Puffs

Des has soem puffs and entertains us.

Desmond with his Grandparents

Desmond spends time with his Gramma and Grampa. He claps at 'yeah' now.

Des Watches the World Series

Desmond was watching the World Series.

Desmond Eats a Cookie

Desmond eats a cookie and chats in his high chair. He throws in some Frankenstein sounds.

Des and Mom on The Floor

Desmond talks to his workbench and plays. At one point, he turns his head way over to the side to look at it better.

The Swing.....1.5 months vs. 10 months....

As Matt likes to say, after the two of us, the MVP of Desmond's first year are his two swings. He started out in a full sized swing and he loved it so much that we invested in a portable one as well for the upstairs (and we found it came in handy for trips as well!) He still loves his swing but (thankfully) does not need to be in it for hours on end any more. I really think at one point, he was in there for 8 hours a day! Now he only uses it some nights when he is tired but we want to keep him up later, if he does not feel well (teething), if he wakes up earlier in the morning than mom wants him to get up (stupid daylight savings) or won't take a nap (we are always guarenteed a nap when he's in that thing!). Many days he does not even use it. It's a good thing too as at 28 inches he's quickly approaching the height limit and it's days are numbered! Luckily his full sized swing is a bit bigger should we have any sleep / illness emergencies, we can still use that one! I posted this picture back in March but I think it was taken around the end of Februaray making Desmond about a month and a half. I just took the second picture tonight (he is just 3 days shy of his 10 month birthday).

Des Spends 2 Mins constantly jumping around.

He knows the sound of the camera turning on. He is a bit of a spazz in this video.

Des and Dad Playing

We were just hanging out on the floor for a minute Mom recorded it.

Desmond Gazes Outdoors and Listens to Oldies

Desmond was watching the leaves blow around in the backyard. The Moody Blues provide the soundtrack.

Desmond Talks and Plays on Saturday Morning

Desmond spends a few minutes playing with his bowl and watching the leaves in the trees. He does utter gibberish throughout the video.

Desmond in his High Chair

Desmond plays around in his high chair. Dad entertains Desmond as Mom cooks behind them. Dad and Desmond box a bit.

Desmond Listens to "Angel"

We discuss listening to sad songs. He's playing with some of his new toys. Dad mentions Desmond's intent staredown of objects and his shaking of them.

Desmond Plays Ball

Desmond and Dad play some ball.

Desmond Teethes

He's still learning how to use that workbench.

dad's old snow suit

grandma gave us dad's old snow suit that he wore when he was around a year old.  i SQUEEZED desmond 9.5 month old self into it today.  let's jsut say, it was rather, ah hem, snug.  looks like he's much bigger than his daddy was at that age!  hilarious video of my trying to put it on him to follow at a later date.....

please excuse my hair - i had just gotten back from dancing....had desmond not looked so cute in this one, i wouldn't have posted it!

fun in the leaves!

matt was doing some raking.  he requested i bring desmond outside.  below is what happened next:

The Dancing Baby

normally the pictures and videos on the blog are recorded 2-4 weeks before they actually reach the blog.  however, we recorded Desmond dancing tonight so i just had to post it ASAP!  the TV was on and some music came on - he started be bopping right away and continued after it was done.  of course we took out the camera, rewound the show and hit record.  enjoy!

visit from grandma and grandpa

grandma and grandpa came to visit this past weekend. desmond had a great time!

the presents that desmond got:

with grandma:

at russell farms:

cutest scarecrow:

looking at the donkeys w/ daddy:

driving the John Deer:

on a bale of hay:

Mom Gets Desmond Laughing

Lots of laughter here.