Here are a couple of pictures from the end of Novemberish. I took them of baby boy and figured I should share them too.

Help let me out:

At my parent’s new lakehouse:

At my parent’s house:

Playing with his big Hanukkah present:

With me:

So on Wednesday it snowed. We got around 3 inches, maybe more. It was Desmond’s first real snow, it actually snowed the day after he was born, but we were both in the hospital so I don’t really count that one.

Anyways we went out and played in the snow for a bit and I got some cute baby in the snow pictures So enjoy pictures of the cute baby.

We just got back from Desmond’s 6 month doctor’s appointment. He is doing well, he didn’t grow as much between 4 and 6 months as he has been before that point. We are pretty sure he actually has lost weight since Disney, since he is so active now. Anyways now for the stats:

Weight: 19 pounds 13 ounces (85%)
Height: 27 inches (75%)
Head Circumference: 45cm (85%)

He did it! He has been scootching for awhile, remember the pictures from here? The past week or so he has been getting on his hands and knees and rocking trying to figure out how to go forward.

Last night he was really close to pulling it off. Today he did it, about an hour ago so right around 12:30 he moved forward on his hands and knees. He didn’t go far, but he’s got it. Now we really need to babyproof everything, since I am sure he’ll get faster and better at it really quickly.

I’ll try to get a video of it or pictures up soon, when I can actually catch him doing it.

I finally got around to updating my actual website. It hadn’t been updated in years so I figured it was time. Anyways for anyone interested it is just a collection of Desmond pictures and you can find it here.

In other news, we had Gymboree today, it was fun. There were 5 new babies there, and some of them were really babies, like 5 and 7 weeks old. You forget really fast how small newborns really are. They were so cute. The three of us that are normally in the class all decided to move up to level 2. It seemed like it was time, the stuff we did today was definitely more directed towards slightly smaller babies then any of us had. So we’re all going to the Thursday class. It should be fun, at a guess there isn’t a huge difference between level 1 and level 2 Gymboree, but we’ll see. I also signed up for Baby Signs which is starting in October, he’ll have just turned 6 months when the class starts so it should be perfect timing to start that.

Other then that not much else going on here, I’m thinking of restarting learning Latin again.

So it’s been a bit busy here the past few weeks. Shocking I know. Dan just switched companies today and is now working for his new company. Nothing much changed in his actual work environment since he is still doing the same job just new company in charge.

This weekend we went out and saw my inlaws, my father in law just had back surgery so we went to their house to visit. Their fridge apparently died and they aren’t planning on getting a new one until my father in law can go out looking with my mother in law. I personally would have problems not having a fridge for 2 weeks, but whatever works for them. My father in law is doing well and seems to be recovering well. They both loved playing with Desmond. We had a nice time there.

We went to a baby wearing expo before we went to their house, it was nice. We tried on a carrier I’m interested in. It fits well, but doesn’t seem like a big change from our Mei Tei so we decided to wait before buying it. We may get one later on though.

Sunday we ran a bunch of errands. We are looking for a chair for Desmond to sit in, in the living room. We used his bouncer, but he has outgrown it and it doesn’t look safe anymore. So we’re looking for something to replace it with. Unfortuantely there aren’t many options. We found one, but the only places that sells them are in England and Europe, which makes shipping fairly expensive, and we would like to see it before we buy it. Oh well, we’ll probably waffle long enough that he is sitting before we do anything and just get him a toddler sized arm chair.

Today Desmond and I went to the Aquarium and met some nice Moms and children from our baby wearing group. It was fun. We got there late, but found them after the dolphin show anyways, so it worked out. We had fun and went out to lunch afterwards before heading home. It was a fun day, even if I did have to drive in Baltimore.

Other then that not much else going on this week at least. Which is nice, we have Gymboree on Wednesday but nothing else till this weekend when we go visit my inlaws again for their labor day cookout. Though atty will be doing the grilling this year instead of my father in law, Back surgery and all.

If you want to catch up for the past few weeks, check the extended entry.

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Okay so Desmond had his 4 month appointment today and is doing well.

At birth he was 7 pounds 14 ounces and 20 3/4 inches
At one months he was 11 pounds and 23 inches
At two months he was 14 pounds and 24 1/2 inches
At four months he is 17 pounds 13 ounces and 26 1/2 inches

He is in the 90% for weight and 90 – 95% for height. He is a big baby boy, he is closer to the size of a 7 or 8 month old then a 4 month old. He is extremely alert as well and did great on the baby assessment page, he has basically filled it out with all yeses except feeding himself, since he doesn’t get food yet, sitting on his own (though he is really close) and standing holding onto something other then Mommy or Daddy.

Go Desmond!

*Edit* I was close on the weight, since 18ish would cover 17 pounds 13 ounces and I was a bit short on the height, I really didn’t think we was quite that tall.

So Desmond has a new trick that he enjoys doing. During tummy time he moves out of the boppy and end up on his back. It is actually fairly impressive. So I’ve included pictures from Tuesday and Wednesday, though the Tuesday ones don’t have him on his back because I picked him up before that since he was upset.

Step 1 in the boppy for tummy time:

Step 2: move back till I am no longer in the boppy:

Step 3: End up on my back or in the case my tummy:

Wednesday’s turn:

Step 1 have fun in the boppy:

Step 2 Move out of the boppy:

Step 3 End up on the back:

So on Saturday we decided to either go to the National Zoo or Baltimore Aquarium. The day was suppose to be so nice (high of 83) that we decided the Zoo was a good plan. We figured it would be slightly less crowded then normal thanks to Harry Potter 7. So we headed into the city to see the animals. It was a lot of fun, it was crowded, but not horribly and the weather was nice, it got a little warmer then 83 (up to about 85 I think), but it was still nice weather to see the animals in. Desmond slept through the first two hours we were there. He was awake for the last hour and a half or so, and we showed him some of the animals, like the elephant, hippo, Cheetah, and Great Panda. He seemed to have fun and both Dan and I enjoyed the visit. We’ll have to go back when Desmond is a bit more interactive so he can actually know what he is see.

That being said I took a bunch of pictures so here are a few.

Okay so here are the pictures we just had done on Sunday. I’m including the family portrait.