On Saturday we went to Maryland’s RenFest. Both Dan and I really enjoy it and both Desmond and Eloise seemed to have fun. I wore Eloise and Dan wore Desmond, we were going to let him down when he wanted to, so he could walk around and explore some. Unfortunately he decided to have a tantrum when we let him down so he went right back up onto Dan’s back.

One of the most amusing parts of the day was when we saw a fruit stand and Dan commented, “Who goes to RenFest to buy fruit?” To which I looked at him and said, “Actually, how about we get Desmond an apple, he has only eaten fries today.” So we did. He was thinking the fruit stand was more like a farmers market, not a stand that was selling individual pieces of fruit.

We had a lot of fun while there, and both short ones got a doll, and Desmond got a sword as well.

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Dan was playing on the computer the other day, so both Desmond and Eloise decided to be with him and watch him play. The two of them are leaning on the desk which is right next to our big chair.

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Does Desmond not have the best curls ever? If only the back of his head won’t turn into a rats nest instantly. He has the best curls ever. I wish my hair curled like his. I am really hoping Eloise also inherits the gorgeous curls.

For nap time, we normally all go up to the bedroom and I turn on Backyardigans for Desmond while nursing Eloise down and then I turn it off at the end of the episode and nurse Desmond till he goes to sleep. So in these pictures I am normally between the two of them. Once Desmond is down I normally lay there a bit and then bring Eloise downstairs with me, where she plays and naps the rest of the afternoon till Dan gets home. Desmond normally sleeps till Dan gets home.

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So Desmond really likes the TV show the Backyardigans, and in one of the shows there is a giant robot that says “cheese” trying to get his picture taken. Desmond has taken to saying “cheese” every time he sees a camera lately. So I had the camera out and my little ham saw me and started saying “cheese!”, which was quite appropriate since he was eating cheese at the time.

Here are some pictures of Eloise sitting. She is really good at it now and doesn’t need her arms to keep her up anymore. I noticed in the pictures it looks like she has a huge head. Her head really isn’t that big!

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The other day I looked up and Eloise was sitting against a cushion. Neither Dan or I had propped her up there, so she had gotten up there all by herself. She has done it once or twice since then as well.

I also found her asleep on the floor a couple of days ago, with her toy around the top of her arm, she had apparently played with it like it was a bracelet.

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I have a bunch of pictures from earlier this month to post still, so I am going to be posting them in the next day or two. First off here are a couple of Eloise asleep on Dan. All snuggled up with her Daddy. And one pictures of K-line since he rarely gets his picture taken these days.

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Here is Eloise laughing, she has such a great baby laugh. I love it!

Last night I looked over at Eloise and saw her pulling up on the cushions that end up scattered across our living room every day, since Desmond doesn’t believe cushions should stay on the sofa. She was working on pulling up and cruising, eek! She is only 5 and a half months old, I thought I would have at least a few more weeks. There are two videos, the second one has Desmond saying Cheese as well.