So it snowed today. We were out doing some shopping for general groceries and such and when we got back to the car we saw it had started very lightly. We headed home since Desmond wanted to run around anyways. We then dressed him in his snowsuit (yay it has now been used twice, I’ll get my money’s worth yet!) and boots and took him and K-line out to walk in the falling snow. You can tell that it was falling, I’d say we got about half an inch or so. Now to see if it is still here in the morning, and take more pictures of Desmond in it if it is!

Before we left for home Desmond and I went to the Atlanta Aquarium for about 2 hours. We looked at all the fishies and he liked running around and playing in their play structure for the children and seeing all the fish.

We also walked outside and down to where there was a Santa Claus set up. They were doing free pictures, Desmond however stopped, looked at the Santa, shook him head no and turned and head back the way we came, so we didn’t get his picture with Santa. Oh well, he did quite enjoy the fishies, at least. Unfortunately I had the small camera, so I didn’t get many good pictures of him with the fish, but here are a couple.

Look Fishies!

Watching the Fish

We had a decent Thanksgiving, there were some ups and some downs. The start of the week through Thanksgiving was good for everyone and we all had a good Thanksgiving.

Unfortunately my parents dog had to be put to sleep on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, which was a definite downer. She had cancer and they knew it was coming, unfortunately it came when everyone was there finishing up Friday night’s dinner. Not fun all around. Desmond really liked their dog at our last visit in August, she would run after him and chase him and he couldn’t understand why she wasn’t able to this time. It was not a fun night for anyone. Everyone will miss Baxter, she wasn’t that old either which was the really sad part. Poor doggie.

The rest of our visit after Saturday was fine as well, just a bit depressing because of the poor dog. Desmond did enjoy himself though and I did get a bunch of pictures of him. Here are a few of them.

Playing with the play kitchen

Playing with the play kitchen

Playing before Thanksgiving dinner with Ruthie

With Grandpa

Eating Thanksgiving Dinner

Giving Great Grandpa Kisses

Great Grandpa Kisses!

So Desmond has been going to bed late recently, since we’ve gotten back from India and actually a week or so before that. At this point if he gets to bed by 11pm we are happy, the past two nights have been midnight and 12:30. He has also decided that napping is not a good idea either. Yesterday he napped for 45 minutes, then fell asleep at 6pm for 3 hours (which didn’t help with the going to bed early). Today he just won’t go down. So I turned on Cars for him and he climbed onto the computer chair with me, where he apparently decided to fall asleep. While I appreciate the nap and all, if he would nap in his bed it would be so much nicer. He is so cute sleeping on my chair though.

Naptime!

Naptime Too!

So yesterday and this evening, I was in the living room and looked up and asked Dan, “What happened to Desmond’s diaper?” His response both times has been “Huh?”. In other words short stuff has started taking off his diaper, which won’t be a big deal, except they are snap diapers, we know he can and does (loves to in fact) take off velcro diapers, which is why we only use the snap ones now. Apparently he is starting to figure them out too. I am hoping it doesn’t happen to often because I really do like him in a diaper, it just feels safer somehow, since he does not seem at all ready to potty train yet.

So Desmond is napping right now, and I got a few pictures of him doing so. So here are a couple of pictures from today of Desmond napping in his bed. I’ll post some more on India in a day or three. Desmond has decided not to go to bed till 10 or 11pm at the moment which makes the evening challenging. On the plus side he’s cut down on the quantity of food he’s eating, though not a lot.

I was just having an e-mail discussion with my Mom which reminded me of a post I wanted to make. Why did no one mention that 19 month olds can eat more then everyone else in the house combined? Seriously the boy is packing away the food, I am really hoping it is a growth spurt because he is eating a ton.

For instance this morning till he took his nap at 11am he had:

2 bowls of pasta with cheese
a small red wax cheese
a bowl of blueberries
a bowl of pineapple
a granola bar
a bowl of raspberries
a tortilla shell
milk
2 small pieces of peppermint bark
a scoop of peppermint ice cream

Now the dog gets some of this, but not as much as one would expect and that is just this morning, the past two mornings he’s eaten more then this list. My mornings consist of him taking me to the fridge every 20 minutes or so to get him something else to eat. To be fair he does slow down some in the afternoon, but he still eats a fair amount then as well.

I am really hoping for another growth spurt even though he just had one a month ago or so, because he is raising our grocery bills all by himself.

Okay so anyone who didn’t see me buying the baby new clothes as soon as I knew gender raise your hand. Anyone? That’s what I thought. So we went out after dinner last night and picked up 2 new outfits for the baby. Amusingly enough neither of them is pink. Here are the baby’s new outfits. I really like both of them especially the Winnie the Pooh one.

I really like the blue fairy princess one too, it is cute.

And her Winnie the Pooh Dress!

We had our ultrasound today, and the baby is looking good! It is also a little girl! Now to think about names, eek!

So Desmond went to bed early last night, not as early as me, I erm fell asleep at his nap time and stayed asleep, but early none the less. So he was up around 3/3:30am. Between Dan and I we were able to keep him pretty happy till about 6am, when he decided it was time to go downstairs again. I took him downstairs and he led me to the fridge. Not a big deal, normally I open the fridge he gets what he wants and I close the fridge.

Not this morning though, this morning he points to the cheese drawer so I get him a thing of cheese, nope not what he wants. I take out the strawberries, he puts them back in, I offer an apple, he says “No, no, no!” He is reaching for something on the top shelf so I offer him some water, he shakes his head. I give up and close the fridge door after taking out and apple in case he decides to change his mind. He has a temper tantrum. After about 10 minutes I offer him stuff again, he keeps screaming, so I bring him back upstairs. It is around 6:45 by now. He doesn’t settle down upstairs but Dan gets up and we take him back downstairs, where Dan opens the fridge and Desmond takes out the Spinach Ravioli from Costco. He stops screaming and starts smiling. So we make the boy Ravioli for breakfast, and apparently that is just what he wanted, now why he won’t pull it out for me, I have no idea.