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.

So Thanksgiving was nice. My whole family was there, we stayed at my parents new lakehouse which is very nice. We all fit, it was a bit crowded, but it will be better when it is finished being remodeled and the first floor can be used as well. We had a nice time, my sister’s boyfriend showed up Thursday evening after we ate, so we added one more to the house. It was fun, it was nice seeing my cousins again and hanging out with everyone. It was also really nice that my grandfather could be there, he liked seeing the baby, though he was a bit sad my Grandmother wasn’t there since she is bed bound still (oh and she is also so far gone that she isn’t really there at all anymore anyways).

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%)

We are back from Disney. I’m working on getting pictures uploaded so you can see some of our trip. I’ll also try to do a small trip report here. We had tons of fun. Desmond really had fun trying to eat various character’s noses. We did a ton of rides and ate at a bunch of places. It was a nice vacation, we hope to go back in 2009, though if it takes till 2011 or so it won’t be a huge deal, would be nice to go back before that though.

We are heading out for our drive down to Disney World tomorrow. We plan to get there on Saturday. It should be interesting to drive for 15 hours with a baby in the car. We’ve broken the drive up into 3, 5 hour or so sections, one a day, so we’ll see how it goes. I packed the suitcases last night so our clothes are packed, now we just need to do diaper laundry to pack all the diapers, and pack up all the extra “stuff” we’re bringing, cameras, video cameras, books, toys etc. Should be a busy evening getting everything else ready.

I may try to update while we are gone, but probably won’t till we get back on the 1st.

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.

We had a generally quiet labor day. Saturday we ran some errands, picked up a couple of items we needed. Sunday we went to my in-laws for a cookout, it was nice Desmond got to play with his grandparents a lot. K got to run around and get lots of food. So everyone was happy. Monday I played with Desmond a bunch. Dan painted the doors, actually he did that Saturday and Sunday as well. We now have brown doors and a yellow trim, it looks okay, the yellow is a little bright, but it works (we have to use colors approved by our home owners association, thank you planned community or something). Sunday we also moved a bunch of stuff into the attic including Desmond’s swing and bouncy chair, he is growing so fast.

We’re pretty sure he had a growth spurt Saturday night as well, since he was definitely taller on Sunday.

Other then that not much happened it was pretty quiet. Nice and semi-relaxing. The rest of the month is going to be busy, next weekend we’re in Richmond for my cousin’s wedding, my Mom is up the following weekend and then we go to Disney for the last two weekends of the month. So it was nice to have a semi-relaxing weekend.

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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