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.

So unless you live under a rock, you are probably aware that the last (7th) Harry Potter book comes out at midnight today/tomorrow. I am just not feeling the need to buy it and it is kind of upsetting me. I really enjoyed the first 6 books, I mean they weren’t the best books I’ve ever read, but they are enjoyable. I am also sure I will enjoy the 7th book. All the “Potter Mania” surrounding the book however, is really destroying my motivation to read it. So many people seem to think it is a defining moment, and while I am sure it is going to be a good book, it is just a book. All the news reporting, talk, rumors etc. about it is just making me feel blegh about the book.

The publicity is really getting to me, and that upsets me since I really did enjoy reading the first 6 books and I’m sure I’ll enjoy the 7th when I pick it up. I just am not sure it will be tomorrow or even this weekend when I do, so that the intense potter mania may die down a bit.

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

I actually didn’t think I would hit quite that high, oh well I can deal with it.

We went to my parent’s lake house for the 4th. It was nice, Desmond loved the fireworks on the boat. I erm forgot my camera so no pictures, oops.

I got to look at houses with my parent’s while I was there, they are going to buy their own house rather then sharing with my aunt and uncle. Because both my parents and aunt and uncle plan to retire to the lake house. So they want their own. We looked, we discussed. We discussed and discussed and my parents came to a decision and put in an offer. So we’ll see how it ends up. I like the house that they are probably going to end up with though it only has two guest bedrooms.

Overall, it was a nice week with my family at the lake and even Dan seemed to enjoy himself some. We also got Desmond’s 3 month photos taken yesterday so I’ll try to post a few of them later. Maybe update the blog header.

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