So Sunday evening after getting out of the diaper basket, Desmond decided to push the ottoman over so he could get up in the rocking chair. Here are a couple of the pictures we took of him there.

I love this picture of him. He sort of looks like a zombie!

We went to Desmond’s 1 year check up today. He is doing great, we finished filling out the developmental milestone sheet, only problem with that is we don’t get a new one till he is 2, since that sheet is for 9 months to 24 months. Oh well at least we know he is developing well.

He had one shot, his DTaP and didn’t seem to mind it. We’ll get him another shot at his 15 month appointment. Based on our plans for his delayed shot schedule he should be caught up to all the vaccines we plan to get him by the time he’s 3. I bet that will make his pediatrician happy at least (you can see her squirm about us delaying).

His growth has slowed some, but that is expected he grew an inch since his 9 month appointment and gained a pound and 5 ounces. He is in the 50thpercentile for weight now and the 75th percentile for height. He is in the 80th percentile for head circumference (48cm).

Now for the stats from birth to 1:

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 was 17 pounds 13 ounces and 26 1/2 inches
At 6 months he was 19 pounds 13 ounces and 27 inches
At 9 months he was 22 pounds 3 ounces and 29 inches
At 1 year (12 months) he is 23 pounds 8 ounces and 30 inches

So he’s gained 15 pounds and 14 ounces in a year, almost exactly tripling his birth weight (he is 2 ounces over tripling). He’s also grown 9 and 1/4th inches. So he had a great first year and gained weight and height quite nicely. We are extremely pleased. Now to see how much he grows in his second year of life.

So after the party at home Desmond decided to climb into his diaper box. Here are some pictures of him in it. He later climbed up onto the rocking chair, but I haven’t gotten those pictures off the camera yet. He was very mischievous last night though.

First are a couple of closeups of him:

Now the in the basket pictures:

So yesterday we went to my Grandmother in law’s apartment for a second birthday party for Desmond. Most of Dan’s (all but his parents) we’re able to make his party so we held something on Sunday instead. We also celebrated my Grandmother in law’s 81st birthday. We went out to eat lunch at a Chinese Buffet. It was fun and we enjoyed it, so here are the pictures from the party.

First is him opening presents:

Next is him playing with them:

Here he is with the cake (and his cupcake):

And here he is with his Great-Grandmother:

I took a personality quiz and ended up INTP, anyone shocked? I’m not.

Here are some of the pictures we took at Desmond’s birthday party. For some reason our good camera was acting up, either over or underexposing the picture so we didn’t get that many pictures (even though we took a ton). Here are the ones that I liked out of the ones that seemed to come out decently.

On the way to the party:

Opening presents:

Cake!:

After cake (or Wow is he a mess!):

And last are 2 pictures of Desmond, me, my Mom and my Grandmother (note I didn’t say they were good pictures):

Happy first birthday baby boy!

I’ll post pictures from his party when we get home.

Wow that went fast. It is really hard to believe that I was in labor with him at this time last year. The year has gone so fast. I find it difficult to believe how fast he’s grown in only year. He went from a baby who was 7 pounds 14 ounces and 21 inches to a toddler who is around 24 pounds and 31 inches (not positive on measurements since we don’t see the doctor till the 14th).

He has gone from a baby that slept, ate and pooped (and peed) to a little boy who eats, sleeps, poops (and pees), but also plays by himself, walks, chases the dog, talks, manipulates his environment to meet his needs (such as moving his walker to the chair and using it to climb up), claps, laughs, shares his toys and food (if we want it or not), and flirts with everyone he sees. It is just weird to see all these changes in him in one year. He is growing up so fast, and it is really strange since a year seems a lot longer then it really is.

In picture form he has gone from this:

to this:

In the blink of an eye. We have his birthday party tomorrow, I am sure it will be lots of fun. I’ll post pictures from it when I get them up. It is just weird to think that my little baby is already 1 (or will be in under 12 hours).