So if it isn’t obvious, Desmond loves to climb, in general we let him climb all over the sofas as he likes, he is not allowed on the dining room table though and he’s not allowed on the TV stand either. He enjoys trying to get on both of these places though, the dining room table is a bit easier to keep him off of, so far since we just move the chairs. The TV stand however is low enough that he can climb right onto it. So yesterday I took a few pictures of trouble as he was behind the TV where he isn’t supose to be, then we moved him off the stand.

Looking around back here

Oh hi Mommy, it is cool back here!

Stay back I have super secret ninja moves I'll use if you get too close!

I am Desmond hear me roar!

So it is starting to get cooler here, it never even hit 80 this week, which means it is soup time! So last week we made Taco Soup (we change the recipe a bit, using ground soy instead of ground meat, and adding extra veggies and black beans instead of chili beans oh and extra spice). This was actually one of Desmond’s first foods last year and he really likes it, we really like it too especially how easy it is to make. So I took a few pictures of Desmond eating Taco soup when we had it Monday night, he really enjoyed it especially dipping the tortilla chips into it and eating them.

Taco Soup, yum!

Yum Yum

Eating Eating Eating

Enough Pictures Mom, I'm trying to eat here!

For Desmond’s birthday we bought him a wooden caterpillar. He loves this toy and has since he got it, in fact we gave it to him before his birthday because he saw it and fell in love with it and wanted to play with it now. Anyways at first he wasn’t that great pulling it and liked to have someone else walk the caterpillar for him and he’d follow along after it. Now though he loves to take Mr. Caterpillar with him when he goes out, Mr. Caterpillar loves going on walks and to the playground and upstairs and downstairs, he’s going to India in October, which we’re hoping he enjoys as well (and doesn’t get lost).

Anyways yesterday I went out on the evening walk with Desmond, K-line, Dan and Mr. Caterpillar and since I haven’t taken many pictures of Desmond in awhile, I took a bunch of pictures. That being said, they were taken with the small camera so they aren’t as good as pictures taken with the big camera, but still enjoy! Oh and there are very few of his face, he kept moving so I never got any good head on shots.

Come along Mr. Caterpillar

Close up of Desmond

Walking K-line and Mr. Caterpillar

Heading up the stairs

Hurry Up Mr. Caterpillar!

Daddy helps Desmond up the steep hill

Up a hill with a caterpillar

Oh hi Mommy, I have a caterpillar

Hair in the eyes

Wonder what's over there

Wandering around the soccer fields

Caught by Daddy!

Down please?

I found this on another blog I read and it is so so so wrong, so what did you get?

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Seriously it is 10pm, he is normally out by 8:30 at the latest, he is still wide awake and wandering around downstairs, he isn’t even lying down quietly and watching Finding Nemo, nope he is wandering around the living room happily playing.  Go to bed child!

So we have been pretty sure that Desmond’s foot has grown in the past few weeks, but we were trying to hold out a bit longer before getting him new shoes, so he won’t outgrow them before INdia (he likes to outgrow his shoes in about a month).   Today we put on his sneakers and decided we couldn’t really wait the extra 4 weeks he needed new shoes.   So off to Stride Rite we went.   He got measured and is now a size 7 extra wide.  We decided to try him in size 71/2 in an attempt to get his shoes to last through India (I can dream right?).  he 7 1/2s fit him quite well, so he is now wearing size 7 1/2shoes.

Did you know that the shoes move from baby toddlers to big kids shoes right around size 7!  Yep they do, so the short one is basically now wearing big kid shoes rather then toddler shoes, you know the ones where you have a choice to get real shoe laces to tie (I think we’ll wait a bit on those).

We also bought him socks while we were at the store because he only has 3 pairs that fit his big feet at this point.   So now he has new shoes, I’m just hoping he doesn’t outgrow them before October 20th.

Whine, with Desmond I had GD (gestational diabetes for those not in the know), well I sort of had it, I failed the three hour test by 1, seriously I needed under a 120 to pass three of the four tests, and I had a 120, so I failed the whole thing.  It was a pain and annoying, but I was able to keep it controlled with diet, mainly because I’m still not convinced I had it, but anyways.

So since I had it last time, they gave me the stuff so I could do the 1 hour test before my second appointment this time.  So yesterday my Mother in Law came over and I went to take the test, and I failed, whine.  I needed under a 130 I had a 136.  Which means I have to take the 3 hour test again.  Blegh.  I am so not happy about that.

Next Monday is my next appointment and I’ll pick up the information then, and probably take the test by the end of the month.  I really hope I pass, because I so don’t want to have to take a blood sugar moniter with me to India, because well it just won’t be fun.   I was really hoping that it would come in under and I would be fine this time, I still could be, but dang I hate the glucose drink and I don’t wanna take the three hour test, whine.