So Desmond’s big birthday present this year was a trampoline. It is an indoor trampoline and we have it set up in the living room for him and Eloise. He absolutely adores the trampoline. It is wonderful, I am not sure why we didn’t think of it before for him. He can bounce out a ton of energy. If he is bouncing elsewhere we can redirect him to the trampoline. He is also really good with the rule of only one person on the trampoline at a time, so if Eloise gets on he stops jumping and gets off. It was seriously our best buy for him and it will last for a long time since we got an adult trampoline that even Dan can use.

Anyways here are some pictures of him and Eloise on it right after we put it together for him birthday. In the first few you can see the hold bar on it. You can also see why we took of the bar almost immediately.

Eloise that is. Desmond has no real interest and if I push him about it he resists even more, so I’ve given up on him. He can potty train when he wants to. He won’t go to college still using diapers, so I’m not too worried. That being said, Eloise loves sitting on the potty. So we are a lot. She gets to sit on the potty whenever she goes over to the bathroom and whenever I change her diaper. She has actually gone on the potty a few times. So my 13 month old is potty training. Since she wants to, my 37 month old isn’t.

So since my parents weren’t going to be there for Eloise’s Birthday my Mom sent a package to us filled with presents for both Desmond and Eloise. They both loved opening everything that Nonnie sent. Eloise especially loved all her new shoes. She love sparkly shoes.

I know it goes on my foot some how. I can get it!

Look at my pretty shoe!

At the small birthday party we gave Eloise chocolate pie that was dairy free. She quite enjoyed it! She also liked the cake my in-laws had for her. She was a huge fan of the pie though.

So for Eloise’s birthday my parents were in Colombia. No not where we live, the country Colombia for one of my brother’s good friend’s wedding. So we did a small family party at my in-laws on her birthday for her. She had quite a good time and enjoyed it a lot. Here she is showing off turning 1!

We did a small family get together for Desmond’s birthday at my in-laws on the 27th of March. We also celebrated my 32nd birthday, since my birthday was the 26th. We all had a nice time. We had spent the day at a friend’s house playing games, while my in-laws had watched Desmond for us. Desmond enjoyed his gifts and Eloise enjoyed the cake!

Desmond looked at Eloise and told us, “Ise mess! Clean up Ise!” and then went over to help clean her up because she was a mess.

He’s such a thoughtful big brother!

For Desmond and Eloise’s birthday this year, my Mom got us a membership to the Baltimore Aquarium, which now includes the National Aquarium too as an additional bonus. Which was a great present, because honestly we so don’t need more stuff in our house. She also got them a bunch of stuff, but we’ll stick to the Aquarium piece. So on the 14th of March we all went to the Aquarium for Eloise’s Birthday. Desmond really likes the Aquarium, we go semi-frequently, we also go to the Georgia Aquarium often when we are down there. Both Desmond and Eloise like watching the fish.

We had a really good day visiting the fish, and everyone had fun. Desmond liked looking in the various aquariums to see the different animal and he enjoyed the coral reef section. It was fairly busy on the 14th so we didn’t stay long, since we can come back when it is less crowded, but everyone had fun.

Here are some pictures of the small ones enjoying the aquarium.

So Eloise has a bunch of hair bows. I pick them up at Target for her. She doesn’t have a lot of hair though and they tend to fall out fairly easily. That being said, Desmond loves her hair bows. He brings them to me to put in his hair. So here is my gorgeous little boy all dolled up in his sister’s hair bows. They look really good on him.

So I have a ton of pictures that I haven’t posted recently. A lot. Which means I need to post some, but they have been overwhelming me a bit because I have so many to post. I think I am going to skip the last of the February pictures I have to post, because it is almost May now. I will post some of the March pictures I still need to post though and the April ones. Be prepared for a lot of pictures. There may not be a ton of dialogue with them since I am not always certain on the exact date things happened at this point in time, since it has been awhile for some of these pictures.

Anyways here are a couple of pictures to keep everyone happy while I work on posts for the rest of them.

Desmond on this new bike

Desmond and Eloise at the playground

Eloise all worn out