So it’s been a few weeks again so I should probably update. Let’s see, we got an Aquarium membership and went 2 Sundays ago. It was nice and Desmond liked looking at the fishies. We didn’t stay for the Dolphin show because he was getting fussy so instead we spent an hour trying to get out of Baltimore, I hate the inner harbor and Baltimore it is hard to find your way out once you are in.

Desmond has his 4 month doctor’s appointment tomorrow, so we’ll see how much he’s grown then. I’m guessing 26 inches and 18ish pounds. He’ll be getting one shot and we’ll have to make appointments for the second shots of the ones he has gotten so far. We’re sticking with our one shot a month plan for the moment I think.

Desmond is teething we’re pretty sure, he doesn’t like to go to bed now either, he’s his Mommy’s baby isn’t he? He will go down and then be back up about an hour later, before going down an hour later. On the plus side, once he is finally out he’s out for the night and he sleeps till around 10am which I appreciate.

Dan’s company lost their recompete, so we had a couple of days of worry over here while he was figuring what to do. The company that won it offered him a job (basically his current job) with a nice 10ish% raise, so he took it. His current company wasn’t on the ball with getting people interviews internally and such and with Desmond he didn’t want to push his luck in finding something. He also figured he’s been with his current company for 9 months so he doesn’t have much company loyalty yet. Our health insurance is changing for a third time this year now, joy. Fortunately the doctors we care about are all on the new plan as well, so we should be set. Copays are a bit less as are prescription costs, the monthly cost of the plan is a bit more then currently but we still come out ahead since his new company gives him a 75$ a month travel budget which makes up for the health insurance increase. Overall we think the benefits are a bit better at the new company. He won’t be able to work from home right away, but we’re hopefully he can work it out so he can again in a few months. We also get to go to Disney still so I’m happy.

Desmond and I joined Gymboree, we had fun at our first class so we decided to go ahead and sign up, it is a way for us to get out of the house at least once a week which will be nice. We’ll see how it goes, he seems so much older then the other babies in the 0 to 6 month class, even if he is the second youngest, the youngest is 4 days younger then him.

Other then that not much else going on. We did celebrate our 6th wedding anniversary on the 5th of August. Well actually we celebrated on the 4th, my inlaws came up and baby sat Des while Dan and I went out to dinner, we had fun, it was kind of weird being out without the baby though. It is only the third time we’ve done something without him since he was born.

It has been a busy few weeks, but things will probably settle down by January or so, hopefully at least.

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.

How White and Nerdy Are You?

Here are some semi-recent pictures of Desmond.

One of my favorites, a big grin at me:

Desmondo the great enjoying tummy time on June 7th, so last Thursday:

I love the look he has in this one with his tongue sticking out. It is from my Aunt Mary’s house on May 20th:

Desmond with Mommom on May 20th:

Desmond with my grandfather in the hospital June 1st:

Desmond with my grandmother on May 28th:

And to finish off the pictures a slightly blurry huge grin from June 7th:

Let’s see, been about 3 weeks since I last posted maybe? Updates then, the wedding in New York was nice. Desmond was invited to the dinner the night before and we all had fun, he got passed around a lot. We headed out a little early because he was getting fussy, probably from the day of traveling and such. He did great on the train up to NYC.

The next day we went to FAO with my sister and brother and brother’s girlfriend. It was fun, we got Desmond a hippo, so it can go berserk. The wedding was nice, my brother’s girlfriend babysat Desmond while the rest of us went to the wedding. My brother left really early because he was sick (so of course he went to our hotel room and hung out with Desmond and his girlfriend). We left after dinner because honestly we knew the groom, his family and my family, so it wasn’t all that interesting. We headed back to the hotel room and everything had gone well with baby boy. Oh yeah there was the whole leaving him with someone other then one of us for 4+ hour thing too that had us leaving early.

Memorial day we had brunch, which was nice, then Desmond and I left with my parents and one of my sister’s to head to Atlanta. Dan caught a train home. Desmond had his first plane ride in first class. I had to let him know that it was unlikely to ever happen again, so enjoy it now. He slept through the whole flight which worked well.

We then spent the week with my parents, we were going to go to the lake house, but my Grandfather ended up in the hospital, so we stayed in the city. It was nice though, and my Grandfather is fine. The flight back was fairly easy. Getting through the airport alone with Desmond was a bit “fun”, but it was doable. On the plane we ended up with the row to ourselves, since the people in the other two seats moved to the exit row, because the plane was empty. So he slept on their seats for the whole ride. Worked out wonderfully.

Not much happened last week, hung out at home mainly. We did get a Costco membership, but that is about the most exciting thing. Baby got a few more presents from people as well and a set of diapers we had ordered for him came in, bamboo diapers are so soft and nice, I’m in love. Other then that pretty quiet week.

My inlaws came up and visited on Saturday, which was nice. We gave them a nice picture of Desmond that we had done when my Mom was up, and then took some pictures of us with Desmond to send to India. Other then that not much went on this weekend other then general errands and such.

Think that is about it. Not much going on around here that don’t relate to the baby. My Mom is up this weekend and we’re heading down to Richmond so she can see her parents and Desmond can meet my Grandfather on that side. Plus he’ll get to meet most of the other relatives he hasn’t yet. Other then that we’re getting the house ready for Dan’s Bday party.