Baking cornbread for breakfast with mom
Des woke up with a tremendous amount of energy, so it was a good morning to visit the children’s museum. Here he is coming out of his (hermit) shell
Finally getting a hang of the whole ball/pneumatic experience (baby brother/sister making an appearance in the background)
High fives for a nice evening the Surfside with ma and pa
Des was enthralled by all the boats zooming past
Happiness is eating popcorn on ma’s lap
Des has odd tastes for being still shy of a year-and-a-half old: kombucha (fermented sweat tea) in his water bottle.
Story time with ma while visiting great-grandma Kathy’s house for her birthday.
Des assisting dad with the new gate in the kitchen. He was enthusiastic about the project until about 30 minutes later…
Every evening at dinner we read the sheet from daycare detailing Des’ day, including various activities and the goals he worked on. Today’s goal: “not eating the sand :)”
Celebrating Ma’s birthday downtown
Family dinner at a fundraiser at the German-American Society hall. This was also the singular evening when Des decided to begin walking. He’s been able to walk for some time now, just chose not to unless sufficiently motivated to grab something or holding a hand. After doing a R2-D2 dance seeing pa come in though, he wiggled off dad’s lap and just walked over. He hasn’t stopped walking since.
Earlier this week, meteorologists were saying it was a 90% chance of not having a White Christmas. It appears that prediction was off 5-7″.
Des’ first time playing in the snow:
Snow angels
A universal human experience: eating snow
Christmas Eve dinner at great-grandma Jan’s
DJ’ing the Fisher Price record player with mom
Santa’s visit
Des and the cousins visit pa’s union hall (IBEW Local 22) to meet Santa Claus, just like mom did when she was a little girl.
Oh yeah, Des is walking now! Just a few steps occasionally, but he’s officially mobile.
We’re all pretty excited about it.
Des itemizes his wishlist for Santa
Des also got a froggy from Santa. He’s paid much attention to stuffed animals before, but he’s enthralled with this one
Playing with grandma after waking up from his afternoon nap
Des here is in no pain or discomfort. He has demonstrated repeatedly that he can get out whenever he wants. No, here he is royally ticked off he can’t crawl fully under the couch. The little man is strong-willed.
No Desmonds were hurt during the making of this video:
And much like the velociraptors in Jurassic Park, Des has figured out the door. Pretty tall for not even 14 months.
Playing the piano over at Rebecca & Jason’s before our Friendsgiving meal.
The fever finally broke, but with topping out at 104.3 the afternoon before, he woke up with his body over-correcting at 96.2. So, stocking cap nap it is.
All warmed up and feeling better, we head over to ma & pa’s house for Thanksgiving.
