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So I am rebooting. I have a new theme for the website, do you like it? I think I do. I am also going to try and do better about updating. As much as I do this website for you all, I also do this for Desmond, this is my journal to him. I want to keep it going for as long as I can.  I just share it all with you too, so you can laugh along with me, as I figure this out.

So where are we? We are @ 18 months. It is true! 1yr, 6months, and 7 days. He is definitely now a little boy. He wants, he asks, he stomps, he cries, and he laughs. He is sweet, and thoughtful and very loving. He is Desmond. The boy I have been talking about for 1yr, 6mo, and 7 days. I have a hard time wrapping my head around that. What have I learned? I would not even know where to begin, but it is more then I have ever dreamed. I am learning to be a better son, a better husband, a good brother, and most of all I am learning to be a Dad. You put all of those things together, and I believe that makes you a Man, that is what I am starting to learn anyway.

His words are coming faster and faster, I can hardly keep up, and have given up counting. Yesterday it was “ahh dang” because Papa said it when there was nothing good to eat in the pantry, so Desmond agreed and said “ahh dang” too. His favorite words currently are “thank you” and “please” because he know these two words will usually get him what he is looking for and wants right away. Airplanes are a new fascination of his. He loves to see them in the sky and will chant “airplane!” over and over until we all point an acknowledge it too. He will also say ABC….D? Before he moves on to EFG he wants to make sure D is correct. He also loves to give kisses, but it has to be in pairs, if he kisses Jackie, he usually as to give me a kiss too, its only fair you see.

He had his check up done the other day, he was at about 34 inches and weighing in at about 25lbs. He was putting on quite the show for the Dr.  Doing a dance, talking, laughing interacting for the 1st time. It was pretty cool to watch. His shots went well, he cried for a minute, but got over it pretty quick. He started laughing when I started to put his shirt on over my head, he thought that was funny and silly.

Our days at home are good, there is lots of love between the three of us, we are kinda in limbo with homes and a daily structure somtimes, its difficult some days, and hard to find a balance of where we are going and whats next for us, but the one thing that never changes is love, we have love in a large supply around our home, we are being smart about our future and putting faith in that. Well that is all I have for today.