One Day, Yes One Day I will have my own…..

Desmond’s 1st time eating a Banana

What a weekend/week it has been! This weekend Jackie and I hitched a ride over to Alabama to see her Uncle Jack and Aunt Linda. What a blast we had, but getting there, now that was something to blog about. I learned a few things about Jackie’s mom. She is pretty famous for her sense of direction. We have nicknamed her “MomStar” because we always call her when we are lost. However she now seems to use Starbucks as her compass. Starbuck locations are like her North Star in the sky. She knows where they all are, and they all eventually lead to your destination, so just follow the starbucks. Her dad’s car did not have a speedometer, so the needle pointed to the gears and not the MPH. So if the needle was on R you were in “racing mode” D and you were “dragging” we either were doing a 100mph at times or 25mph it was hard to say. 6 hours later we completed a 4 hour trip, you do the math.

This was my first trip to see Uncle Jack and Aunt Linda over in Alabama. He is has been fighting cancer for a few months now. He was in great spirits and look as strong as ever. He had me laughing pretty good. He also gives his brother Bob a real hard time, an even much harder time then I do, which was great to witness. He also had a new hair do, which I think looked very “Bruce Willis”. So who knows maybe Uncle Jack and him can do a new Die Hard movie or something. Aunt Linda cooked some of the best food, it was endless. Thank you so much for that! I did not get many pictures from the weekend (sorry Heather). We were just having too much fun to take any! I got some of Jackie and Desmond in their pool, and of their dog Pearl, who just loved Desmond, and kept bringing him her toys to play with. It was very sweet. I am throwing in an extra picture of Desmond eating Banana. He made some priceless faces, but loved it! He just was not real sure about it. Ohh and one more thing, he is soooooo close to crawling, he gets up on all fours with no problem, and just rocks like he is about to take off. I will get some video together soon.

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Yes, our little boy has started eating food! We waited until the 7 month mark to do this. Some of you are probably saying why so late?!? Well, Jackie is the boss when it comes to this stuff.  She reads all the books and what not, so I trust her completely with this. Desmond was a pro! He knew what to do, and seemed to enjoy it a lot! By day three when Jennifer came over to feed him he was ravenous and couldn’t get it fast enough, it was very funny. He wants to grab and hold the spoon for himself. He also has two more teeth up top that have broke through. Enjoy some more photos.

Just for fun, instead of Desmond Thursdays, I am changing the theme to “Photoshop Thursdays”, because really everyday is Desmond Day! I love doing stuff like this, it makes me laugh. :)It could be interesting.

I do not get to get many pictures with my mom and Desmond, so today is a special post, I know it is Video Wednesday. I am still going to post a video, its an oldie but a goody. You will get to hear some Irish accents even from me a little, (Leigh Anne try to contain yourself). Sorry nonyoutubers, I do not have an external link for you.

My mom is in town, and she was all dressed up, so why not take some photos. Everyone be sure to tell her how nice her hair looks. Jenn did it, I think it looks great. So did Desmond, they were happy to see each other as you can see.

The video is from about 7 years ago. My dad found a baby squirrel, and Nana was fascinated with it.

Making his Uncle McDow proud.

(fyi to make the thumbnails full size, you have to click them again after they reload, I don’t know why)

Watching Desmond sitting up and playing is my new favorite pass time. I could just sit for hours and watch him play. Watching him on the floor interacting with whatever is around him is mesmerizing. I was certain as soon as I put the hat on him he would pull it right off, but he loved it. He loves his building blocks thanks Aunt Yell, and his new blue elephant, thanks Kya. He also loves his little bear we have now named “Andy”. He makes us laugh everyday, its like being on drugs. If I knew what drugs were like that is. I have heard they feel good. Desmond makes me feel good inside. Jackie and I laugh out loud every day because of him. He’s a Desbong….get it? Did I take it too far? Jackie is going to make me edit that. Really I don’t do drugs….promise. I am just that Corney. Ok well there you have it, Photo Tuesday, and me being a nard. Go Figure.

Desmond and I are feeling very Irish today.

Six months ago today, life changed, over the last six months I have shared with you all this little boys journey, along with our journey as parents. In the 6 plus years that I have been doing a website, and the 3 plus years of blogging I think the last 6 months have been the most colorful and exciting. Thank you all for sharing with me my joy and coming each day for more. I hope I have been able to bring a smile and get a laugh.

As an added bonus, here is a little clip taken today of Desmond in his Jumperoo! Thank you Kelly and Joey for this GLORIOUS device, as you can see he LOVES it! Much like my poor little Honda, he is about to bust the shocks out and bottom out! Sometimes he is in it, and starts to fall asleep, and when we go get him out he wakes up and starts jumping immediately. It is very funny.