finally, a walker

it only took 14 months, but desmond is now an official walker (and has the new shoes to prove it)!

(video is, obviously, for everyone's enjoyment ... but mostly for cheri and jer, who are away on a cruise and haven't seen des in action yet)

sunday morning ritual

it's not the frederick news post, but granddad would be proud anyway.

happy boys

what a cute little guy

our first ED visit

we stopped by frazier's for a drink, desmond got a little out of hand, another guy got mad .... and the rest is history (okay, OR he was walking and fell over onto the edge of the toy chest). ended up in the sinai pediatric emergency department for a few hours. a little bit of glue, a lot of apple juice, and MORE than a lot of tears later, here's what we have:

2 new words ... and a whine

drum set

great-grandma and great-grandpa sent some birthday money all the way from california to facilitate this new purchase!