Here it is folks!

The beginning of a new stage for Des and the end of my sanity!!

Oh and don't mind the shirtless babe. Dinner was fantastic and the proof was on his shirt!

Always learning somethin' new...

...like that I shout expletives upon splashing hot oil on my arm. Thats a new one. Kinda wish I didn't (expletives and splashing) since I scared the ba-geebers out of my son (and maimed my arm).

One project of many

I'm thinking I want to put together a book of some sort for Des that has all his family's photos in it. And friends. And pretty much all the people that are important to us so he can look at it during church or whenever.

So my proposition to all ya'll is this: do you want to submit a photo of yourself or do I have to blog stock everyone and pick a favorite? I'm good either way, but I figured you might like the chance to send me something you like. Chances are, if you're reading this, you're important... Or a complete stranger if you're like me. (But you could still have some excellent mug shots!)

Aaand do you have any ideas as to how to make this work? I could do just the small photo album thingies where you stick in the photos or perhaps I'll get one of those books offline where they'll print em out for ya. But Des is kinda wild when it comes to paper so it needs to take a bit of abuse.

I'm also thinking I want to do one with doggies (see pioneer woman's latest photo project) or animals or trucks or all of the above. But I'll start with family first and see if its a huge pain/$$/both and go from there. Thanks!!

And I guess just email me a photo (or photos) of you/family/dog/truck/animals :D koltandlaura@gmail.com

sweeeeeeeet! I'm so excited! Now I'm going back to bed since Des just zonked out!

Tree Be-Gone!!

We had a tree out front of our house that was, well, pretty much dead. It had one tiny, puny, sad little branch that would get leaves but the rest of it was ka-put. We told our HOA people about it last year, and then this past summer again when it got worse. Finally they switched landscaping crews and whadda-ya-know. They came in, assessed the damage (for the whole Country-woods community) and began rubbing their temples in disbelief. There was a lot to fix. The past crew didn't know how to prune or feed or pretty much do anything positive to trees apparently. They have to remove a lot of trees and nurse the rest back to health. Pretty much every other tree down our street was really sick.

So this morning, I got out of the shower to the sound of chainsaws. You'd think I'd start running and screaming like some slasher-flick chick but instead I did what all the ladies do in the movies (to which we always think WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?? Run AWAY from the chainsaws, AWAY!!) But this time I was lucky. It was our tree that met it's doom.

beheaded.

It just goes to show, when you don't get scary music or quick camera flashes of knives, you really don't think you're gonna die. :D Not that I watch slasher flicks anyway. Just thought it was a funny comparison.

Calling in for backup!

Lets make that TWO teeth!! Bottom right has joined the party. And I have once CrAnKy little dude!

Houston, we have teeth!

Well, one tooth! I just confirmed a sighting of Des' bottom left tooth. Ahh man! I'm pretty stoked. :D That's all. Carry on.

Busy Boy

Des has been going non-stop these days. He loves to play, play, play! Poor Kobe tries to take refuge in his kennel...

Des also loves drinking out of his big-boy sippy cup. The first time he got to use it, he kept turning it around to look at all the pictures (super-hero's). He can chug it like nothing else!

This was last night. One tired-out little dude with one tired-out bigger dude. Cute eh?

What we've been doing

A little rearranging...

A little learning of how to throw a fit...

And a little learning on how to be a ham....

Where was this smile yesterday when we needed it?! We'll get to that in the future....two weeks or so. (I'm being a tease!!) :D

Aren't these so cute?

They're filled with little treats! I found them on the cutest blog ever called MADE . It's a blog dedicated to pretty much all things boy. If Des was a little older we'd totally make these and give 'em out. I guess in a few years...

Oh and the site is totally worth checking out. She has patterns and how-to's for some really cute stuff.

Random Video

Just remembered about how I was going to post a video about a month ago...But it was too long and I don't have any video editing software. So here's a short random one. Des likes to push stuff around the floor so we borrowed a car from Nana and its like he knows what to do with it. Crazy.

the pukes

So Des barfed last night. Twice. How I wished he knew what a puke bucket was and what to do with it. I think it was just snot getting caught and triggering the gag reflex because I fed him solids and he did alright. Its just when he has a bottle. Riiiiight after he finishes the whole 8 oz. Sits up, starts coughing, (now I start running), and ka-blam. Big boy puke. Everywhere. Awesome.

Hope you don't read this during breakfast!! :D

10 months old

Des is 10 months old now! My, time does fly! He's been sick for the past few days but is MUCH improved today. He's actually eating which is a relief. Yesterday it was all I could do to get him to drink a few ounces of juice. He did, however, sleep this morning until 7am, back to sleep at 9am, slept until 12pm, and back to sleep at 12:30 until 3pm! (only two hours awake if you don't want to think about it too hard) He was pooped! Now he's packing away the crackers and I'm happy.

Here's what Des is up to lately:

He can now reach our keyboard for our computer. It's one of those under-desk mounted pullout things and he can pull it out. Oh and the mouse too. He loves that.

Still no teeth. No signs of teeth. No bumps, white lines, nadda. He's going to be gumming his way through his b-day cake. :( And what I thought could be teething ended up a cold.

Favorite foods: Oranges, graham crackers, yogurt melts, eggs, bananas

Favorite toys: Walker from the grandparents Davies (although not in it, walking behind it) and the musical walker too, car we borrowed from gpa and nana, any of the dog's toys

Favorite song: Twinkle, twinkle little star. Loves it. Not sure why....