Sorry friends...

I'm still here...just trying to find motivation to blog. Our days have been busy and filled with the usual day-to-day stuff that's really not that exciting to talk about. But I'll work on getting something together these next few days.

My budding artist

This is Des' first coloring-page ever! We've done a few with pens/pencils here and there but we went and got him some big-ol' kindergarten-sized crayons the other day. Now, there was some help from mom and dad (the zig-zag squiggles) but a lot of those marks were from Des! He liked using the flat bottoms of the crayons for some reason...and his left hand. (I blame the left-handedness on his tray that has the cup holder on the right so it's totally in the way of his right hand.) He's still pretty ambidextrous so I'm not too worried.

This is for gma Renee

Yup. That would be Des rockin' the flip-phone half-way in his pocket--just like his grandma Renee! We always laugh at how she keeps her phone like this. But I did it for Des the other day when he was carrying WAY too much stuff and didn't have a hand for his phone. Now he comes up to me and shows me that he wants it in his pocket. Then he laughs and happily trots off when I do. Funny kid.

Why our printer will be broken someday

This was from a few weeks ago but it makes me laugh still. Little stinker!

two in one day....woo-woo!

K, this was on another blog I read and I've seen them before (same blog...ha) but there's something so awesome about this group that I love.



You should go and watch the one where they do a cover of "single ladies" by Beyonce.

Fun in the sun

Summer finally decided to show up! Des loves to play outside so now we do every day. We even broke out the swimming pool. Here's Des' first reaction:

Hahahaha! He wasn't too impressed. But mostly it was because he was hungry (I know, right? Again!?) so we introduced some more chocolate crackers and he warmed up to the idea.

"This isn't so bad...."

Success! We have  a smile--a chocolaty smile--but a smile, nonetheless! Now he just needs some swimming buddies and we'd have ourselves a party!

Our Memorial Day

We decided to spend the day with Kolt's family and we had a blast! It was pretty low-key but Des had a ton of fun playing outside, meeting the kittens, riding a 4-wheeler and a Hot Wheels truck, and pretty much anything an almost 14-month old could do.

At first we planted some flowers....

So Des wanted to help and gma Renee got him a spoon and a cup to dig with (it may have included a worm too!)

And then we broke out the Hot Wheels! Des was in love.

The only bad thing was it didn't have a battery yet. So we all had to take turns pushing him around the yard.

But he loved it! And you can see his FOUR teeth in this one too! (I suspect more are comin' in...yikes!)

He played a ton with grandpa Rob...

met the kittens...

Even Kobe had fun messing with the Cats. Until one kicked his butt. Then he avoided them the rest of the day (mostly)

And then the big toy came out. Daddy even showed him how to push the throttle and Des loved to make it go! This kid loves riding stuff that goes. Oh man, its in his blood!

p.s. and he made that exact face the entire time he was riding but didn't want to get off. He was soaking it all in, I guess. No time to smile!