Papa's Desmond's Got a New Pair of Shoes!

When we first got to Pittsburgh on Wed evening, we stopped off at the new Tanger outlet malls and went shopping for new shoes for Stella and Desmond. Desmond got his very first pair of hard soled shoes...he was not a fan of it at the store...he was walking around like he had his feet stuck in cement blocks. The big guy's feet are 5 1/2 wide and the stage 1 shoes (these are more flexible and provides a smoother transition from the soft soled Robeez he has been wearing) for beginning walkers only run up to size 5. But once he got a little practice wearing his new shoes indoors, he had no problems with them outdoors. Here he is wearing his brand new brown big boy shoes as well as the new winter coat that Mama recently bought for him!!!

Stella got some snazzy sneakers and a pair of black mary janes to wear with dresses. Even though we got a good deal on them, it is so crazy that a lot of kids shoes are as or more expensive than adult shoes!!!!

This bit of the post is long overdue, but we finally took a picture of Desmond in his car seat facing forward! Since he got the green light at his 1 year checkup (must be at least 20 lbs & be 1 year of age to ride facing forward), we turned his car seat around in early November. If he looks like he can't move in this picture, you would be right. He is like a stuffed pillow when he is strapped into his car seat when wearing his winter jacket. The first time he rode like this, he didn't say word during the car ride and just kicked his right leg [the only thing he can move :)] back and forth to the music!