Are you ready for some football?

Ommy bought Desmond his first Steeler's football jersey along with other fun Steeler clothing that Desmond will be sporting in the upcoming months. Though Dada's beloved team was not playing until Monday night, Des decided to show his Steeler pride by donning his # 7 Roethlisberger jersey when we went out to breakfast Sunday morning. Mama thought that Des looked especially handsome in his football jersey and may have to reconsider her ban on Des playing football in school...

Our lil' quarterback is all set to go to breakfast

"Where's my breakfast of champions?"

Ommy & Desmond

Lil' Roethlisberger

Des has his game face on

"Untie Your Shoelaces"

Stella's most favorite game to play with Poppa is to untie his shoelaces. After she unties them, Poppa says "I can't believe you untied my shoelaces" and ties them back up telling her not to untie them again. At this point, Stella just giggles like crazy and says "untie your shoelaces" and then does so. Poppa amuses her like this over and over. You can see from the smile on Stella's face in these pictures, just how much fun this is for her!

Visitors Galore...Ommy and Poppa Come to Visit

For the past 3 weekends, we have been lucky to have various family come down and visit us...first it was Amamma & Appachen, then Aunt Sil, and now Ommy & Poppa. They came down Friday afternoon and left after breakfast today. Ommy and Poppa let Mama & Dada have a date night Sat (Thanks!) while they had some bonding time with the kids. We all went to our favorite breakfast joint this morning, the Original Pancake House, and had a grand ol' time. This was Desmond's second trip to this restaurant (the first was when Aunt Sil was visiting) and let us tell you, he is a big fan. Des had some eggs, home fries, strawberries, belgian waffle, pumpkin pancakes, and freshly squeezed orange juice. Then he conked out for a long nap at home...it's a good life!

Heading out for breakfast.

Stella & Ommy laughing at Des while waiting for our food to arrive.

Standing Still

Desmond can stand up all by himself for a few seconds at a time! But you have to be slick about it to get him to do so. Once he realizes he is standing on his own, he immediately sits down.

Dada is in the process of letting go while giving him a toy to distract him with.

Des realizes that he's standing all by himself, so he goes to sit down (not the best pic, we know, but it's the best we could do).

By the way, the mess of toys you see in the background is courtesy of Mr. Desmond. He loves, loves, loves to make messes.

In other news, his top teeth on either side of his center two teeth broke through the gums...so he has a total of 6 teeth now.

Desmond is 11 Months Old

Our little Des is 11 months old. We can't believe he is going to be 1 soon. He is growing up so fast.
Anyway, here are the things that Des can do:

• Play peekaboo with the curtains by hiding his face behind the fabric.
• Play "Where's Desmond?" by covering and uncovering his face behind a blanket, a towel, or pillow.
• He is still very ticklish.
• He pretty much eats regular food. These days, he will shake his head "no" when you bring baby food to him. The only way to get him to eat baby food is if no one else is eating regular food around him.
• As much as he loves to eat, he is getting pickier about what he eats.
  
• Loves him some chicken
  
• Can do the sign language for milk.
• Will wave "hi" when he sees you for the first time...it's the cutest thing!
• Still says "uh-oh", "baa" for ball, and "bye" for phone consistently along with dada, mama, and "tella" for Stella.
• Will say "na na" back to his sister when she takes a toy away from him...learning to stand up for himself.
• Absolutely loves the remote control and phone. Mama usually hides it under the pillow on the couch, but Des knows that and will go lift the pillow, looking for it.
• He is a big boy and wears 18 month size clothes.
• Still very impatient.
  
• He loves to pull legos apart but gets so mad when he can't attach them back together.
• Loves to play with the Leap Frog alphabet fridge magnets, but gets so mad when he can't fit the letter in the cartridge.

The other day, Dada had fun styling Des's hair into a mohawk after his bath. Des was so tired and ready for bed that he wouldn't smile for the camera no matter what we did.

Even flying through the air didn't elicit a giggle.

Eatin' Good @ the OG

On Sunday, we all went to the Olive Garden (or as we call it, the OG) for lunch. We all enjoyed their delicious soup and salad, especially the Gup.

Waiting impatiently for his food to be served

Aunt Sil and Stella

Mama and her baby girl

A happy camper, enjoying his pasta fagioli soup

At The Park

On Sat, Mama and Aunt Sil went out to a matinee movie while Dada offered to stay back and watch the kids (what can I say, Dada is the best). While Mama and Aunt Sil were at the movies, Dada took the kids to the park. It was a gorgeous day with fall like temps and the best way to spend it was outdoors. As you can see from the pics, the kids had a ball.

Swinging (the pics are blurry b/c the swings were in motion)

Sliding

Des enjoyed some time on the grass while his sister played...



...then his sister joined him

Dada said that when 2 kids came by with a soccer ball, Des got so excited and said "baa, baa, baa" over and over! You'll be running around with the big kids soon enough, buddy!