(On the day of his birthday!)Des turned a year old on May 31st... I can't believe he's officially a year old. He started walking a few weeks before then, was completely weaned from "booby juice" (as Tim and Aislin liked to call it) a few weeks after, and had his first real dose of sugar the day before.
Since May 30th was a holiday that Tim got to observe, we celebrated Des's birthday on that day by going to Dairy Queen and letting him try three different desserts: the free ice cream cone he was given, Tim's Brownie Batter Blizzard and my Oreo Brownie Earthquake. Sounds delicious, right? Well, Tim and I thought so!
Yeesh, he was quite the dessert critic! And this is a kid who's not typically shy around food. At his 12-month checkup he weighed 25 lbs...he'll eat just about anything (although he has an aversion for foods with tomato sauce) and usually twice as much as his nearly-3-year-old sister. The one day he got to pig out on chocolate ice cream, brownies and whipped cream galore...he took one lick/spoonful of each and said, "Quit shoving this stuff in my face, Dad, I've had ENOUGH!!" So the rest of us just ate in front of him :)
We also went to a couple of parks that day but our poor little guy passed out before we even got to the second one :)
This kid is a pretty thick and solid little boy, but he's absolutely...squishy :) He smiles all the time (except when he's staring at people he's not used to being around), loves to play and giggle, and loves being chased! If I brush his cheek or nose with my nose, he'll lean his face into mine and then rest his head on my shoulder...and sometimes he'll give me kisses. And when we pick him up from Grandma and Grandpa's after a three-day separation (i.e. vacation), he'll limit his walking adventures so that I'm always in sight and he can walk back into my arms :)
We love our little boy and are thankful to have such a sweet and affectionate child. He makes even dull days pleasant, and no matter how many times we've seen him smile this past year, we never get tired of it!
