Dinner with Friends

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Desmond had a little more girl time last Saturday night. The bouncing baby in the center is Olive and on the right is the lovely Jasmine, sure to break many hearts. Desi and Jasmine were imitating each other all evening. In this pic they both have plastic cups with spoons. In the link to more pics you'll see Desi trying to spoon feed Olive. It was a painful experience for her. :(

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desmondpjones

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Received a nice snow fall over the weekend. I had Monday off from work so in the afternoon, Desi and I went for a little walk in the snow. He is gazing toward Broadway, watching people, animals, and the cars move past us. He often growls when he sees dogs and people too. You'll either be growled at or receive a cheerful "hi!" He still likes to point out to people his hand but he'll pull a pouty lip, furrow his brow, make a "ohhh!!" noise and point to it. Funny boy! A hand specialist looked it over yesterday, 22Feb, and said that it was healing well and that there seemed to be no restrictions to the joint and movement of the thumb and finger.

Desmond was pretty happy to walk independantly down the street without the stoller for a few blocks!

Girl Time

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The Players
From front: Sophia Blosil, Desmond Jones, and Gabriela Blosil

Mom Magda had a doctors appointment (baby girl number three is on the way -- these city moms make me breathless!!) So I agreed to try out an afternoon of three babies for myself.

Desi was introduced to a variety of "girls toys" which he loved. He colored for the first time -- got marker all over his clothes and fingers! DJ really met his match with Gabi -- if he did anything she didn't like, play with one of her toys, she swatted him!! Eeeeks! He never knew quite how to react but by the end of the afternoon he was visibly shaken and had had enough!

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Healing and Kissing

An emotional week for poor Desmond Jones. Prone to frustration and weeping pleas of "up!" accompanied by collapses on the floor when we weren't immediately accommodating in lifting him into our arms. He didn't like us to touch the burn to lather on the ointment nor did he like it wrapped in gauze. His hand is healing well though and seems to bother him less and less. He still favors it and looks at it curiously from time to time. He will also pull a pouty face and hold it up for an empathetic gesture. Cute!

Last night during one particular bedtime story of a mommy putting her baby to bed and being reminded for good night kisses, Desi sat up and leaned toward me with a pucker! He kissed me!! with sound effects and then kissed me again... and again!! 7 times total!!! ahhhh... sweetsweet moment! I asked for more this morning but he expertly ignored me. I will wait, sweet prince, with baited breath for my next kiss!! ;)

The Gates

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New Yorkers have been in high expectation about the unveiling of these "gates" by artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude (his wife) throughout Central Park. They specialize in large public art works and, I have to say, I'm wild about it!! The unveiling was on Saturday and Desi and I headed downtown to stroll through them. It was forecasted to be a sunny day but it was grey and overcast. Nevertheless there were thousands of people filling the paths and lifting their children up to reach the cloth. Desi really had no reaction but he was agreeable to pose for the photos. :) He's such a good baby!

For more info on the gates, click here for the NYTimes Article: http://www.nytimes.com/ref/arts/design/GATES-REF.html

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Baby's Accident (Mommy's Fault!!)

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:::sigh:::

careless careless careless.

In the rushing final moments on Sunday, I realized I had to iron the sweater I was wearing. Drats! To save on time I plugged it in near the bed to do it there rather than wrestle the board out of the closet. I turned the heat up and then left the room. Desi was in the bedroom at the time, seemingly absorbed in the forbidden area near the stereo, he had his back to me and didn't seem to even be aware of my activities. But honestly I didn't even think about it -- not a single thought of danger!! Till moments later I heard a terrible cry. Even then it didn't occur to me but when I rushed into the room and saw the iron on the floor I cringed and scooped mybaby up. He was wailing and soon began to shake. After a moment I had to see his face and pulled him back, I wasn't sure but it didn't look like any burns on his face. I let him cling to me again (and I clung back!) then pulled him away after awhile to inspect his only other exposed skin, his hands. It was so hard to tell but eventually it seemed to be his hands. I tried giving him an ice cube to hold which he did for a few minutes but then the crying pitch went up and he didn't want to touch it again. It was so terrible!! He'd never cried so terribly before!! In comparing the hands I could finally tell that it was his right. He was sweating quite a bit, and I realized that we were in no condition to go out, so I took all his church clothes off, and mine, opened the windows and tried to create a cool, fluid atmosphere. We tried sitting on the edge of the tub with the cold water running and holding a big bowl of water for him to place his hand in. I would ease him gently into the water and emphasize the comfort with sound effects like, "ahhhhhh...." He wouldn't hold his hand in the water any longer than a few seconds but we sat there doing that for about 10 minutes. I gave him a couple of doses of Motrin hoping it would help the pain he was feeling. It was obvious he hadn't felt that kind of pain before :::sigh::: He was literally inconsolable for over an hour! It was terribly sad. We just kept moving from one room to the other trying to find distractions: toys, chilled grapes, his beverage... not much, not for long. After almost an hour and a half he seemed recovered enough to take an interest in his exploring activities and his growing blister. We actually did make it to church, he was mobbed by his little fan club (we weren't there the week before either because he was sick!) eager to see him and how he was feeling -- loud gasps and horror at the sight of his huge blister. One of his biggest buddies, Gerielle (14), ran down the hall to Nathan and breathlessly told him that Desi had been burned then came back to me and grabbed Desi to show him. Received lots of advise from various seasoned mothers and a nurse.

This morning the swelling had gone down quite a bit. He wisely favors the hand and won't put pressure on it. Last night he was up to his old busy tricks and Nate said the same this morning when I called to check on them. Grateful for his resilience and pray for more common sense for meself!!

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Wrestling with Auntie Heidi

On Saturday we had a rare visit from Auntie Heidi! We had planned to go to CT with her but since Desi had been sick since Thursday we decided to change our plans. He was definately much better with only a little cough. We took him to the park for his first encounter with snow. Though we need another experience with some snow pants so that we can really get down deep into the snow. He played more on the jungle gym and swing as well as with the other kids there. Later he had fun wrestling with us and posing for many many pictures!! We plan on going to CT with heidi on Presidents Day! Can't wait!

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Sports Indoctrination

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I guess children can't help but be the poster kids for our various fondnesses and paraphernalia proclivities (!) ask Auntie Hailey all about it (beginning with: organica, then a bit of anarchy-ia, and the lastest motorcyclia). Auntie Gena is coming aboard now with sports mania! Which she actually bought on behalf of Grandpa Jones to give him a little pleasure. :) I think this will spark one or two rival textile team wear bestowals hereafter. It's already become a sport in itself in other family quarters... GreenBay boxers, Bronco car decor! Hehehehe...

Disclaimer: I have no sport preferences what-so-ever... except maybe not to have to watch/listen to *any* sports at all!