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We went to see Grandma and Grandpa Jones in their environment a few days after arriving and Desi was happy to be reunited with them. He loved the big new house and the great activities out in Grandpa's lovingly cared for backyard but he was beyondbeyond thrilled when they pulled out the rock-n-roll Elmo doll. Funny boy!
posted by Jones Family @ 7:00 PM
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Being coupled with Elmo presented alot of happy smile photo opportunities.
posted by Jones Family @ 6:58 PM
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Desi took quick interest in the little red rock pool and water fountain his Grandpa created in his dreamy dessert landscape. He busied himself with throwing all available balls in the pool while Grandpa fished them out for him to then repeat it all over again.
posted by Jones Family @ 6:56 PM
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Hooray! We've arrived. Our flights went much better than I'd anticipated. Des protested on the seatbelt confinement for a good part of our flight to Wash, DC -- but I was very happy that he had a seat to be confined to! Once I pulled out the stickers he settled down and busied himself in decorating the window and seats in front of him with planets, space shuttles, and space guys.
The flight from DC to Las Vegas started out with a 2 1/2 hour rain delay while we all sat on the plane and waited it out. We again were lucky to score a seat for DJ and after they turned the lights off and started a movie I figured it was time to initiate sleep -- it was by then after 9PM. With his head in my lap and a bottle of milk in his mouth, snuggled up with his fav blanket and Elmo doll he was out in 10minutes and didn't wake will we were deboarding in Las Vegas. Whew!! I have to credit a little dose of childrens Benadryl to his nice sound sleep. ;)
Holly and Zack, our angels, were waiting for us! It was almost 2am! We didn't reach St. George, our first stop on our vacation, till about 5AM. Desi's Aunt Holly has quickly become one of his favorite people and it wasn't long before he was saying her name and had her laughing at his antics. Holly has such happy energy and Desi loves that about her. We all do!
Des loves her car and hasn't experienced any car sickness (Holly took extreme measures in lining her back seat just in case!) Des says, "Holly's beepbeep." He's seemed quite at home in his carseat and in the car, which has really surprised me.
We've gone swimming and shopping and have had lots and lots of Mexican food.
posted by Jones Family @ 6:14 PM
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DJ had his first experience with paints while staying at Holly's. He was pretty focused for awhile on the paper in front of him but soon his protruding belly presented itself as an intriguing canvas and he colored himself "happyhappyhappy" as he is fond of saying.
posted by Jones Family @ 6:13 PM
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Desi happy to be in the "beepbeep" and keeping his new backpack close at hand.
posted by Jones Family @ 6:11 PM
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Here's Desi with Holly and Zack. He became a little Zack groupie, following him around the apartment muttering little happy words and waiting outside the bathroom door for him before resuming his stream of conversation.
posted by Jones Family @ 6:10 PM
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Getting used to the swimming pool. Before long we were throwing him back and forth between us as if he were a ball -- he loved it!!
posted by Jones Family @ 6:09 PM
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Having two grandparents visit for a whole month is pretty special! Des loved joking around with his gma&gpajones!! As well as taking regular trips to the park and walking with gpajones and they each had plenty of hats! Grandpa came with 3 different hats and gma 2. DJ is a bit hat obssessed and enjoyed playing with all five including his two.
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posted by Jones Family @ 4:29 PM
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Grandma&Grandpa Jones have been the highlight of DJ's life these past four weeks. He loves them!!!
Little things he's learned:
(i) Grandpa comes running. In the mornings when I fail to wrestle myself out of sleep and respond to his pleas -- he'll call out a few times, "mamma! mamma! mamma!" but before long he senses it's a lost cause -- he'll distinctly shout, "Grandpa!!" And he *shouts* knowing he has to make his voice heard all the way in the living room.
(ii) Grandma's good for chocolate and other tasty sweets. Moreover, everything she has is desireable from her glass of water to her multitude of books -- Grandma makes everything look good. Importantly, she gives him everthing he wants.
(iii) Grandma&Grandpa love to dance. I walked in on them one morning, the three of them, totally jigging out to that old Jimmy Buffet song, "Margarettaville ." Grandma&Grandpa were side by side and Desi was across the room facing them and they were grinning and laughing at each other -- dancing and swinging their arms&hips. Hysterical!
Grandpa bought him his first action figures on Saturday, I think they're The Incredibles or something, anyway there are 5 of them all different colors and he calls them his "guys". They're pretty flimsy and he's broken most of the limbs off (Grandpa, of course, has tried to put or glue them back together) but I think they may be useful in the airport/on the plane. So I plan on hiding them tonight so they'll still be novel by Saturday night.
Grandma&Grandpa take him out at least twice daily either on walks around the neighborhood or to the parks/playgrounds. He's become better at holding hands consequently and learning when to stop at intersections. He's even watched the light a coupla time and told Grandpa when to go!
We've been so thrilled to have Grandma&Grandpa Jones with us for this past month. Desi has missed his Dada but has found new love in his Grandparents.
posted by Jones Family @ 1:29 PM
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