Good Big Brother

Dominic is such a good big brother! He's always wanting to help Samantha and have her with him.

Daredevil

Dominic is a kid with no fear! In fact I have never in my life had so many conversations with someone trying to convince them that they can't fly!

In the big pool

In the big pool with Daddy during Samantha's birthday party.

DOJO!

Dominic loves the dojo and has been going when daddy teaches for quite a while now. I've been meaning to get some video for the longest time!

Alligator Pool!

June was sooo hot this year. We spent a lot of time in the little alligator pool to cool off. We do have a big pool as well but it's a bit tricky to take two non swimmers in by yourself so we only do that when we can be one on one.

Yup I realize I'm behind

I know I know. I'm woefully behind on blogs and photo albums. Things have been so busy but I'm going to try to catch up today!

These pics were from Gee & Papa's memorial day party!

I think he's got it!

A couple of weeks ago I decided to put Dominic in underwear, he seemed to have been backsliding a bit in his pull-ups. Well...we are now on day 5 of no accidents!! Woo hoo! We don't even have to ask him, he just lets us know when he needs to go. I am still putting him in a pull-up for bed but I think we can now say that he is day time potty trained!!!!

Way to Go Dominic!!!!!

Mother's Day

We had a great mother's day at Gee & Papa's house enjoying their new renovations. Here we are throwing rocks in a storm drain and Dominic getting tickled by Uncle Chris.

Got one!

It has been so hard to get pictures of Dominic lately much less trying to get the two of them together but I managed to get one!

Updates

Dominic is now 2.5 years old. He's still working on potty training but he has been using it every day now for some time so that's a good thing. He's talking constantly. As their doc said at Samantha's appointment, he's talking like a three year old. His imagination is in full swing and we're always playing pretend. It's incredible all the stories he comes up with. The other day he said "pacifier" correctly and although I knew he was bound to start pronouncing it right eventually I was a little sad not to hear "rarice" like he normally calls it. He's getting to be such a big boy.

Outside!!

Dominic is thrilled that the weather is warming up and is spending as much time as he can outside!

Easter

Gee & Papa spent the night before Easter so they were there 1st thing in the morning to see Dominic and Samantha get their Easter baskets. The Easter bunny hid a few eggs for Dominic and he found a few but was much more interested in his basket. We managed to go to church, have a great dinner (Good job daddy) and had the whole family over to celebrate Papa's birthday. Dominic had a fun time "playing" the wii with Uncle Chris and Uncle Jerod.

Sleeping

I've been wanting to get a picture of the two of them sleeping. Dominic still comes into our bed at night (although typically on his own which is great!) and Samantha spends quite a bit of time there herself. It's a good thing we have a king size bed. (Thanks Gee & Papa)

Spiderman!!

Dominic is starting to get more mature tastes. He's into Scooby Doo and Spiderman. (Of course I think he thinks that Spiderman, Batman and Superman are all the same thing.) Here he is flying in his Spiderman pj's.

Trying to photograph a toddler

It's getting harder and harder to get pictures of Dominic and this video shows exactly why that is.

Dominic Update

Dominic is such a little boy now. He has a great imagination and we are often running from alligators in our house or hiding in caves. He loves acting along with whatever show he happens to watch and one cartoon can turn the day into pretending to be pirates.

He is still wonderful with Samantha although he tries to help her up with a tug to the arm so we really have to watch. He can't wait till she can run around with him.

After lots of fear of going potty outside of his diaper all of a sudden it's no big deal. Last week he wanted to actually sit on the potty and he peed. I didn't say anything because I wasn't sure how he would be about it. (He spent the last month covering both ends whenever we would put him in the tub.) He was fine and was pretty pleased with himself. To my surprise on Friday he pooped on the potty and told me "I don't cry anymore" and bragged about it to daddy. We're definitely heading in the right direction!

Random Cute pictures

Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras this year had much better weather than in years past so it was pretty nice to watch. Dominic did great and loved Scooby Doo and catching beads.

Go Diego Go!

On February 13th I picked up Dominic from daycare early and we headed down to the memorial auditorium to see "Go Diego Go Live." It was a great show and Dominic loved it! He participated, jumped around and helped Diego find the Bo-Bos.

Trip to Florida

We took a trip to Florida for Daddy's birthday. Unfortunately we thought our flight was actually two hours later than it was! In the mad dash to the airport (we made it on time) we forgot our camera at home. We were able to get a few pictures with Nan and Pop's camera though. Dominic had a great time and after a little apprehension, loved playing in the ocean.

The gingerbread house revisited

The baby gates became very important over the holidays with all the sweets in the kitchen. Dominic did a lot of sneaking of sugar!

Christmas!!!!

Dominic was so excited about Christmas this year. He knew about Santa Claus and loved the decorations. Dominic got a kitchen as his big present which he absolutely loves! He took quite a while opening presents since he had to play with each one as he opened it. He didn't open his last present until 6pm at Gee and Papa's house. Although he did keep asking for more presents even after Christmas!

Being a Big Boy

We had a great Christmas eve and Dominic had such a good time being a big boy and helping. Here he is helping prepare the cookies and then decorating them with the big "kids."

As a side note, I had the sweetest moment on Christmas eve. While I was rocking Samantha at the end of the night Dominic decided that he wanted to go night night. As Gee was bringing him upstairs he said good night and then without any prompting he said "Merry Christmas Mama." It was so sweet!

Diapering the potato

Dominic has become very nurturing since Samantha has been around. Here he is diapering his potato after he gave it a bath.