Sitting with Samantha

Dominic has been such a good big brother! He always wants to be close to her and is always saying hi to her. He's very concerned when she cries and is really trying to share with her, often forcibly! He just doesn't understand why she can't have an apple or a cookie or his pacifier!

A little big...

Here's Dominic climbing into the baby tub. One of Dominic's favorite activities now is helping me give Samantha a bath. In fact he's even brought the tub out and tugged on her clothes saying "off" "bath." He strung his first 4 word sentence out all about it. He said "Dada, Mama baby bath." Ok, so he's missing the verbs but it's coming!

Lots of babies!

Amanda and I on the couch with our gorgeous babies. Amazing how things change!

4th of July

On the 7th Gee and Papa had the annual 4th of July Party. Unfortunately it rained all day but Dominic had such a blast with Cameron that he didn't care about the whether. This was the first year that there were a large contingency of babies! I really felt like Dominic was getting to be a big boy when he barely checked in with me the entire day. He had so much fun running around. They did a great job sharing and Daddy riled them both up at the end of the day!

Jorja taking her turn!

Dominic ratting out Cameron's hiding spot!

Echo Center

We took a trip down to the Echo Center to see the dinosaur exhibit. Dominic loved the dinosaurs but especially loved the Echo Center mascot, Newt. He would have followed him around all day if we let him!

Parade!

The one good thing about living on a main road is that the 4th of July parade goes right by our house.

Choo Choo!

When Daddy went back to work Gee came by everyday for a few days to help out. (Thanks mom!) One day we went downtown and Dominic got to ride the Choo Choo! He was very excited and didn't want to get off when the ride was done. I think this might have been the same day she told him there was a monster in the basement... (In her defense he has been really big into Monsters Inc lately)

Visit from Nan and Pop

Nan & Pop came up to visit us for a few days and Dominic had a wonderful time with Nan. He even slept in his own bed until 4:30am after Nan put him to bed!

DOMINIC IS A BIG BROTHER!!

Dominic became a big brother to baby sis Samantha on June 15th 2007 at 11:23 am. He had a great time hanging out with Grammy and Papa while she arrived. He's already doing very well at the job and always asking about the "baby." He thinks her feet are absolutely hysterical!

Lounging with Dad

My two guys hanging out together!

Enjoying Jazz Fest

I started my maternity leave on the monday following my due date so we took advantage of the time before our little one arrives by going out and enjoying the activities.

1st Pony Ride

We took Dominic to the balloon fest. Unfortunately, the wind was too strong for the balloons to launch. It was all worth it though when Dominic got to ride a "horse"! He was so excited and looked so proud of himself to be riding. He held on to the saddle and would pat the pony's mane, saying "horse, horse" the whole time.

Lesson of the Day!

Lesson Learned: Never underestimate your child's reach!

This all happened while Mommy was getting dressed. Thankfully it vacuumed up pretty easily.

Big Boy Bed

Dominic has been moved into a Big Boy Bed! He loves it (although still comes to be with us for most of the night.) This was his first sleep in his new bed! It only took Daddy 1.5 hours to get him to sleep. LOL!

Climbing Trees

How is it possible that my baby climbs trees? It seems like he was just born the other day. There is no doubt though that he is all little boy!

Easter!

Dominic had a great Easter. Unfortunately Daddy had to work so Dominic and Mommy went to church by ourselves. He did very well with a continuous supply of goldfish to get him through the service! Then we went to Grammy and Papa's house where he got to open his basket from them. He loved his golf clubs and Elmo slippers and of course snacked on Chocolate throughout the day!

Once Daddy got out of work Dominic was able to open his basket from us. He loved the elmo eggs as soon as he saw them but was absolutely thrilled when he saw that they had chocolate in them!
Here he is loading up on Chocolate! I was shocked when he still ate three helpings of ham after eating all that chocolate. It wasn't until Daddy broke the ear off that he realized that the bunny was made of chocolate too. (Don't worry after Easter was over, the chocolate was rationed again!)

Outside!!

There's nothing better than going "Out-Side!!!" Whenever he hears the word he gets all excited and runs for his shoes and hat.

Playing

Dominic is really able to entertain himself now and loves to color, "read" or play with playdoh. His new artistic endevour however has been trying to color on the walls so he's not allowed to have his crayons without mommy or daddy! He's also starting to "count" although he thinks that all of the numbers are two. "Two, two, two Ah ha ha!"

Official Uniform!

Dominic is now big enough to fit into a size 0000 gi! (Which I believe is the smallest that they make) He loves going to the dojo with Daddy so much and always says "Dojo! Kick!," Now with the gi he looks official albeit half the size of the kids in class. I know you can't tell from the pic but he really does like it.

Dominic Speaks!

Dominic has had a serious vocabulary explosion! He says a ton of words now and mimics just about everything. He's also been working on saying "please."

Last weekend he wanted chocolate at 9:00am. He was pulling me towards the kitchen and saying "Gock" which is his word for chocolate. I said, "No, we're not going to have chocolate right now." He stopped pulling on me, looked at me very seriously and said "Pease. Pease, Pease." Needless to say, Mommy is a sucker for good manners and Dominic got chocolate at 9:00am.

Since then he's been saying "please" quite a bit!