Our Motorhome Adventure...

Or should I say disaster? We had a trip this last weekend up to a beautiful lake in the El Dorado Hills. We had a very generous offer to borrow a motorhome which we jumped at. It started out great. Then there was rain, then there was leaking, then there was the drive home. Or, the attempted drive home. We left early Sunday morning in order to make it home for my friends wedding later that afternoon. We were only on the highway for a very short time when all of a sudden the transmission gave out. Fortunately, we were near Placerville and were able to find a guy who worked on old motorhomes. A few hours of sitting in what looked like a vehicle cemetery later we were told that there was no way we were going to get the good old RV home. So, we got on our phones. No rental car companies open on the weekends in the mountains. We would have to stay there for another night, miss the wedding and wait till the morning to be able to get home. Once morning came, we were told by the company that we had made a reservation with that they were out of cars! By early afternoon we were finally on our way home. You just gotta love trips like these.

9 Month Check-Up (a little late)

Dominic is in the 5th percentile for weight at 17 lbs 8 oz. He's 28 1/4" long and his body is catching up to his head in size :) He's very active, never stops moving. He's walking while hanging onto furniture or his little walker but has yet to take any steps on his own. He can balance on his own, standing up for a few seconds at a time so far. He loves to talk. His vocabulary now consists of Momma, Dadda, ball, yum yum and whoa. He's started to give kisses lately. It's pretty funny, he leans in with his mouth wide open and leans into your cheek. He can't get enough of seeing and petting dogs. He giggles like crazy when we play catch with Molly. He loves to play with his cousins, no one can get him laughing like Vincent. I keep thinking each phase he's in is my favorite :) It's so fun getting to see how much he learns everyday.

Cruisin'

The Dominator & The Gavinator

Auntie Becky made the boys some cute onesies. They're starting to play more and more together. One always seems to have fingers in the other ones eyes.

Dominic has now mastered pulling himself up on furniture. If you're sitting on the couch this is the face you'll see popping up over and over again.

We have one very animated little boy, just thought this face was too funny. I can't get enough of his little gummy smile, no teeth yet.

He's getting pretty good with the sippee cups

8 Months Old

Santa Cruz

Dominic could not stoop looking at the video screen below the camera :)

We have a crawler...

It's more of an army crawl, but he's moving. He started the other night and hasn't stopped.

Dominic got a new 'bike' this week. I think he likes it :)
If you stick your tongue out at him he's consistently starting to do it back. It cracks us up every time. It's the funniest face, he looks like an old man with no teeth.

Already August

Can't believe August is already here...how has this year flown by so quickly?