Escapee

Dominic got this cute step up stool from Auntie Jessica for Christmas. He carries it all over the house. This afternoon I walked into the kitchen to find him sitting quietly by the backdoor talking to Molly through the window. He started saying doggy today. I grabbed my camera and snapped a picture, I had already taken a couple earlier planning on updating the blog today. Anyways, after snapping the shot I decided that I'd go upload the pictures. I heard the stool moving and then silence...Dominic's not the quietest kid in the world so I decided I needed to go check out why he was no longer making any noise. I turned the corner to find the back door open and Dominic and Molly sitting on the back step. Looks like he's figured out how to use the stool to open doors. Great :)

Smiley

Funny Guy

This sequence is a perfect example of Dominic being goofy to get a smile and cracking himself up in the process.

Dominic got a drum for his birthday. He's since figured out that if he takes the lid off, it doubles as a great helmet :) He walks around the house all the time with this on.

Dominic is so fun and so funny. But when this kid runs out of fuel boy does he ever. We've been experiencing meltdowns this last few weeks. Dominic expresses his anger by banging his head on the nearest hard surface. He's so easy going MOST of the time. But when he isn't, he sure isn't. He loves holding peoples hands, he'll just walk up to whoever is closest in proximity, grab there hand and lead them somewhere. He's loving taking walks and playing with Molly. His latest word that he says incessantly is 'basketball', he says this to refer to a ball of any kind. He's quite the little cleaner too :) loves pushing around any mop, swiffer or broom.

Backyard Fun

We are loving our new backyard. It's been a nice change coming from our old backyard with a pool that has been nothing but a constant fear since Dominic became mobile. It's great having a place to unwind and watch Dominic run around.

Dominic helping Dad and Grandpa fix the washing machine :)

I haven't been very good about keeping up with pictures lately. We're finally all out of the old house and have everything over to our new one....time for unpacking :)
Pat the Bunny has been a favorite book lately, thank you Aunt Sheila. There is a page that has flowers that you can smell, a page with a ring that you can put your finger through, etc....this is the page with a mirror on it :) Dominic's loving mirrors lately, as soon as he sees his reflection he starts making faces, dancing or smiling. He can now show you his belly button, do the touchdown sign, show you his muscles, blow a kiss (pretty funny) amongst many other things that constantly make us laugh. He's pretty good about signing 'more food please' and when he's 'all done'. This week we're working on learning the signs for 'drink' and 'thank you'. He loves running around the house yelling momma or dadda, especially now that there are all hardwood floors and the echo is so loud.

Spoon Feeding

We're still working on the spoon facing up and keeping the food in it until it reaches his mouth, but he's definitely getting the gist and very proud of himself.

Bumble Bee Car

Christmas

Cousins

San Fran

We went to the city on Dominic's birthday and played tourist. We had nice weather, good clam chowder bread bowls and a great time.

Big Birthday Boy

Well, Dominic is officially 1. We never knew it was possible for a year to fly by so fast. He was just born! We had a fun party with all of our family and friends. Thank you to everyone who came and made it such a great first birthday. Our house has now been completely taken over by toys :) Oh, what to do with them all...needless to say, Dominic's been in heaven. We got a bunch of new books which I am thrilled about. It's been nice having new reading material, the old ones could all be recited by heart.