Busy Days

We got a play structure for the backyard. It's the perfect size for him. Gotta love craigslist :)

Dominic has been randomly pretending to fall asleep and then looks up to see if he has anyone's attention with the biggest grin. Such a little crack up.

On every walk Dominc stops at every flower to smell it. The other day we picked some off of an overgrown bush down by Dunsmuir's back entrance. We brought them home, put them in the glass and set them on the counter. Dominic pointed up at them every few minutes, so we kept taking them down, smelling them and putting them back up. So cute.

HABITOT : Our friend Emily got Dominic a membership to this interactive toddler museum for his birthday. We went for the first time yesterday and had a blast! Can't wait to go again.
They had the coolest rocketship and astronaut outfits. The inside was all computer keyboards, phones, steering wheels, etc.... Dominic couldn't have been more intrigued. He could have stayed, hanging out in the rocketship the whole day and been in heaven. The art room was probably my favorite to watch Dominic in. He painted so intently! I haven't really taken out the paints at home yet, didn't think he'd really be into yet. He was adorable in his little smock painting away.
They also had a little grocery store with fruit and vegetable stands, cash registers, carts, etc... Dominic unfortunately loved pushing the carts a little too wholeheartedly and kept plowing kids over. So, needless to say, we moved on.
They had the coolest little waterpark with water slides, water tables, bathtubs to wash baby dolls in, etc... This was the last exhibit we hit. Good thing, because Dominic was SOAKING wet afterwards.

New Trike

Dominic got a new trike this weekend. He isn't able to push the petals hard enough to make it go anywhere yet, but I have a feeling that he'll figure it out in no time. It came with a handle that you can attach off of the back to push him with. So, we're already getting to use it for walks. Dominic is such a little character and waves to the neighbors mowing their lawns as we walk by. He also takes both of his hands off of the bars as we're walking which freaks Brian out every time :) and stands on the seat. I never pictured Brian to be the overboard careful type of parent, but he sure can't handle the idea of Dominic falling and getting hurt from anything. Dominic doesn't seem to be scared of much though, and willing to try everything; not a good combo. I foresee lots of bumps, bruises and scraped knees in our future with this kid, and a lot more grey hair for Brian :)

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The Marina

Bathtime

Rocky

Dominic had a little run in with the ground yesterday. We were standing outside and he bent over like he was going to touch his toes and just toppled over face first. Totally lost his balance, poor little guy. His forehead and nose look even worse today, all bruised up :(

I haven't been able to find the charger for the video camera since we moved. I need to find it soon because he is just such a crack up and I don't want to forget any of these funny things that he does. When you ask for a kiss he walks straight from wherever he is towards you with the funniest little fish face. He is in full test mode for figuring out what he can get away with. If you tell him not to touch something he'll bend over and touch it with his head or slide his foot up and touch it to see if that will still count. As you can see in the majority of his pictures, he always has his little tongue out when he smiles.

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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 :)

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