New Pictures

As I work on our Thanksgiving post, here are some new pictures:

Eating M&Ms from his first Trick-or-Treat experience.

DominicsDad pushing Dominic around on his trike. He's learning to steer and is doing a pretty good job.

Playing in a diaper box.
" Grandpa, I know I saw something in here!"

Christmas in November

Sighhhh...it is that time of year and Santa has come out already. He was visiting the UTC mall so we took lil' Dominic to see him. The poor guy doesn't quite get it yet. Instead of the Jolly Ol' Saint Nick that we are all used to, I believe he just saw a loud fat guy in a red suit and a beard. The fat guy would keep reaching for Dominic, trying to get him to sit on his lap. Dominic would have nothing to do with him. We eventually did get a picture, but it took both of us and the expression on Dominic's face is not what I would call happy. There are not too many people with beard's in D-man's life, so whenever he sees one, he is pretty cautious.

If anyone would like a copy with greater resolution for printing, just drop me a comment (pencil icon just below this...)

EDIT: And here is last year's X-Mas photo. Once again, DominicsMom was in the photo to hold the little guy down. His expression has not changed much in the two pictures.

2nd Guest Post

And another post from Dominic:

Hi Daddy and Mommy,
Did you really read my journal? Did you think I was so cute and smart to take Nana to Starbucks?

Wednesday afternoon - I've been poo-ing everyday and Nana is very proud of me. My stomach is more comfortable and very soft. I did not even drink any prune juice. It must have been the icecream. And I had a very good dinner, ate two drumsticks. Nana bought a roasted chicken for me.

Thursday morning - I had a very good breakfast. I ate one egg, one waffle, a piece of Nana's toast and a whole lot of cantaloupe. Then I looked at my pictures in the computer. I laughed a lot at me - the one I like best is me laughing at a picture of me in the computer - confused, are you Daddy?

Then grandma and grandpa arrived. I went to play with them and nana packed.

Nana came downstairs - I saw her and said "Nana" and ran to her

Nana was so pleased I thought she was going to cry with joy. She squeezed me sooo hard.
I said "bye bye" to her at the airport. Nana kissed and kissed me - thought she wouldn't let me go.

Now I'm having fun with grandma and grandpa
Dominic

Guest Post

DominicsMom & DominicsDad have both been on vacation, visiting Uncle Andy & Auntie Laurie in Norway. Unfortunately, Dominic was left at home. But he agreed to do a couple of guest posts to let us know how he's doing:

Dear Mommy and Daddy,
Sunday - I was very sad when I woke up and you were not home. I missed you. I fussed a bit and needed my binkie. Nana gave me my binkie and I said please" and "thank you Nana". Nana was not feeling good but she held me a lot. I liked that. Nana read to me too. I gave her my favorite books to read. I did not eat much for breakfast, just had a little toast and 3 strawberries. For lunch, I had - I cannot remember what I had for lunch. I had edaname and milk for dinner. I did not want to eat but I had lots of juice all day. I cried the entire bathtime. I missed you. nana read me my favorite books and i went to sleep. She said I was a good boy. I gave her a kiss and she gave me my binkie after I said "please Nana"

Monday - I woke up at 8:00 and Nana took me to Leonie's. I had fun there. At noon, Nana picked me up. I ran to Nana when I saw her and Nana was so pleased she kissed me and kissed me. I thought she'd never let me go. I napped in my bed. I did not wake up until 4:00, and had three pieces of pears for my snack. I love pears. I like them not too ripe or too hard and very sweet. For dinner I had scrambled eggs. I ate all my eggs, all the edaname, and tater tots. Nana said I ate very good. I had lots of juice too and had my poo-poo - almost as big as a baseball, Nana said. Ouch!

Tuesday - I woke up at 7:30 and had my scrambled eggs. I ate all of it, a piece of toast and lots of cantaloupe. I was proud of myself and nana was too. We were going to the zoo when you and Daddy called. I listened very hard to everything you said. I was very sad and I missed you. Nana gave me my binkie and I said "thank you". She kissed me a lot. We went to the zoo. I loved the ducks. I saw a big elephant and the elephant poo-poo - huge. I also saw the rhino and the panda bear as well as kaola bears. they were sleeping a lot. I did not have my binkie the whole time I was at the zoo. I was very good. We had a corndog and fries for lunch and I was avery good boy, Nana said. I did not fuss and did not have my binkie. I sat in my stroller or I walked a lot. nana picked me up to see the animals too. I ate blueberries until they were gone. At 1:00 we left the zoo. nana gave me my binkie and I slept all the way home. I did not get up until 4:00 and had more pears for a snack. Then Nana went to the store to pick up fried chicken for dinner and we picked up Daddy's clothes from the cleaners. When Nana wanted to put me in the car I did to want to go in. I took Nana's hand and pointed to Starbuck's and took her there. I have been to Starbucks before and they have good cookies. I remember "Starbucks very well. Nana let me choose my dessert and I chose a mini brownie cupcake. Nana was tickled when I dragged her to Starbucks. I had my sweet knowing smile on my face when I took her there. I'm smart, aren't I? But I cried during bathtime. I missed you. But after Nana read my favorite books I went to bed My nose was dribbling a lot since Monday and I had trouble going to sleep so Nana gave me a little dimetabb. I slept good then. Nana said I was very good all day. We had fun.

Wednesday - I woke up at 7:00 this morning and I had waffles - one and a half waffles. I like them. I had lots of cantaloupes too. I did not want the strawberries. Nana and I did coloring - me especially - I colored for you and Daddy - put lots of kisses stickers on Mommy's and none for Daddy. I playe with playdoh and nana made a stack of playdoh balls. At 9:15 nana took me to the new park. When I saw we were going to Leonie's I fussed because i did not want to go there but nana was only going to the park. When we got to the park, Nana took the binkie away adn I chased the birds. I went downt he steepiest slide, nana pushed me on the high swings and the baby swing but my favorite is the teeter-totter. I love that and I had a great time. We stayed at the park for more than an hour and then we went to the icecream store. Guess what Mommy and Daddy - I had ice cream for lunch. It was wonderful. nana said it was my special treat. I've been a very good boy. It's 3:36 and I'm still sleeping. I'll write to you again.
I love you, Mommy and Daddy
Dominic

Halloween

It was Dominic's first time trick or treating and he picked out a Thomas the Train costume. He hasn't been feeling too well the last week, so when it came time to put on his costume, he balked and wouldn't let us do it. So we decided to just head out of the house and see what happens. Just as we stepped off the sidewalk and into the street, a small group of kids approached the house, all dressed up. I ran back into the house and opened up so that I could treat the other kids. Dominic saw the kids in their costumes and decided he would let us dress him up. We then headed off into the night.

At the first house we approached, he was a little apprehensive, but when they opened the door and placed the bowl of candy in front of him, he quickly reached in and took one. He was incredulous when they told him he could take another. I could see the thought patterns running through his head, "So I get to dress up, go to strange doors, and they give me candy. Now they are offering me more!" Instead of going for a second piece of candy, he figured it for a good deal and tried to take the whole bowl!

Dominic enjoyed the rest of the evening, although the talking skull scared him a bit.

Here is DominicsDad trying out the costume.

And here is the little guy in his costume. It was a wee bit long and I ended up carrying him from house to house.

Next week we are going on vacation and blogging will be a bit light, see you in the holidays!