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Dominic's bday

Here's how we spent Dominic's bday...

Taking donuts to his friends for a birthday breakfast.

The card they made for him at school.

Our first trip to the zoo.

Feeding the giraffes.

Celebrating with ice cream.

And a ride on the train!Asleep before we made it to the highway.

A quick stop at home and some time on his birthday present my nanny and papaw.

And we ended the evening at Chuck E Cheese!

Dominic's bday party

Mother's Day

Dominic made me a card at school for Mother's Day:


We spent the day together at a local festival and joined some friends for a cookout that evening...

Happy Birthday, Dominic!

2 years ago....

2 years ago tonight, I started this blog.

2 years ago tonight, the most amazing little boy was getting ready to make his grand entrance...

Elmo

We went with some friends this weekend to see Elmo. Dominic took off once we cleared the parking lot to check out Elmo's truck.



Getting ready for the show... We had great seats and the new arena is very nice.



Dominic cried through the first 15 minutes or so. He was TERRIFIED. Since the place was full of kids and he wasn't the only screaming child, I decided to stick it out until at least intermission. At some point when a song finished he paused the crying, looked up at me and then burst into tears again crying for "MORE. More music. More Elmo." Sad, cute and funny all rolled up in one... :) From that point on he loved it!

Animal Sounds

The elephant cracks me up!

Primping for Picture Day at School

Dominic's first "hike"

We checked out one of the nature trails in a park across the river this evening...

Dominic was excited at first and kept saying "Come on"




Every step had to be coordinated with "1,2,3!"



Picking up rocks

and sticks.


When we got near the end, Dominic decided he was done and sat in the middle of the trail.

Running to catch up...

We played in the park after our walk. Dominic loves the park, but leaving means about 20 minutes of screaming and crying "Bye-bye, park".