Spring Break

We have had a great spring break! Dom was off work for the week, we were house sitting for some friends, and the first half of the week we had gorgeous weather!

My cousin, Elyse was with us the first part of the week and we had a great time showing her around Portland. She grew up in France where her parents are missionaries and the year that I lived there I went to visit them several times. Elyse is now attending Seattle Pacific University
and it was fun to have her with us!


We spent one sunny afternoon at Cannon Beach. The weather was gorgeous and Dominic loved running around and playing in the sand.







Then we made a stop at the candy kitchen to see them making Salt Water Taffy.

And a free sample of fresh salt water taffy. It was still warm! :)

We spent another afternoon in the Gorge, and enjoyed beautiful weather once again!

We saw this hat in the gift shop and couldn't resist putting it on Dominic's head!

We spent some time in down town Portland before Elyse's train took off.


He is already a Starbucks fan! It was an empty cup, but kept him very entertained!

While we were sight seeing, Dominic preferred to walk and loved pushing his stroller!

The video below is of Dominic pushing the stroller through the park.



We did quite a bit of driving and Dominic was fantastic in the car!

Dominic doing a high five!

The video below is of Dominic dancing to music in the car! He loves music!!

Dominic loves fruit!

I haven't found a food that Dominic doesn't like yet. His new love right now though is fruit! He will eat an entire banana and prefers that I don't cut it up for him. Anytime he sees me eat an apple, he wants one too! And of course he likes to eat it like a big boy!

Playtime

Some friends let us borrow a tent and tunnel for Dominic to play with. He LOVES it! He crawls in and out of the tunnel and will bring toys and books into the tent and play in there with it. It's so cute!

Big News

Walking

Big news...Dominic started walking at 14 months (February 19th)! We were spending the weekend with my cousins' family in south Seattle and Dominic just took off! It was so fun to watch him and he had a big cheering squad!




Some of his first wobbly steps :) So precious!

Bubbles

Dominic loves bubbles. This is a video of him and Ramsey playing with the bubbles.

The Park

Dominic loves going to the park. He loves the swings, slides, anything really. And he hates to leave! It is even more fun now that he walks around and he balances pretty well on the bark chips. These are a few pictures from our last trip we took one Saturday when it was sunny. He loves exploring!






Around the House

Recently one of Dominic's favorite places to play is on the couch! Every morning he points and asks me (in his own way) to move the pillows off. Then he helps me move them. We then put toys around him and he plays, we read books and he walks along the couch! It's pretty funny!


Dominic sits so still when he gets his hair cut. Although his hair is still very fine it does get kind of long. His hair color is a reddish blond tint.



A while ago Dominic hurt his little finger and so I put a bandaid on it. He kept looking at it and lifting his finger to show me.



Recently I have gotten into baking bread for our family. I have been experimenting with several different recipes and finally found one that works for our family. Dominic loves fresh bread and it makes the house smell wonderful!

Dominic loves to play in the kitchen! He loves playing in "his" cupboards and he has a great time exploring in the pantry! While cooking, he often plops himself in the crockpot and plays with anything on shelf level that I deem safe for him to play with. He is still a great little helper with unloading the silverware from the dishwasher. Anytime he hears me open it he comes running to help!

Dominic playing with his little girlfriend who just moved to Miami. We miss them!