Snow Day

We had a late snow day in February this year! It was fun to have Dom home for the day and we all played in the snow. Dominic loves the snow!

Valentine's Day

We love going to Willamette Valley Vinyards for their Pinot Noir and Chocolate festival which happens every year on Valentine's weekend. This year we got a babysitter and went with George and Teri and had a great time!

Views from our home

Christmas/New Years

We had a fabulous Christmas this year. We had a our nephew Dustin stay with us for the first week and then spent the second week in San Antonio, Tx with Dom's sister Tracie and her family.

Dominic and Daddy on the plane
Ramsey also came with us and now lives with Tracie and John!! We miss him but are so thankful that he is there with a buddy to play with and warm weather and a big house!! He is happy and so are we! :)
The cousins

Dominic loves taking pictures too
One thing we loved about San Antonio was the warm sunny weather!
The Alamo

The River Walk in downtown San Antonio
Dominic loves hot salsa!
I got to visit with one of my good college girlfriends who now lives in Austin, so fun to see her!
One handsome little guy who stayed up on New Years Eve!
And he just barely made it to midnight!
Happy New Year!!

Dominic Turns 2

It's hard to believe that our baby is two years old. The years just flew by. He had his two year check up and our pediatritian was reviewing his growth/development questionnaire with us. He passed and exceeded every milestone which was encouraging to hear. She also mentioned that he should have between 10 & 20 words by now. I looked at Dom and told him I don't think he even has 10. That evening Dom and I counted over 70 words that Dominic says regularly and his vocabulary grows daily. It's such a fun, very busy stage!

We started Dominic's birthday with a special breakfast, whole wheat blueberry pancakes with maple syrup. He was a huge fan of the syrup!


Next we went to the church gym behind our house. They have a playdate for the kids 2 Friday mornings a month and he has a blast playing with the big trucks and toys and running around with other little kids his age.



The next day we had a birthday party for him with his little friends at church. Thank you Aunt Julie and Uncle Tyson for the yummy cupcakes and the truck design. Trucks are his favorite!

Happy Birthday Dominic! We love you so much!!