Dominic on the go

Dominic turned a year old and he has been busier than ever and into everything he can get his little hands on. It keep my day interesting!

A few of his daily favorites are...

Helping mommy around the house:
Dominic loves to help me unload the silverwear from the dishwasher every day. It is so cute. He also recently started helping me sweep the kitchen floor. Sometimes I have him help me bake bread, etc, by dumping the flour into the bowl to mix. He is a good little helper even at 1!
































Brushing his teeth:

In January, we handed Dominic a toothbrush with some training toothpaste after his nightly bath to see what he would do. He took it, put it right in his mouth and started brushing! He knew exactly what to do!






Playing in Ramsey's crate:

Dominic and Ramsey are best buds. They play together all the time and like to get each other into trouble (mostly, Dominic tempts Ramsey with his toys and food and gives it to him and then Ramsey gets in trouble!). Since Ramsey turned two and has been fixed he has calmed down considerably...he rarely barks (unless someone comes to the door, which I am so thankful for!), he is soooooo good with Dominic, he sleeps most of the day and he gets us out of the house on a walk every day, rain or shine! We are so thankful that we still have him!!






His favorite things:

Brushing his teeth and playing in the crate at the same time!



And of course eating!!!

He will eat almost anything you put in front of him. His favorite thing for breakfast is oatmeal (with wheatgerm and a little bit of honey mixed in) and bananas, lunch he has a sandwich or chicken quesadilla, or soup and for dinner he eats what we do. He is such a good little eater!

Christmas

Chasing a busy toddler around all day (one who doesn't like to nap!), makes it difficult for me to keep up with things...like the blog. I have more pictures to post which I hope to get to soon, but for now here are our Christmas pictures!! I can't believe that it was over a month ago!
We had a wonderful Christmas, and the highlight was watching Dominic! Although he really didn't understand what was going on, we still had a blast watching our busy little boy move about from one thing to the next. He attempted to open presents (with our help) and even helped decorate the tree!
We were so thankful for the two weeks vacation that Dom had. We spent that time with family...my cousins who live south of Seattle, Lake Cavanaugh with my family and then to Sunriver, OR for a few days with Dom's family.
We had a great time playing with Dominic in the snow for his first time at the Lake. He LOVED it and was crawling and rolling around in it. He even helped us build a big snowman!

Dominic and Great Grandma

Decorating the tree

Our happy little boy!

He's 1!!!

A year ago today our little boy was born. What a joy this year has brought us! We cherish every moment with our little guy.


Dominic had his 12 month checkup today and he is now 29 inches long (more than half my height!)! He grew 3 inches in the last 3 months and is finally in the 25th % for his height! We are hoping that his daddy's genes are finally kicking in! He is also 21 lb 9 oz. Still very healthy!
Here are some things that Dominic is currently doing...

He is now crawling on hands and knees

He preferres walking along furniture and is fast too! He has let go and stood on his own about 5 times...he will be walking soon!!

He loves helping mommy with chores

He insists on feeding himself now. Mealtime is messy!

He loves the dishwasher. Thankfully this was after emptying a clean load!!

He loves music...dancing, the piano, the xylophone, etc (after his mommy!)

And he is obsessed with keyboards and electronics, chords, etc. (from his daddy!). Can you see the mischievous look in his eyes?

Here are a few pictures from a family party we had for him on Saturday. Dominic had a fun time and even enjoyed his cupcake (although it was made with whole wheat flour, wheat germ, applesauce and mashed bananas with organic baby yogurt as icing! I am not quite ready to give him sweets yet).

I found a picture of Dom and I at around a year. Who do you think Dominic looks more like?

Dom and I talked about it and think that he doesn't look more like one or the other just a good combination of both. But Dominic definitely does have his daddy's eyebrows and expression! HA!








I had fun going through his baby pictures and picking one out from every month.

Our little Christmas blessing

We were snowed in for our 5 day check up (necessary because he was so early and so tiny) and so we took him to the grocery store across the street to have him weighed!

1 Month

2 Months

3 Months

4 Months

5 Months

6 Months

7Months

8 Months

9 Months

10 Months

11 Months

and his 1st birthday!!!


Happy 1st Birthday Dominic! We love you so much!

Grandma

I love this picture with my grandma. It was taken the beginning of November at Grandma and Grandpa's 50th wedding anniversary party.

GoodBye

The first time Dominic waved good bye was at the end of the night on Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving! We were asked to house sit for the week of Thanksgiving and so we were able to use this house host Dom's family. It was my first year to cook the turkey and I was so thankful that it turned out great! I had a fun time cooking and we had great family time too.

Last minute cooking

Dominic was so tired he fell asleep in Uncle Kevin's arms