11 months old

This cutie is 11 months old today. Holy cow! Time really does fly when you have a baby. I am planning a fun birthday party for Dominic, I'll post the details and pics after the party.

This picture was one of his 10 month old pictures, I take a monthly picture of him in this chair. It's fun to see how much he has grown.

Dominic loves helping with the laundry...by pulling everything out of the dryer and playing with the dryer balls.

Cute pic of my boys! Dominic loves his daddy, he gets so excited when he comes home from work. He waits at the gate at the top of the stairs with the dogs (who are also excited to see dad) and starts bouncing up and down and laughing. :)

We took Dominic to the park recently to play on the slide. He really likes the slide. When you sit him at the top, he will try to fling himself down the slide. He also likes to go down on his belly (pic below).

I love when he sticks his bottom lip out like this.

Having fun with mom! I love being home with him on my days off and in the mornings when I do work. It's never boring with Dominic!

I love my boy and I can't wait to celebrate his birthday in one month!

First snow

It finally snowed enough for us to take Dominic out on his sled. I have been so excited to use his sled! He loved it! He was so cute, he would laugh and kick his little feet. We just pulled him around the front yard, but he didn't care, he still had a great time.

 He thought mom was pretty fun, but...

 it was even better with dad! Spencer ran around the yard really fast and Dominic thought it was pretty awesome!

 Look at his cute little face! <3

Houston, we have a walker!

It's true! Our little Dominic is officially walking! He is now 10 months old and he is such a sweet boy. I don't have any pictures of him walking yet, but I will definitely be taking some. Some other fun facts about Dominic: he weighs about 18 1/2 lbs, has 4 teeth (but I'm pretty sure another is gonna come in soon), he LOVES cars! He is always driving his cars around and making car noises, he even drives other non-car toys around like they are cars too. It's pretty funny. He isn't talking yet, but that will happen when he's ready. :)

So I finally got a job after looking and applying for several months. I started working at Harmony Home Health about  1 1/2 weeks before Christmas. I am working on a diabetic home health team. I am really enjoying my job, it is really easy and fun, but it's a lot of driving.

Well here are some fun pics from the holiday season. They are out of order, but I didn't feel like fixing them :)

Dad and Dominic on Christmas morning. Dominic had a great Christmas, he had lots of fun opening presents and playing with his new toys. 

Mom and Dominic on Christmas morning

 Me, Dominic, my sister Hillery and Caleb

Look how happy he is on his new dinosaur riding toy thing!

Some cute pics of my boys!

Here are my favorites from our little photo shoot of Dom playing with the tree lights

love that cloth diaper!

We went to Christmas Village on 25th

Dom in his Santa suit

Some family pics

I hope everyone has a great 2012!

Summer 2011

We have had a busy and fun summer! Dominic has grown so much and has learned so many new things. He is now 7 months old and weighs about 18 pounds. He can crawl, pull things off of shelves, pull himself up to a standing position (he's not great at it, but he can do it!), he loves the dogs and he crawls all over Butch, he loves playing with daddy and loves cuddling with mama. He has some separation anxiety when I'm not around, but that's ok with me. :) I love being with him too!

I haven't posted in a while, so here is a big post from the whole summer!

We went camping for the first time...in the backyard ;) This was a first for Dominic, but also a first for mom and dad. We have never been camping together.

Dominic started eating solid foods in July. He loves food! He has tried bananas, rice cereal, avocado, mango, peaches, peas, sweet potatoes, squash, carrots, etc.! We either give him Earths Best organic food or I make him food with organic fresh produce. We only want the best for our little man!

He loves his bumbo, but I think he is starting to outgrow it. I'm pretty sure that he is gonna crawl out of it anyday now.

We went to the zoo a couple times this summer. Dominic wasn't too interested in the animals, but it was still fun.

We went up to the cabin at Bear Lake several times this summer and we took Dominic to the beach for the first time! He loved it! He would jump in the water and tried to eat the sand.

We hung out with cousin Caleb a bunch of times and they even went swimming! It is so fun to see them together and to watch them grow and learn new things. Dominic and Caleb are so cute together!

We saw papa and Kirsten several times this summer and Dominic and I even stayed at their house one weekend while Spencer went hunting. Dominic has so much fun with them!

We went to the Roy Aquatic Center 3 times this summer too.

My beautiful boy! <3

Spencer and I ran our first 5k, it was the Roy Days 5k. We ran it with Lindsay, Tyler and Jamie. It was a lot of fun. Spencer got 2nd in his age group and Tyler got 3rd!

I also ran in the Utah Marathon Relay. A marathon relay is a group that together runs a whole marathon, each person runs a leg of 5.2 miles. I ran it in 55 minutes and my group finished in 4 hours and 25 minutes. This was a challenging run for me, but I loved doing it. I have really enjoyed running and I plan on continuing to run and to do more 5ks!

Dominic loves to watch Baby Einstein. As you can see in this picture, he won't take his eyes off the screen. lol

I just LOVE this picture of Dominic, he looks like such a big boy!

Dominic of course has his grumpy moments, but they aren't very often. :)

Andrina and Tyson's birthday party, Andrina turned 12 and Tyson turned 9! Such cute kiddos!