Oh, The Bermanity of it all

Jamie's First Sentence and his current words!

2010-03-25T08:12:00.000-07:00

He's been saying "No No" for a few days now and "Doma" for a few weeks. Today Dom did something he didn't like so he said "No No Doma-nic! Stop!" Stop must be the new word for today.

Other words Jamie can say:
Da-Da (his favorite lol)
Ma-Ma
Nite-Nite
Better
Bye and Bye-Bye
Yea

More to come later!

Jamie Walking

2010-01-02T14:05:00.000-08:00

Today Jamie started letting go of furniture and taking steps on his own. We counted 2 steps! Video to come.

John: 1, Piñata: 0

2008-10-21T12:37:00.000-07:00

work parties are fun. here's a video of me decapitating a piñata.

Beware: KAME teriyaki noodle boxes

2008-10-09T12:27:00.001-07:00

i don't know what happened, but this thing smelled and tasted like burned rubber. beware this product!

on the other hand, the pad thai flavor was ok.

Dominic started preschool!

2008-10-01T14:14:00.000-07:00

Our little guy is growing up!

He's ben in preschool for 2 weeks now and he's doing great!

More to come...

Dominic Singing

2008-07-24T05:52:00.000-07:00

Sorry we haven't posted in a while! We both have been extremely busy; Tiffany with School and John with his new job. We'll try to post more often. Here's a video of Dominic singing.

New corner office for John!

2008-04-21T08:29:00.000-07:00

They moved me to a corner office today - I'm loving it! I have a view of Plum St. going all the way up from Fourth to the convention center, downtown Cincinnati. Too bad its just temporary!

New Swingset!

2008-04-06T13:23:00.000-07:00

We bought this swingset for Dominic's birthday with our tax rebate. It should be shipped and installed in week or two once a land survey they are doing has been completed. It's called the "Lightning" by Creative Playthings, and its made out of pressed yellow pine. It has a built-in picnic table, a 10' wave slide, 3 swing spaces, a rock wall, a climbing ladder, and a lifetime warranty! We can even add on more cool accessories like a periscope, a telescope, a tire swing, a fireman pole, a play steering wheel, etc. More info about it can be found here.

We tried it out at the store and Dominic loved it - he can even get up the climbing wall practically on his own! Hopefully it will make this and upcoming summers more fun and adventurous for our little guy, his friends, and any future children we have.

Florida!!!

2008-03-28T13:26:00.000-07:00

We took Dominic to the beach for the first time last week. We went to Marco Island, Fl, to visit Grandma Nancy who was there for the month of March.

He instantly started playing with the sand. A giant sandbox!!!

He giggled with each wave that splashed over his legs.

Eating dinner with Mommy, Daddy, and Grandma Nancy.

From snow to sand in 2 weeks!

2008-03-28T13:19:00.000-07:00

In Cincinnati we got over a foot of snow. This was Dominic's first big snow experience! He really enjoyed it, and didn't want to come inside even though he was shivering like crazy.

Dominic exploring nature!

2008-02-25T06:26:00.000-08:00

Tiffany let Dominic collect some items from outdoors (acorns, pine cones, rocks, sticks, and pine needles) in a shoe box and gave him a set of magnifying glasses to look at them closer. He's never used a magnifying glass before and was fascinated by what he saw! He spent over an hour examining his "outdoor box". Our little guy has a deep fascination of nature!

Here are some pictures:

John got a new job!

2008-02-12T10:57:00.000-08:00

John just got a new job as Interactive Application Developer at WonderGroup Inc! They are an awesome advertising agency with big-name clients, located in downtown Cincinnati. This is a huge step up!

Check them out at www.wondergroup.com

Historic Old. St. George Church burns down!

2008-02-02T07:32:00.001-08:00

The church that John & Tiffany got married in burned down last night. It was a historic building, built in 1868. Here's a pic taken before the fire:

And the church as of last night:

Here's a pic of the inside of the church during our wedding.

So long for a beautiful building and a lot of memories! I was hoping the church would stand there forever. :(

We are bad bloggers!

2008-01-18T13:17:00.001-08:00

There has been a ton going on and we just haven't had time to update here. I just posted an update at mommietoadramanic.blogspot.com for all who are interested.

I will have some new pictures and Dommie news coming soon!

Family Pictures!

2007-11-20T18:31:00.000-08:00

My friend Naomi took some absolutely amazing family pictures of us. Here are our favorites!

Can you believe that it was only about 40 degrees out and dreary looking and we were freezing? I swear she's such an amazing photographer!

Carving Pumpkins and "Pumpkin Guts"!

2007-11-07T05:04:00.001-08:00

I know it's been forever since I've updated unfortunately but Dominic has been sick and my Dad is in the hospital after having surgery and all kinds of other problems. You can check out the updates on Dommie, my Dad, my school stuff, and some awesome new scrap pages at Mommie To A Dramanic.

Now, onto what you really want to see! Some updated photos of Dommie. These are from the night we carved our pumpkin. Dommie was hilarious, he didn't want to touch the "pumpkin guts" inside the pumpkin, but he was more than willing to touch them once they came out of the pumpkin. He would take them from the spoon and plot them into the bowl. One of the scrapbooking pages on Mommie to a Dramanic is about that.

Getting Ready to Dig In! (or not)

Helping Mommie with the Spoon

Watching Daddy get it all cleaned out

Mommie tried to get me to put my hand inside...ewwww

All of us together! Mommie figured out the camera timer!!!

That's all for now but stay tuned for more tomorrow if all goes well. Dommie and I are probably going to stay the night with Charity tonight so we can spend tomorrow visiting my Dad.

Halloween is here!

2007-10-29T10:03:00.000-07:00

We decided to go with the Devil costume - here are some pics! Dommie LOVES his costume!

Dominic picking out pumpkins and gourds:

After picking out pumpkins, we went to the "Halloween Nights" festival at Parky's Farm.

Dommie is sick

2007-10-09T05:30:00.000-07:00

Dominic woke up sunday night with a temperature and had a fever all day. It got up to 105.4! We took him to the doc and they said it's most likely a viral infection that's going around that should only last 2 or 3 days. They also took a throat culture to test for strep and will have the results by tomorrow. Tiffany stayed home with him yesterday and today. We've been keeping the temp down with tylenol and motrin, and a few impromptu baths. Hopefully we can avoid catching whatever it is that he has. Poor guy!

A Dommie Video!

2007-10-01T16:57:00.001-07:00

Tonight there will be a Dommie video for all of you. We have tons of pictures that we have just uploaded so check them out here if you want. I'll be posting them over the next few days.

Without further ado here's the video!

This is a video of Dommie watching his favorite show right now! The Addie show! Addie is the little girl of one of the mommies on my mommie board. She and Dominic are actually only a few days apart in age. Every night when I get on the computer Dommie runs over and asks for "Addie" It's really too cute. He got shy when we turned the camera on this time but it's still pretty cute.

Dommie loves videos of Addie :)

2007-09-26T19:59:00.000-07:00

My friend Cory has a blog called "Yes, they keep me busy" the link to it is on my personal blog.. Cory posts tons of fun videos of her kids, Addie and Ben, (I know we need to post more fun videos of Dommie) and Dommie LOVES to watch videos of Addie. He asks every night to see "Addie Videos" it's seriously way too cute. While the videos are on he stares at the screen without even blinking periodically saying "ah-dee!" and smiling lots. We actually took a video of him watching Addie videos tonight so we'll post that soon. John also got a great video of him dancing and playing "Ring Around The Rosie"

Stay tuned for the videos in a few days!

Check out these Halloween Costume Ideas for Dommie

2007-09-21T17:51:00.000-07:00

Here are some of the costumes that John and I liked as we were looking around tonight. What do you think? We would really love your thoughts!

Elephant

Devil

More ideas to come later. Please feel free to add any ideas you see too!

Halloween Costume Ideas

2007-09-21T06:36:00.000-07:00

We are trying to decide what Dominic should be for Halloween and we would love your ideas! He doesn't seem to care all that much so far. He liked a puppy costume we saw in a magazine and John and I were thinking since he LOVES Mickey Mouse he might like that too.

What do you think?

Possible costume links to follow in a post later today. Feel free to add any pictures or other ideas you have in the comments section.

Playing with other kids

2007-09-19T18:42:00.000-07:00

Dommie's friend Ezra came over for a visit today. Unfortunately we didn't get any pictures but the too of them had so much fun together. Dommie was actually playing with Ezra and sharing his toys and everything. If Ezra reached for a toy Dommie would hand it to him even if Dommie had been playing with it already. It was way toooo cute.

At one point Ezra was crawling after Dommie and Dommie was giggling like crazy about it. I wish we would have gotten some pictures... Next time though.

Our Little Tape Recorder

2007-09-18T20:01:00.000-07:00

Tonight Dominic was repeating everything that we said. John and I thought it was the cutest thing. Finally John asked Dommie, "Can you say tape recorder?" Dommie looked at John smiled and began bouncing around the kitchen saying "Tay-pe RE-coor-dah!" over and over again.

I really love this age he's so much fun. People kept telling us it would be the terrible toes but so far I think it's both of our favorite age for him. We get to do so much more with him.

5 days of new posts in a row!

2007-09-17T19:31:00.000-07:00

This must be a record for us, I am trying to keep up with posting something new everyday and not forgetting all about our blogs.

Today's news is that there isn't much new! LOL

Dommie's fish are doing great. He feeds them in the morning when he gets up and a night before dinner. He loves watching them eat and every night before he goes to bed he says "Goodnight Gold Fishies!"

He has a new aloe plant that we picked up at a yard sale for him. It's just a little baby one that he can carry around with him if he wants. The rest of his plants are thriving (except one that John and I had basically killed before he got so into them).

That's about it, scroll down for the latest pics and news about Dommie and us.

If you haven't visited in awhile...

2007-09-16T18:44:00.000-07:00

The last few posts show some of the latest pictures of Dommie and Dommie's FIRST REAL SENTENCE!!! Very exciting.

In today's news Dommie's favorite thing to do right now is say "bye-bye" or "goodnight" to EVERYTHING and EVERYONE. Trees, rocks, butterflies, random people walking by, cars, you name it. His other favorite right now is Mickey Mouse. John and I think it might be genetic since we were both really into Mickey Mouse as kids. He gets so excited when he sees Mickey and asks for him all the time. We got him a stuffed Mickey and a Mickey poster at a yard sale on Saturday.

That's all the news for today. So far so good on posting every day, check back tomorrow for something new!

Dominic's First Sentence

2007-09-15T18:07:00.001-07:00

Dommie spoke his first clear and rather concise sentence today. He woke up from his nap (which he took thankfully, he's been trying not to take them lately) and he had spilled his sippy of water on himself while he was sleeping. I think he was laying on it and so it leaked out on him. Well he woke up and thought he had peed through his diaper on himself and started crying. Once we got him all cleaned up he was sitting on my lap and looking at me. After a minute he said "Mommie, I pee-peed in my bed" clear as can be. Then since I hadn't said anything he said it again and asked "bad boy?" We told him that no he was not a bad boy and he seemed okay with that.

The other day Moshi Moshi had peed on his bed and he heard me yelling at her about it. I think he thought that since I said that she was a bad kitty for doing it he was a bad boy for leaking through his diaper (Yes we scrubbed his bed before he laid back down in it and we are extremely thankful for having had the foresight to put a waterproof mattress cover on his bed).

Anyways that the latest news in the land of Bermanity. We are going to try to make a post here and on Mommie To A Dramanic every day so keep checking back!

Dominic at the Zoo!

2007-09-14T17:00:00.001-07:00

This is from our last zoo trip in August. It was a lot of fun, when we were at the Manatee house another little boy ran up and hugged Dommie. It was too cute, I wish I could have gotten a picture of it.

A flower I took a picture ofDommie looking thoughtful with his Mommie

Being super cute in the car

Baby Rhino!!!!

Baby Red River Hogs

Gazing out at the lake

Baby Gazelles

The Elephant gathering

Sorry for taking forever to make new posts!

2007-09-13T18:55:00.000-07:00

School has kept me super busy. We have tons of new pictures to share so stay tuned and keep you eyes peeled. I've also posted some of my latest scrap pages at Mommie to a Dramanic.

Speaking of our little Dramanic he is being the cutest little boy EVER lately. Tonight when we left Kroger (grocery store) he said in his sweetest voice "bye-bye Kr-oh-ger! nite-nite Kr-oh-ger! Goodnight!!!" over and over again. Sounds like it might be annoying right? Nope, it was wayyy too cute.

In other news Dommie got his very first pets! He has two "goldfishies" a red orando and a pearlscale. Neither have names yet, but both seem to be thriving and he loves feeding them and talking to them. He even tells them goodnight before he goes to bed.

Now on to what you really want to see, picture of the Dramanic! Tons more pictures to come later as we are still getting the past month's pictures uploaded.

Dommie and the Children's Museum (Thanks Grandma Nancy and Grandpa Terry!!!)

Climbing the big spiderweb

Look what I made!

What's in here?

Ohhhh sand!!!

Fishies!

Balls! Lots and Lots of flying BALLS!

Water!? How wet can I get?

Probably pretty wet seeing as I won't wear a smock.

TURTLES!

Stay tuned tomorrow for pictures of our latest zoo trips, followed by pictures of our latest trip to Louisville for GrandMary's birthday (we had a wonderful time, an amazing dinner, and awesome company) and pictures of Dommie's latest activities at home.

ENJOY!

Our Visit to GrandMary and George in Louisville

2007-08-08T09:08:00.000-07:00

Dommie was so cute the entire time, he really hammed it up. He smiled, talked, and even learned both of their names. We went to a place called Hometown Buffett for lunch and it was very yummy. Dom even showed off his healthy eating and chose veggies over a piece of cake. Afterward we went back to the house and talked for a while. We all had a really good time and hope to head that way again soon. Dommie was even asking for GrandMary and George this morning on the way to daycare.

Here are the highlights. You can see all of the pictures here.

Dommie watching Daddy and George at the computer. Dommie smiling at GrandMary
Of course there are some pictures of Dommie with the plants.
More plants
Dommie, Mommie, and GrandMary
Dommie and George
George, John, GrandMary, and Dommie

Fingerpainting!

2007-08-07T09:49:00.000-07:00

Dommie's new favorite activity is fingerpainting. We brought the paints out the other day and since then he's asked again and again to paint. Heather even called me today to let me know he's asking to paint and find out where she should set it up.

Here are some pictures from the other day. I'll try to get some pictures of his final pieces to post soon as well.

Grabbing just a little bit of paint for his masterpiece

Mixing it all together

Time to switch to the next painting and maybe have a bit for snack too.

What? you mean I wasn't supposed to eat it?

Dommie Used his New POTTY!!!!

2007-08-05T18:32:00.001-07:00

We bought Dommie the Winnie the Pooh 3-in-1 Flushing Potty on Friday. He loves to push the flushing button. It doesn't really flush but it says something like, "You Did It!" and then makes a flushing sound. We didn't really get a chance to have him try it because the next morning we headed to Louisville, where we had a great lunch with Grandmary and George (pictures to come soon). Then we headed to Lexington where we had a blast with Tiff, Jeremy, Colson, and Karissa. Dommie had his first slumber party type thing with Karissa and Colson and they had sooooooo much fun. I couldn't believe how well they all got along.

Anyways, when we got home tonight Dommie announced he had to "poo-poo" we asked if he wanted to use the potty and brought it out. After we helped him pull his diaper down he sat down and proceeded to poop on the POTTY! I'm sure we still have quite the journey of potty training to go but we're off to a great start!!!!

We were so excited. Of course immediately after he tried to touch it and John whisked him off to get wipe and wash his hands. I went to help and then realized the cats were a little too interested in what was in the potty so I cleaned that up instead. We are sooooooooooo proud of our little boy.

Plants, Plants, and more Plants

2007-08-03T05:54:00.000-07:00

Dommie's love for plants is not diminishing in the slightest. He now has three plants that are specifically his in the house. He has a "money tree", a "cane tree", and a "blushing leaf" cactus. We have never had so many plants when you add his to our other two. When he gets up in the morning the first thing he wants is his plants and when he leaves the house or goes to bed he HAS to say "buh-bye" to his plants. When we pick him up at daycare he is almost always outside and playing with the flower garden. He's very gentle with the plants and cries if he accidentally pulls off a leaf or flower. It's amazing to see. I definitely prefer Dominic to have a plant obsession than one with a cartoon character or something similar.

Enough babbling though, here are the latest pictures of a typical morning in the Berman house!

Carrying his plant to the couch for a snuggle.

Snuggling with his plant

Putting his plant in his room next to his other plant to talk to them both at the same time.

Carrying his plant around everywhere he goes.

I think it's all too cute, at night he talks to his plants and sometimes we hear him singing to them. It is the most adorable thing I have ever seen. I hope you're enjoying these pictures. I may have a plant video to post tomorrow. Tomorrow is also the day we go to visit GrandMary and George.

The ISOC Summer Party! Swimming, Jumping, and More!

2007-08-01T13:40:00.000-07:00

John's work had one of their summer parties a few weekends ago. We all went and had a blast. Last year Dominic didn't want anything to do with the pool or thre trampoline. This year was a whole other story. He loved both and even though he was absolutely exhausted when we left only a half an hour before his bedtime (we got there around 2 and he goes to bed at 8) he still cried and wanted to play longer.

Here he is with one of the other children trying to figure out what this trampoline thing is...

Ohhhh! I'm supposed to jump! I can do that!
Dominic was in need for a visit to the nearby slide and swingset. Then a break to go swimming, Dommie and Daddy really enjoyed the cool water.

Then back to the tranpoline, by this time Dommie had it all figured out and was ready to start the acrobatics.
The expression and the shirt say it all.
Jumping on the trampoline with Daddy.

All in all I would say it was a pretty great day. We have lots of other new pictures to post up soon. Hopefully some of them will show up tomorrow. Stay tuned, same Berman time, same Berman channel.

Dommie and Zoe Video

2007-07-22T17:59:00.001-07:00

Here is a video of Dommie and Zoe playing in the pool at the BBQ. The video is a little pixelated, I'm not sure why. I think it has something to do with photobucket. You can see this video and more on the gallery in July 2007/Videos

Don't Worry Dommie was fine and giggling some more just a few minutes later.

A BBQ in July

2007-07-21T05:52:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago we invited some friends over for an impromptu BBQ. It ended up being a ton of fun!!!

Naomi, Jon and Zoe came, followed by Tia, Carrie and Ezra, and finally Heather, Michael and Heather's niece Mariah.

Check out our BBQ Adventures!

Daddy put me in the pool with my clothes on and I played with Aunt Tia

Mommie made Daddy put my swimsuit on, it's much easier to swim that way!

We had fruits, veggies, chips, and burgers! YUM!

Zoe came and we had a blast in the pool playing with Aunt Tia and the slide

Then Carrie came and brought Ezra and Mommie, Naomi, and Carrie sat around the pool while we played.

The day before the BBQ I tried to trim Dommie's hair and ended up nicking his ear. It wasn't fun. We took him to urgent care because it looked like it might need a liquid stitch or something and I was worried about infections. The doctor did give him a liquid stitch and agreed that it's an area that is highly prone to infection so he had us start Dommie on amoxicillian just in case. Everything seemed like it was fine, but the day of the BBQ Dommie fell out of the pool and pulled the cut back open. Once it stopped bleeding we decided that since we had the antibiotics then we would watch it for a few days and make sure he got the antibiotics. It's all healed now with no infection!

You can see more BBQ pictures here.
Tomorrow I will post some more pictures and maybe even a video! Stay Tuned!

Dommie and the Plant

2007-07-20T08:16:00.000-07:00

Dommie has developed an obsession with plants over the last few months. Recently he and I both had a bad round of the flu, thankfully John didn't get it. Well, while Dommie was sick when he went to sleep he cried for the plant that sits on the kitchen counter. Since he wasn't feeling well and we just wanted him to be comfortable we let him take the plant to bed. He was so happy and didn't make a sound for the rest of the night. We took the plant away once he had fallen asleep.

Here are some pictures!

Awake and petting the plant

Finally asleep and snuggled up with the plant.

We have more pictures of Dommie with the plants in the front yard and helping Daddy with dishes here.

Dommie's First Corn on the Cob

2007-07-19T07:55:00.000-07:00

We have been terrible about keeping this updated but I plan to add an update each day with new pictures from the past month. Today's picture update is Dominic's first experience with corn on the cob. He ate it all by himself! He was so happy and proud of himself once he figured out how it worked and he ate almost the entire thing!

Here are the pictures.

Cheesing it up for the camera

Eating his corn all by himself!

So proud of himself!

Stay tuned tomorrow for the latest on Dommie's plant obsession and check out my blog Mommie to a Dramanic for the latest in my life.

Our Photo gallery is Back!

2007-06-06T05:31:00.001-07:00

It's been down since November, but it's back now! We finally gave up on it getting fixed at the current host and moved the hosting to a new place. It makes me sooooo much happier to know that it's back and working.

It is a lot easier to upload photos and post photos from the gallery.

Here is the link

www.linenoiz.com/gallery

The Birthday Pictures have Arrived!

2007-05-31T05:09:00.001-07:00

Dominic had an amazing birthday! In my opinion the party went great, good people, good food, and lots of fun. You can check out the pictures and decide for yourself.

Everyone that came, thank you so much! We were so glad to have you.

Laughing with Grandpa Terry during dinner the night before.

Storytime with Grandpa Terry the night before

Zoe arrives in style!

Storytime with Aunt Julia before the party.

Zoe, Lainey, and Dommie went straight for the pool.

Catching Fishies!

Chatting with family.

John started the grilling and then ran off for camera duty

Dommie doing a little liquid

The little ones had their own table thanks to Grandpa Jim

Amanda and Reese

Playing in the sandbox

The Bermans and a Johnson

Zoe and Naomi (I love this picture)

Tia

Digging right in to his cupcake

Carrie and Ezra

Getting ready to open presents

Are you going to clean me up?

Our Early May Zoo Trip!

2007-05-30T05:04:00.000-07:00

We took Dommie to the zoo again and it was a lot of fun. It was a gorgeous day. We spent a really long time in the Manatee House looking at "fishies!" Good times...

Plants and water! What more could a kid want?

A beautiful Macaw, Dommie loves the gorgeous colors.

Looking at Elephants with Daddy!

Checking out the map to make sure we're headed in the right direction to see the fishies...

FISHIES!!!!!

The Manatee

Ice cream at the end of a hot day. Ahh that's the life.

Attention Bermans

2007-05-23T06:24:00.000-07:00

As I mentioned to some of you I want to set this blog up so that each of you can post an update on your lives as well.

I already sent Laura her invitation to post. I believe Laura that all you have to do is activate that and you can start posting at any time.

If anyone else would like to be able to post blog entries on this page please respond to this post with a gmail email address. It has to be gmail. I will set it up to send you an invitation and all you have to do is accept it and start posting.

In other exciting news, Dommie's birthday party pictures and more will hopefully be up tonight.

8 Days and Counting!

2007-05-11T05:09:00.000-07:00

That's right folks, we are only 8 days away from Dominic's Birthday and birthday party!

It is so hard to believe that our little baby is turning 2 in just a few short days. The plans for his party are moving right along and it is all finishing touches now. We aren't sure how many people to expect, but here is the current RSVP count:

Terry, Nancy, Julia and Laura
Rob Berman
GrandMary and George
Dad and Charity
Grandma Helen
Tom Reed, plus guest (Jasmine)
Carrie (possibly Charles), and Ezra
Lauren (possibly Chris), and Connor
Naomi, Jon, and Zoe
Jenny McClellan
Liz and Joe
Tia McClellan
Amanda, Doug, and Reese (possibly Darell)
Heather and Michael
Aunt Janet, Bianca, and Emma
Heather and Lainey

Those are the firm RSVPs currently, so it's looking like about 20-30 people depending upon how many late RSVPs I get this week. I think we are going to prepare for 35 just in case.

An Unexpected Operation for Tiffany

2007-05-07T08:50:00.000-07:00

I had to have an emergency appendectomy Friday evening. The details are in My Blog.

I am home and doing okay right now. I just wanted to let everyone know what happened and that I am okay.

Trip to Michigan

2007-05-05T17:46:00.000-07:00

We went to Grand Rapids, Michigan to meet up with the other family's on Tiffany's mommy messageboard. While there, we went swimming at the hotel and played pinball (both which Dominic completely adored) went to the Frederick Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park to see a beautiful butterfly exhibit, cool tropical plants, and some fish and turtles. The also have a children's garden with a sensory garden, a great lakes water fountain, a rock quarry with a huge sandbox, and a tree house village. It was quite a neet place. Dominic's favorite parts were the cool plants (he also has a strong interest in plants, he loves touching different leaves and did it almost the whole time we were at the gardens), the giant sandbox, the pinball (loud joyful giggles when the ball hit the bumpers), and the pool. He was practically swimming by himself with the waterwings. I think he's a natural swimmer... we'll probably get a membership to the YMCA now.

At the Frederick Meijer gardens, checking out the cool plants

Checking out the plants with mommy

By the waterfall

Cool colorful leaves!

Tiffany and the other mommies

Playing with the pegboard with Shayden

Happy to have cheese!

Very interested in the fishies and turtles. "Fishies! Fishies!"

Playing xylophone at the sensory gardens

Playing at the Great Lakes fountain

Borrowing a hat to wear at the rock quarry sandbox

Playing with the plants with Daddy

Family pose at the big Da Vinci horse replica!

All conked out after a fun day!

More pics here!

... and hopefully more pics taken by the other families to come!

First Professional Haircut!

2007-05-05T17:36:00.000-07:00

We took Dominic to get his first professional haircut at a place called Cookie Cutters. It was a really nice place and had lots of distractions, but he was still alarmed by the clippers and very freaked out by the hair dryer.

cool airplane!

mom is trying to keep me calm

ooh, chopsticks! he's finaly distracted!

he was quite upset with the whole experience until there were ... BUBBLES!

what a handsome boy!

Easter at Great-Grandma Helen's

2007-04-10T18:01:00.000-07:00

Eating Brunch, he had lots of fruit to start with and added some honey baked ham later.Ohhh, eggs!

Showing off his eggs to his cousins Kaylin and Joshua

Hanging out with Grandpa Jim

Getting His Easter Basket

2007-04-10T17:52:00.000-07:00

The Easter Basket Set-upChecking everything out

Cool!

Mommie is showing me my new pillow

My Very First Peeps! YUM!

Dyeing Easter Eggs!

2007-04-10T17:40:00.000-07:00

Dyeing eggs with Daddy for the first time

Lifting one out with Mommie's help

Wow! Look what's happening!

Adding the stickers...

Too Cool for Words

The Finished Product

Easter News

2007-04-09T09:22:00.000-07:00

Easter weekend went well. Dommie loved his easter basket, which contained a duck louffa, car shaped playing cards, 4 easter stampers, 4 easter finger puppets, a soft and magentic picture fram for the fridge, a green (frog?) pillow, a bunch of peeps, and a wind up bunny that walks.

He wasn't sure what to do about the peeps until John showed him that he could eat it. He ate half of one and gave the other half to John. He's so cute about feeding John, he absolutely loves to do it.

He loves the wind-up bunny and the finger puppets. Yesterday he spent about 30-35 minutes putting the finger puppets on his fingers and taking them off. It was way too cute.

He had fun at the Easter Egg Hunt at my Dad's club and grabbing Easter Eggs at Grandma's on sunday. He also seemed to like playing with the other kid's at Grandma's.

Pictures to come of egg dyeing, getting his easter basket, and visiting Great-Grandma Helen's.

Our 1st Family Trip to the Zoo!!!

2007-04-04T16:35:00.000-07:00

We bought family passes to the zoo and took our first trip there on Sunday. It was a great day for it and we really had a lot of fun.

Pictures of the monkeys/gorillas? that fascinated Dommie with their loud noises.

Dommie's fascinated as you can see.

The peacock that flew right at us and over Dommie's stroller.

Sea Lions!

Watching the sea lions from below.

Playing at the Children's Zoo area

Excited about riding on the train

The crazy little animal we saw. It was only about the size of a newborn kitten.

Mid-"WOOOOOOOOOW!" He said wow hundreds of times while we were there. It's was great.

Cuddling on Daddy's shoulders

All tuckered out at the end of the trip

He Loves the Swings!

2007-04-04T16:29:00.000-07:00

We took Dommie to the park and let me tell you, this boy loves the swings as much as his Mommie did growing up. They are by far his favorite part of going to the park.

Here is a picture that showcases his joy. :-)

Dominic's First Black Eye

2007-04-04T16:24:00.000-07:00

Dommie had a fall at daycare and popped himself in the eye with a table. Marie said he wasn't all that upset about it, he didn't really cry just yelled for am minute and went back to playing. These pictures are from the night it happened. His eye got really black a few days later and it all lasted a little over a week.

Welcome To Our Blog!

2007-04-04T16:21:00.000-07:00

We created this blog so that John and I could each update on the happenings of our family.

Recently we took Dominic on his first zoo trip, dyed easter eggs, and took Dominic to the zoo. Posts will be following for each exciting activity.

We hope you'll enjoy our blog!

- Tiffany