Family Pictures!

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"!

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.

Dominic at the Zoo!

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!

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

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!

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?

Plants, Plants, and more Plants

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!

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.