Three Quarters of a Year!

Happy 9 months, Dominic! We cannot believe how fast time goes and how you are changing every day! We love you so much!
Mommy & Daddy

Mets vs Yankees

As you can see, at this stage, it's very hard to get the two of these little guys to sit still for a picture when crawling around is much more fun. Hopefully, you can see that the two cuties - Dominic and his cousin, Christian - have their opposing team outfits on!

Our First Family Vacation - Carolina Beach

Here are a few snapshots from our first family vacation to Carolina Beach. As you can see, we had a really great time relaxing and getting away from it all! We spent most of our time on the beach and the boardwalk, but also got to go to the Fort Fisher Aquarium and Downtown Wilmington. Can't wait 'til next year's adventure!

Growing Garden

Vinny's green thumb has certainly not failed us this year! We've been enjoying the fruits of his labor for a while now....below are a few samples, including the newest addition - watermelon!

Happy 4th of July!

Dear Dominic -
In recent years, Daddy and I have had a streak disastrous 4th of July holidays - no matter how good the plans, things just didn't quite work out. So, we just wanted to thank you for making the 4th of July fun again! Even though Daddy had to work, it was such a great day spending it as a family, helping Daddy at work and seeing all of the people. You were such a good boy all day long. Thank you for breaking our curse!

Love,
Mommy & Daddy

Visitors!

Dominic's Aunt Maria and Uncle George came to visit this weekend - we had a lot of fun together and Dominic wanted to know where the noisemaker man was this morning! :-)
We miss you already and can't wait to have you back!

Crawling Around

Week of Firsts

Well, all in one week, Dominic has started crawling AND his first tooth cut through. He officially started crawling last weekend - pretty much Friday into Saturday and by Saturday night and Sunday, he was all over the place. Then yesterday into today, his first tooth cut through - bottom front, of course. Pictures and video to follow soon....

Dominic Loves The Bath

Pool Time!

Our pool is open for the season and it's been hot! Dominic LOVES the water...he kicks and splashes around. He even prefers the big pool over the smaller kiddie pool. As you can see it tires him out nicely!

Sitting Up

Dominic has been able to sit independently for about 2 weeks now, however, over this past weekend, he perfected the new skill and can sit and play with his toys really well.

Visit from Alexandra

We had a great time with the Brubakers yesterday to celebrate Memorial Day! As you can see, all I could get was an action shot because they're a pair of movers and shakers now!

Swing Time

This was at Grandma & Grandpa's house when we were in NY last month. So fun!

Happy Birthday, Daddy!

Dominic helping Daddy celebrate his birthday last week!

Dinner Date...

Having a good time at Sunday dinner with my cousin Vincent.

Bath Time

How cute am I?

Facing the World

We decided it was time for Dominic to see the world...facing forward!
Since he is constantly trying to pull himself up into a sitting position to be able to see what's going on around him, it just made sense to move him up to the "big" stroller. We took our first test spin tonight and he seemed to really like it. As you can see from the picture, while he might have out grown his infant stroller, he has not outgrown his habit of eating his lower lip :-) One day at a time, right?

Back in NY!

We did A LOT of visiting during our recent trip to NY. Here are just a couple of shots. More to come as Mommy has time to go through them all!

Dominic with his new baby cousin Jack William

Cousin Jake giving Dominic (aka "The Dominator") his dinner time bottle.

Aunt Catherine giving Dominic some loving before we had to leave

Pool Party

Dominic took his first dip in the pool right before we left for our trip to NY. Who better to share it with than Cousin Vincent?

6 Months!

Our little peanut is 6 months old today!!
At his check up yesterday, Dominic weighed in at a whopping 14lbs 1oz and measures 24.75 inches long.

Happy Easter!

It was a full, but great Easter Sunday....

First to church and then out to breakfast with Mommy & Daddy

Then off to ZiZi Maria and ZiZi Tommy's house to do an easter egg hunt with my cousins and have a delicious dinner!

And finally, passed out with a full belly and exhausted from all the excitement!
I even slept through the night!

Dominic's 1st visit to the Easter Bunny

Opening Day!

Dominic is all ready for opening day today...Go Yankees!

Entrepeneur Baby

Yesterday was the debut of Dominic's Italian Ices. So, it's really Daddy's new venture, but I think Dominic might be able to claim that he's the boss since his name is on it!

Party Duds

This was Dominic on his way to his cousin Anthony's birthday party. Doesn't he look handsome?