Monkey Joe's

I had the afternoon off from work on Friday, so we decided to take Dominic to a place called Monkey Joe's. It has all different types of enourmous blow up "bounce houses"for the kids to play around in. Dominic was a little timid at first, but once he relaxed, he had a great time rolling, crawling, jumping, bouncing and exploring! It was very hard to restrain Vinny from really getting in on the action, but the huge signs posted everywhere warning that adults could supervise their children, but under NO circumstances could they bounce, put a little damper on his fun :-) We all can't wait to go back.

Tooth #3 has arrived

Vinny and I were so intently focused on Dominic's top four front teeth coming in since his gums have been so swollen and look ready to burst at any time that we nearly missed that his 3rd bottom tooth cut through until Vinny noticed it yesterday afternoon! We'll see how long it takes for those top ones to follow...

Happy 50th Anniversary Nonno & Nonna!

We made a fast but fun trip to New York this past weekend to help celebrate Nonna & Nonno's 50th Wedding Anniversary. We also got to squeeze in some visiting too! It was a great weekend and we got home just in time to celebrate Dominic's 10 month birthday today! Happy Birthday, Little Man!


Dominic's very first plane ride (American Airlines into LaGuardia Airport)

Surprise!

Nonno & Nonna celebrating 50 years

Playing with Cousin Matthew

Having fun with Nonna

Thanks, Grandma & Grandpa for letting us stay with you!

Visit from Grandma & Grandpa!

We had a great time having Grandma & Grandpa stay with us this weekend.
It went by too fast and we can't wait for them to come back!

Celebrating Grandma's birthday

Visiting Daddy at work for some YUMMY Italian Ices

Playing games with Grandpa

Chatting it up after breakfast

Trish Miller Concert

A few shots of us recently enjoying a childrens music concert at a local park. Dominic loves the music and seeing all the other kids!

Gymboree Party

Dominic went to his friend Mia Rose's 1st birthday party today. As you can see, he had a great time crawling, climbing and exploring all around! I think it might be time for classes...

9 Month Check Up

Dominic visited with Dr. Lerich yesterday and had his 9 month check up. She is pleased with his development all around. He weighs 17 lbs (4th percentile) and is 27.5 inches long.

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