Ghetto Fabulous

Dominic got quite a chunk of change from his birthday (thanks to Uncle Joey & Aunt Brittney, Regina & Max & Kristina), so he picked out a play pool to set up in the backyard. He was so excited when we started to blow it up yesterday. I made him wait for Brad to get home to blow it up. However, he put on his Elmo swimsuit as soon as we got home from the store with it. We took it out of the box and it was a little smaller than I expected.
Dominic however, thought he was in heaven playing with it. It cracked us up though because hose water is pretty darn cold. By the time Brad got home and set it up, the sun was going down and it was super windy. D's little lips were quivering uncontrollablly, but he insisted on staying in the pool. Then, he thought "Diego go-go" should go swimming with him. So he was splashing all around with "Diego go-go." (His Diego doll that he got for his birthday from Grandma Frehner.)

Mother's Day present

I am working on a little Mother's Day present for my mom and Brad's mom. It is a little mini fold out scrapbook. I just finished the portion with Jade's pictures in them. I have been dabbling in digital scrapbooking so I decided to create these pages digitally. I think they turned out pretty cute. I might still add some text to them…

Shout out to Fifi

Happy 1st Birthday Sophie!

Never try to get just five more minutes of sleep…

So, I was up with the baby a few times last night. I think I was entitled to sleep in a tad this morning. I heard Dominic get up, he even came into my room with his usual banter about "Sissy, good mor-ding, Hi mamma, etc." Then he was ripping up some papers on my bedroom floor. Pretty harmless, so I decided to doze off for a few more minutes. Big mistake! I wake up to this thing in my face (I can't immediately identify this thing because, of course I do not have my coke bottles handy, so everything looks it has seven inches of fuzz around it.) D keeps repeating, "It's stinky, Mamma, it's stinky, Mamma." My gears start turning and I leap from my bed, realizing the blur he is holding is a diaper. I quickly get my coke bottles and brace myself for the worst. I grab the diaper, throw D in the tub and make my way to the scene: the living room. I have been thinking about getting rid of our area rug because it is really hard to vacuum. Jade has spit up on it a few hundred times, and it's just a pain to clean. I've ruined like two vacuums because of it. Well, today sealed the deal. You guessed it. Fecal matter all over it.
So I gave D a bath, Lysoled the floor, rolled up the rug and threw it away. Icing on the cake, as I was rolling up the rug, Dominic is saying, "Bye rug, see you!" about one hundred times as I put it outside.

Dominic's expanding vocabulary

So I don't know if me typing this can even do justice to the funny things Dominic has been saying lately. But I'll try… It totally cracks me up to have his little mouth running all day long and playing decoder for his various phrases (which most of the time I'm pretty good at.)
This morning he wakes up all chipper "Good mording, Chi, Chi!!" (His nickname for Jade) Followed by an "I'm hung" (Brad, Earl, get your minds out of the gutter!) It means I'm hungry. Then he proceeds to go to the fridge and get out his "pud." (pudding, what he calls yogurt.)
Aunt Kerri gave him some Diego flip flops that he is somewhat attached to. He woke up in the middle of the night last night needing his "Diego go-go shoes." Yes, he wore them to bed.
Between genes from various family members…you all know who…D is sure to blossom into quite the OCD person. We are looking forward to every minute of it.
This picture is of Dominic's latest joy…taking a bath in cold "wadder." After I draw him a bath, he goes right to the faucet, turns it back on and sticks his head face in the cold water. Then he gets all excited and swims around like he's a fish, proudly announcing, "Dee Dee fish!"

The Elmo Cake

Okay, here is the Elmo cake. As many of you know, D is obsessed with Elmo (among the many other obsessions). I'm sure we'll get a few uses out of the cake pan. If anyone wants to borrow it for their Elmo obsessed child, I'm willing to share. It's pretty easy to decorate.

Our little family

Here is a picture of our little family after Jade's blessing on March 2, 2008. Of all the thousands of pictures I take, I only have a few of us all together.

Look who's two!

Dominic turned two last Saturday. He had a party at the park with family and friends. Family making up the majority of the 50ish people there. I thought I was the next Betty Crocker with the Elmo cake I made him. Brad pointed out to me that I was completely OCD when I was tracing Elmos with an overhead projector to hang as decorations. I just get a little excited for my kids, what's wrong with that? Plus I was on the yearbook staff and have this whole thing with themes…but that's a whole other story:)
Anyways the party was a blast, D was happy and loved all his cousins that were able to be there and especially all the presents. He hasn't stopped playing with his toys.

Sweet baby Jade

Jade is three months old. She smiles all the time and loves her brother Dominic (even when he is trying to pick her up, feed her chips, poke at her eyes, steal her pacifier, etc.)

I'm up and blogging!

Okay, so Sara inspired me to actually post to my blog. I'll be honest, I really just want to show off my cute kids!
This is Jade. She is getting so big. I love fresh babies and get a little sad when they start to grow up, but it is also so fun to experience their new developments.