Stylish Kid

I know all Mom's must feel this, but I look at my kid and think "Wow, he must be the absolute cutest baby ever!" He just has such a cool sense of style. I know what you're thinking, How can he have a sense of style when I'm the one who dresses him? Well, it's how he wears his clothes. You could put the above outfit on a kid, and he would just look silly. Somehow, Dom totally pulls it off and makes it looks COOL!

He has a new obsession...my make up bag. He loves to sit and go through each piece, one by one. He examines each piece, checks to see if it opens, then puts in down and moves to the next one. When he gets to the powder brush, he sweeps it across his face like he has seen me do a hundred times before. Once he's emptied out the whole bag, he puts it all back in very carefully. It's pretty adorable to watch and is a vast improvement from what he usually does with something that's in a bag, box or container.....dump it upside down.

I started brushing his teeth a few month ago with a little infant "toothbrush" that slips onto my finger like a finger cot. I put some baby toothpaste on there (safe if swallowed) and show him how to brush up and down, side to side. The other day, as I was combing his hair (which he helped with, see the comb in his hand?) he saw my toothbrush and was intrigued. After showing him how to use it, he wouldn't put it down. He just held onto to, sucking all the toothpaste flavor off the bristles. He was hooked! Now that he has about 5 teeth on the top and 3 on the bottom, I'm going to change him over to a big boy toothbrush. It's like mine but much smaller and I'm hoping the interest remains.

Dominic has the best personality. I know I've said it before, but he is truly a happy kid. it doesn't take much to make him smile and he loves to get you to laugh. Peek a boo is still a popular game in our house. Dom mixes things up by sometimes hiding behind the curtains, a newspaper, his little tiny hands. To see the joy he gets from it is so awesome. Imagine if we all could still be that amused from something so simple...

September Round Up

It happened again. Another month has slipped by me. It seems the clock keeps spinning faster and faster and there's not much I can do about it. Dom is now 15 months old and amazed me every day. Let me fill you in on some of the September highlights.


The biggest occasion took place on Sunday, September 19th. Dominic was finally baptised a Greek Orthodox. His Godparents are Dimitri and Courtney, and it was such a special day. We had our families and best friends gather for the ceremony at Church followed by a reception at the Newport Bluffs Clubhouse. I was nervous because the ceremony was at 2pm and Dominic hadn't taken a nap all day, but he was actually very well behaved and didn't even cry when Father Steven dunked him in the water. I have to admit, he looked totally adorable in his all white Christening outfit...his little chubby legs and white shoes....just too much!

Dom has really changed this month. He's figured out how to run and loves to charge down the hallway. One of his favorite things to do is climb. He's pretty much mastered the couch, but if he can't reach something, he'll grab one of his toys and stand on it until he can get to what he wants. Smarty pants.

Every Friday Dom and I go to his Gymboree class. He has so much fun running around, climbing on everything, playing with the other kids and participating in the various activites. He's on of the oldest in his class, most of the other kids are barely crawling or walking. I think Dom likes that he's one of the oldest. He sorta feels like king of the class, head honcho, the man in charge. The next class up starts at 16 months, so he's almost there.

We have had some INSANE heat waves here in Orange County. A couple of weeks ago it was 112 degrees at our house! Wow! The bummer is we don't have air conditioning so trying to keep Dom (and myself) cool was a challenge. We went and hung out at the mall and lapped up their nice cold air for a couple hours. One of Dominic's favorite things was playing with his water table in the yard. He's just totally fascinated with water and could play with it for hours. He likes filling up cups, measuring spoons, anything with water and then dumping it out. He'll repeat this over and over again squealing in delight. My favorite part of this is seeing his little cute tushy! I know, I know, that's so "Mom-ish" of me, but seriously, how cute is it?!! He looks like the little character in that "Love is..." cartoon!

Another thing Dom does a lot recently is wear one shoe. He has these red converse that his cousin Jake handed down to him. They don't fit him yet, they're about 3 sizes too big but he doesn't care. He'll pick up one of the shoes, walk over to Rob or I, sit down on the floor and lift his foot while handing us the shoe. He loves to put only ONE on and cruise around the living room, playing with this toys. Why just one shoe, I have no idea. But it's hilarious to see. Rob calls him Ronald McDonald when he does it hahaha!

Life is constantly whizzing by me, and I look at Dom in disbelief at how big he's gotten and how smart and funny he is. I love my baby boy!