My Domi

I just can't get enough of his face! There are many times in the day that Rob and I look Dominic and then look at each other and can hardly believe our eyes. Who is this boy in front of us? The one who is practically speaking in full sentences? The one who is practically self-sufficient? The one who doesn’t need our help with every little thing. It’s crazy to me that this is our little baby cub, once tiny and helpless. Now he’s strutting across the living room, dancing to Britney Spears and rocking his favorite pair of sunglasses.

He’ll be two next month. To say “two years” doesn’t sound like that long, but the amount of growing up and learning he has done in that short time is unbelievable. To think about him being in our lives for two years sounds like no time at all, but I can’t even remember what life was like without him. I know I thought I had purpose and was coming to terms with being ok if I didn’t have any children. How wrong I was. I have never experienced such purpose or happiness more than becoming his Mom. Nothing makes me happier than getting him out of his crib in the morning. Picking him up from school. Reading him a bedtime story. No matter how tired I am, he’s like an instant pick me up. He’s my living, breathing red bull. I can be feeling exhausted or under the weather, just wanting to lie down and go to sleep…but as soon I see my baby boy, I find a way to put that on hold and take care of him, enjoy him, spend the time with him. He makes it so easy.

His favorite thing to do is be outside. His other favorite this is water. Put them together and you have one happy kid on your hands. On Memorial Day, we set up his water table in the backyard and he had a blast playing and splashing. I rememeber when we got that table, he could hardly even hold himself up let alone reach inside. Now he's this tall kid who can not only rach inside, but towers over his table.

Oh, so he's doing pretty good with his whole potty training thing. We're not pushing him, just letting him go at his own pace. He has told us a bunch of times that he wants to go "poo poo" and we take him to his potty, and BAM! he either goes number one or two. So proud of him!

His birthday invitations have gone out, and I must say, they are pretty cute. Last year was hard to top, because what’s cuter than seeing 12 photos of Dominic, one per month for his first year on this earth. This year we went with a three photo invite. He looks so grown up in the photos. It has a ‘70’s vibe to it which somehow fits with Dom’s personality. He’s such a happy kid, always singing and dancing. I love how he’ll bust out his moves as soon as he hears music. Oh, and he has great manners. “Please, thank you, bless you” The best is when he asks for something, and I give it to him..he says “thank you Mommy.” I die every single time.