The Life & Times of Baby D

Dominic is (as one would expect) getting bigger and bigger. He's 3 months old tomorrow and as you can see in the picture above, he has now graduated to being able to face outward in his little baby backpack. We took him to the annual Arlie (friends of the family) picnic today and he had a great time meeting the other babies and hanging out with his Dad. We have so may good pictures of the two of them together but this one might be my favorite. I also like the one below of the 2 of them snuggling in bed together.


I get plenty of snuggling time with the him as well--here's one of Dominic in his first pair of overalls.

Snuggling

I went back to work last week--which was both a welcome change and a tad unnerving. In truth, I enjoyed being back and using my brain (a bit) but there was definitely a little extra snuggling going on to try to make up for the time that we were apart...


As I said in the previous post, Dominic is one smiley baby and we were happy to see his smiles continue as he got used to his new schedule. It was so great to have his Tutu come and stay with him on Friday, he loves all of the one on one attention that he gets from her and she takes such good care of him...



So...getting through the first week back was one challenge--surviving on my own next week while Derek is traveling to Ohio will be another. Somehow, I suspect we will muddle through but upon hearing that his dad was gonna be gone for a whole week, Dominic insisted on extra hugs and snuggles from his Dad.



The last photo is one of Dominic hanging out in his chair that Kirby's friend Rae upholstered for him in fantastic Hawaiian print. He looks like such a big kid here!

New Tricks

Dominic has been developing (and perfecting) some new tricks over the past couple of weeks. We cannot believe how much he changes every day...it's amazing. People who have kids always tell you that but you just can't fully appreciate it until you watch it firsthand. All of a sudden, he'll get some new habit or trick and then he'll do it *ALL* the time, almost as if he's practicing it.

Here is a picture of Dominic smiling...which he does almost every time you pick him up and talk to him. Each day, we have a routine where he will sit with Derek or I and imitate the noises we make (as if talking). And then, he will just smile and smile and smile. No matter how many times he does it, Derek and I still feel compelled to say "Honey, look at him...LOOK, he's smiling!!" It's really quite ridiculous given how often he does it but we can't seem to stop pointing it out to each other. I guess what I am saying is that seeing your kid happy and smiling is such a cool thing and Derek and I are not over it yet!

As the above photo shows, Dominic has also been learning to suck his thumb. He can't find it all the time but he's getting much better at it. It's sort of hilarious to see him try to find it too--he pokes himself in the face about 50 times before he finds his mouth. But once he finds it, boy...he does not let go! And, this is pretty exciting because he LOVES his pacifier and well...we don't so much. So, this is a good substitute.

The last "trick" he has is holding his head up pretty well. This is a picture of him being buddies with his Dad. I really like to limit the cheese factor (or at least blame it on hormones) but I mostly walk around and wonder how I got lucky enough to have 2 boys as cute as this in my family!!