One more for D

Dominic -- Growin', Growin', GROWING

Dominic gets sweeter, smarter and more fun every day. He's dribbling a soccer ball like a pro after a handful of soccer classes. Solving puzzles is a breeze and his artful pictures grow more vibrant and specific each day. He's drawing monsters, people, dinosaurs and coloring like Matisse (o.k. and exaggeration – just a littleJ).

He's riding a bike with training wheels now -- a bit precarious in my mind as I watch him enjoy the scenery all around rather than look straight ahead to ensure safe navigation. He seems to travel in these miraculous S curves that nearly miss tumbling straight off the sidewalk time and time again. Somehow disaster seems to sashay out of the way when Dominic rides; he miraculously escapes perpetual near misses... So far, he's unscathed and absolutely adores the sensation of his little legs pumping away on the pedals. (Thank goodness he thinks it’s really cool to wear his helmet!)

I adore our time together. When the days get long, as they sometimes do, we simply pop in the hamster dance and pump up the volume for a spontaneous dance party. Dominic and I jump around as Ellie laughs, kicks and waves her hands.

Enough words for today…

Ellie -- All smiles and two (blurry) teeth!

Ellie has two little lower teeth popping through front and center. Her eyes are still a blazing blue -- azure to be really specific:) And her smile, well it lights up a room. (Although this is probably a mom's perception as in my mind both Dominic and Ellie can light up a room with their smiles. It's as if their eyes twinkle and their smiles radiate sheer happiness. Absolutely awesome.)

Let me share some of her smiles...

Miss Ellie-- Learnin' to Crawl

Ellie is trying to crawl; been playing with this movement since January. To date, she's really good at shimmying backwards and has absolutely mastered the 360.

Her forward crawl looks a bit like a legless bug trying to move forward with limbs a kickin'.

Just when she makes two crawls forward, she flops onto her tummy and starts the legless bug -- as if the kicking will somehow propel her forward; never mind that she's high -centered on her belly...

The evolution of crawl...

Glimpse...

It's been months since our last update... Little ones growin' like wildflowers:) I'll share some pix and update with each. (Here are the two. Can we say that Dominic wears "GO Bucks" daily! He has even slept in this outfit...