Our Weekend

We had a really enjoyable weekend with Little Man. It was 89 degrees on Saturday so we finally took out Dominick's water sprinkler and pool. Then on Sunday, we took him to the local zoo for a few hours. We had previously taken him to the Baton Rouge and New Orleans zoos, but never got around to taking him to the one here in Lafayette. We ended up going to the early church service on Sunday, and the zoo is on our way home so we decided to swing by and get a membership and stay for a few hours. It was so, so nice. It is much more natural than the other 2 zoos we had taken him to. We all had a great time.

This is Dominick in his PJ's and baseball cap feeding his Cheerios to the dogs.

You can't really see the sprinkler very well, but here it is. Dominick wasn't too thrilled over it. He did run in it a little but the water was a tiny bit cold so maybe that's why he wasn't too interested.

He LOVED the pool. I filled my mop bucket with warm water from in the house to make sure it wasn't cold.

This is a video of Dominick in his pool for the 1st time. Please excuse my ugly yard. Jon just put the wooden fence on the right up in hopes of helping us sell this house by hiding the run-down house next to us. The rest of what you see was not done by us, we never planned on staying in this house so we never did any landscaping. We bought it as investment property and just want to sell it and build/buy a NEW house. FYI, Dominick is saying "Rock-Rock" in the video, just in case you were wondering what he was saying over and over.

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As all of you moms already know, usually your child does all of his "tricks" for you beautifully and then when you want him to show someone else, he refuses to do it and completely ignores you as if he has no clue what you are talking about. That's what Dominick does, as soon as we take out a camera he refuses to smile or do any of his "tricks". I got lucky tonight and he performed a little for the camera. He wouldn't do his "Quack-Quack Song" or count to 3 which he had just done so beautifully in the bath tub, but he showed me all his body parts. Sometimes he does what I ask him instantly, and other times he completely ignores me.

Here is a video of him showing his body parts. The only one he messed up was his "bootee". He even knows where his "pee-pee" is!!!

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This is another video of him hugging and rocking his frog. He is so affectionate, he's always hugging, kissing, rocking and trying to feed his stuffed animals. He was also saying the animal sounds but you can't hear it too great because I was trying to hide the camera. He started to kind of sing his "quack-quack song" but he usually does much better. Notice at the end of the video he had flipped his tee-ball set upside down and was trying to flip the switch to turn it on. He watches EVERYTHING we do and repeats it.

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I've been home with Dominick for the last 10 days for our Spring Break. I'll admit, the first few days of this past week were not very enjoyable. Dominick was sick and the most cranky I had ever seen him. But around Wednesday, he started feeling a little better and I have just enjoyed him soooo very much. He is such a blessing and is beginning to do so many new things. This child completely amazes me!!!

Dominick is beginning to try to say so many new words, he probably says between 20-30 words. They aren't clear but I can understand what he's saying. He can also count to 3!!! No joke, I've been counting items around the house with him for months (remember I'm a first grade teacher, that's what I do). So this week when I said one and held up my finger, he'd held up a few fingers and say "two" and then "three". Now he doesn't hold up the correct amount of fingers, he's just imitating me. He also knows the sign language for "Momma, Daddy, more, eat, go, no more, bath". Also when he's excited he usually says "Oooooo". He saw a new toy at the mall last night and he brought it to me and said "Ooooo" and I said "Wow" and then he started saying "Wow". So cute! He seems that he understands everything I say to him. It kinda freaks me out sometimes.

One more thing...this child LOVES to watch THE WIGGLES!!! He has been walking around the house for the last week flapping his arms like a duck saying "QUACK-QUACK, DOO-DOO-DOO" . I finally figured out today what he's doing. There is a song on THE WIGGLES that says "QUACK-QUACK, QUACK-QUACK, COCK-A-DOODLE-DO..." and they dance around like ducks. Sooo sweet! My Little Man is a genuis! And I can say that because he didn't get his brains from Jon or I.

This is an outfit we bought Dominick in Guatemala. I had forgotten about it and then remembered the other day and was hoping he hadn't out grown it before he ever wore it. He wore this to his doctor's appointment. I took him to see a pediatric surgeon to discuss having him circumcised. Because of the way Dominick is formed, the doctor recommended waiting a year to have it done. I've done a lot of research on circumcision and have given it a lot of thought over the last year and I really want it done for several personal reasons. If any of you have an uncircumcised boy and have any input, please let me know. Because I have to wait a whole year, I'm going to stay open about the whole decision.

This is Dominick's chocolate Easter bunny that still hasn't been opened. I'm scared to open it because I don't have a lot of selfcontrol when it comes to chocolate.

Easter Weekend

We took Dominick to the beach to play in the sand but he did not like it one bit.




He was okay if he was sitting on some one's lap but did not want to sit in the sand or walk in it.

Can we please go? This wind is messing up my hair! We took Dominick to the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans on Saturday. This is one of the 4 biggest/nicest zoos in the U.S. I was disappointed because Dominick started running a fever right before we left to go to the zoo, plus it ended up being VERY cold. It was as cold as a typical winter day in Louisiana. But despite the circumstances, Dominick really did enjoy it.

Dominick, Pop & Hunnie

This was the Mayan section of the zoo

Dominick had a total of 4 Easter baskets this year from us and his 3 sets of grandparents. This was his basket from Jon's parents.

This is a blanket his grandmother (Hunnie) had made for his dedication but it wasn't finished yet so they gave it to him for Easter. I love it!!!

This basket also had Elmo toys, a children's Bible, Diego pool shoes, a sippy cup, a rubber duck, and books.

This is a Lego wagon from Maw Maw and Paw Paw Rougeau.

I stayed up late boiling eggs, dying them, and painting some of them. We have a tradition that comes from the Cajun French culture called "Pocking" or "Pock-Pock". Each person, both adults and children, pick an egg. One person holds their egg cupped in their hand and the other person gently taps his egg on the top of the other persons egg, top top. Which ever egg cracks first is the loser and the winner goes to the next person and tries again. When we were kids we would go to all our cousins and grandparents houses and "Pock-Pock" with each family. It may sound strange but it is a TRUE Cajun tradition and we loved it as children.

These are the ones I painted with Puffy Paint.

This is Dominick's basket from us.

He got a Diego doll, eggs with Elmo and Diego characters in them, a Bible, and a Diego book.

This was taken right before we discovered Dominick had a temperature of 103.4. The doctor said he has puss on his tonsils and it is viral so he didn't give him any antibiotics. Poor baby, I've never seen Dominick more miserable than he has been for the last few days. He is also cutting 3 incisor teeth and a huge molar. His mouth is all swollen and looks terrible!

Dominick went to his first Easter egg hunt last Saturday and had a blast. It was at our church and they had about 10 fun jumps, pony rides, face painting, games, and food. It was really cool.

He loooooved riding the pony. He had a smile on his face the whole time after they started moving.

They painted a little chick on his face, so cute!

Here's the egg hunt!

Dominick is growing so much! He's not a baby any more :(

He is wearing 24 month clothes. He can still wear 18 month easily if it is separate shorts and shirts, but in the one pieces he's wearing 24 months. We just bought him a new pair of Puma in a size 6. So sad, they don't even come in the cute extra small shoe boxes like his older shoes came in.

Sorry this is so blurry, but they are brown Puma's.

He's Dominick with his Easter gifts from his Granny (Jon's mom). She gave him the cutest elephant Easter basket.

This is the only candy I bought Dominick f0r Easter. I bought him the BIGGEST chocolate rabbit I could find. It's about 2 feet tall. And NO,he will not be eating ANY of this so don't freak out. Dominick rarely/never eats sweets. He's a wonderful eater and will eat all the fruits and veggies I offer him! Jon was so mad at me for buying this because he doesn't care for sweets which means I will be the only one eating it and Jon would REALLY like for me to lose weight instead of gaining it. Oh well, hopefully my brothers will help eat it.

Guess what, today was my last day of school for the next 10 days and the children's Easter party. Weellll, I got a call 1st thing this morning at work telling me Dominick had gotten kicked out of daycare AGAIN. This time for pink eye. I panicked at first because they couldn't find a substitute teacher for me and I didn't want my students' Easter party ruined. But when they did find a sub., I was so super happy to go home a day early. YIPPPEEEEE!!!

We will be going to my parents' house for the next few days. We're gonna take Dominick to the beach in Biloxi tomorrow just to play in the sand. And on Sat. we are taking him to the New Orleans zoo. It should be a fun weekend!

HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A BLESSED EASTER AND REMEMBER, JESUS SUFFERED AND DIED ON THE CROSS AND THEN ROSE FROM THE DEAD JUST FOR YOU!!!!! SO THAT OUR SINS COULD BE FORGIVEN AGAIN AND AGAIN!