One of our last get-togethers at our old apartment was for Dominic's birthday last summer. He got his first real bike and a TON of Thomas toys...that kid got spoiled! It was a Thomas pool party, and I don't think that Dominic could have asked for anything better than that! His two favorite things seem to be trains and swimming, so it was perfect!

New House, New Life

So we have been living in our new house since the beginning of October. It's nice having all of the extra space inside and out. We are planning to buy a house, hopefully this year. It will be nice to have our own home. We have looked at a lot of homes so far- It seems like that's all we have been doing lately! Owning a home is definitely our top goal for 2011.

Our new house.

New Mexico

New Mexico

New Mexico Kitty Kiss :)

Bonne, Grandma, Dad, Uncle Vic, Mel, and Desi

Anthony's speed hump

And my speed hump

Day at the Park

Day at the park

Day in Big Cottonwood Canyon

Dominickles

We spent the day up at Moss Ledge in Big Cottonwood Canyon. It was soo nice to relax and enjoy the outdoors with the family! Dominic loved the river. He found a long stick and was pretending to be Willy Wonka with a cane!! It was hilarious! He thought we couldn't see or hear him..haha.

The most beautiful children in the entire world!! I can't get enough of those angels.

Ok...I'm not gonna lie. We had to bribe him with corn chips to get him to take this pic with Ash lol

My precious princess snacking at our picnic :)

Daddy

Ash

Dominic

Playing on the Rocks. Dominic was such a tough kid! He climbed up huge rocks and walked through the stream. Once we told him there were chipmunks in the canyon he kept trying to find some so he could give them food lol.

Zoo

Our day at Hogle Zoo May 20 2010

Tiny Dominic next to HUGE elephant skeleton!

Dominic insisted on holding Ashy on the lion statue. He wouldn't let me take the picture without her!!

Ashley was quite content buckled

into the stroller getting into everything..and chewing on the map..and on our paper cups. lol.

This is Dominic riding on some bike exhibit at the zoo. He's saying "Better than a Harley!"...Just for daddy :)

This picture is at the elephant exhibit. He thought it was so cool to hold his hand up to the Rhino footprint. What a cutie!

We rented a big stroller and they loved it! Ashley was in charge of holding the map but she ended up drooling on it and ripped it up instead:) lol. Dominic just HAD to get a churrrrro of course.

Dominic loooved this cart thing that we pushed around because he could sit on the edge and hop out whenever he wanted. By the end of the day, his shoes were off and he was walking around in socks! It was such a relaxing, fun day and was super nice to spend time with both of them together.

These are the two cakes that me and Carly and my mom made.. We went kind of overboard on the decorations but it was still fun to play around with the cake tools and stuff..They look a little deformed lol. But they were sooo good:)

Today my mom told Dominic he had to eat his apple before he could have candy, so he said, "Fine i'm not going to be your Grandma anymore!!" LOL!

I took Dominic and Ashy to the park today. Dominic had a blast! We took videos and pictures of him playing on the playground and even though he was playing by himself, he was so entertained! He has the CUTEST imagination. He kept yelling "Come on little baby!" and "Hey Kassy!" but whenever I would reply, he would say "Noooooo, I was talking to THIS Kassy," and he would point to the slide. He is so funny! When we walked home the sprinklers were on and so I let him run through them. He would lean forward to stick his head in the water and I would push him over so he fell into the water and he thought it was the funniest thing ever!!

I also bought his pinata today. I am getting super excited for Dominic's birthday. I don't think Anthony is pleased about the price tag, but it's going to be such a special day and I think he deserves it :) Plus it has been sooo fun planning it with him! I hope that everybody can make it!

Me, Carly, and Pashy

For Dominic's birthday, we are ordering a pizza ice cream cake! It's vanilla ice cream for the dough, red frosting for the tomato sauce, and shredded white chocolate for the cheese! We found them at Maggie Moo's, which is where we took this picture on Tuesday. We took Dominic to do whatever he wanted, and he chose bowling and ice cream. It was nice to get some alone time with him while my mom watched Ashy. But once we got to Fat Cat's, he saw the arcade and decided to play games instead. He is such a smartie pants! He loves playing the motorcycle racing games, which Anthony is very happy about :)

Today was a big day for our family! We have finally settled a permanent visitation schedule for our little Dominic! We are so relieved to have him as much as we do and we are all very grateful for everyone's support.

Dominic's birthday is coming up and he is soo excited! We ordered a birthday package on birthdayinabox.com. It's going to be a Thomas the Train pool party. He was so excited to receive the package with his name in the mail because he chose everything out himself and helped me order it.

This is Dominic and Ashley on the Thomas ride at the mall. Dominic begged and begged to ride it over and over again! I'll have to post some videos. When nobody was looking, he'd stand up and reach forward and slap the engine like a horse and yell "Faster! Faster!" I don't think the ride could have been going any slower lol. It rocked back and forth a couple of inches for like 60 seconds but he loved it! What a cutie! I think Ashley was just confused...lol. Dominic is so adorable! He has the cutest personality and the funniest obsession with Thomas!

I just got back from Eddie's Baccalaureate ceremony and it was awesome! They gave out about 25 awards throughout the whole senior class and Eddie was the recipient of two of those! I am so excited for him and happy that we are going to be going to the U together. I also kind of miss high school :) I was able to see my high school art teacher Susan Beck which was the highlight of my life! It was so good to see her and I am so happy that she is doing well. It's hard to believe that this is her last year teaching art. She is an amazing person and one woman that I will surely never forget. Congratulations Eddie! We are so excited for you!!!

It was sooo nice to make it to the weekend finally! I don't have to worry about going to bed early tonight! :) Me and my Ashy Pashy were able to hang out together this evening, something I have been wanting to do for soo long. I made her a special bath with bubbles and toys and she had a blast splashing and trying to crawl from one end of the tub to the other..lol. I just watched her play in the water for what seemed like forever! She absolutely loves the water! She took a little nap and after about an hour I missed her too much so I kinda sorta woke her up =] and just held her. She is so precious!

Tonight I am just going to stay in and relax with my hubby and watch movies. MAYBE he will even get dinner :) lol.

Here are some zoo pictures, too.

There is so much to talk about with the 2 cutest kids in the world running around! Where do I start?! Ashley (born October 18th of 2009) is about 7 and 1/2 months old now and Dominic will be 4 on July 8th. They are so entertaining to be around! Ashley adores Dominic and giggles whenever he comes near her. He could tease her for hours and she wouldn't mind a bit. He reads her stories and will drag her by her legs across the apartment if he sees her playing with anything that's not hers...she thinks it's hilarious! She has also just started crawling and mimicking sounds like "dadadadada." It's so fun to be around her. It seems like she learns something new every day! She has 2 teeth already and looooves to bite everything within reach! She has just started to learn to stand up by pulling on tables and chairs too (kind of scary) and loves to roam around the house.

I love spending time with Dominic because he is old enough to be able to go out and have fun with me! We all went to Hogle Zoo the other day and he had so much fun. We kept going on the train ride and as soon as we would get off, he would ask the driver, "Can we go again?!" So, of course we had to :) He is also a great shopping partner! He never says no to buying anything, especially if it pertains to Thomas or Spongebob! Lol. And every time we pass a WalMart he asks to go shopping, and when asked why, he replies "Ummm..I just need to get some things." He is such a funny kid. He has the strangest obsession with Michael Jackson music videos, and it is HILARIOUS to see him dance and sing when he thinks no one is watching! We are trying to decide on a birthday party theme too, so if you have any ideas, let me know.

BYE!!!