Week 1

Q's first bath at home.

This makes Dominic seem huge and Quinton so small. All Dominic wanted to do was see the picture on the camera. It was a small task getting him to stay for a few seconds and not let go of Quinton...hence my hand in the photo!

Dominic shared his monkey and blanket with Quinton. He was so proud that he let Quinton have the two treasured items.

Daddy & Dominic time. The two boys went to the Children's Museum to get Dom out of the house and give me a chance to get some extra sleep.

Arrival of Quinton Anthony Gasparino

Quinton Anthony

Arrived on Thursday, April 14th at 3:33am.

Weighing in at 7 lbs 5 oz.

20 1/2 inches long.

Dominic met Quinton briefly at the hospital but the real introduction happened when we all came home from the hospital. Dominic was excited to see his brother and he wanted to give him kisses right away.

Dominic was taking pictures of his animals in Quinton's carrier and bouncy seat. He even buckled Monkey in and covered him with a blanket.

Reading books with the boys.

Hopefully...Any Day Now

We are anxiously awaiting the arrival of baby number 2. We are both hoping this little one will come this week...but only time will tell.

And just had to include because he's cute.

The boys were checking their email together.

Shake your booty

You don't need music to feel the beat. Just watch his precise hip movements. He gets his dancing skills from his daddy.

Christmas Eve & Christmas Day

Christmas Day at the Regnier's:

Christmas Morning at home:

Mike and I challenged each other to make a gift that Dominic helped with for each other. The boys made this picture collage for me.

The boys got matching aprons to wear when they cook.

Christmas Eve with the Gasparino side:

Cousin Sofia & Dominic

Visiting with Great Granny Fitz

Christmas Time

Pre-Christmas:

During the week of Christmas I took vacation time and we also had my cousin, Tamara, Nick, Hanna & Oliver stay with us. Hanna and Dominic had fun playing and furthering their understanding of "sharing". Dominic loved having the kids at the house. He always wanted to know where Hanna was. I had to go back to work before they left town and every morning and when we would come home for the day...he was looking for Hanna.

Mike thinking he is still a kid....

Sporting his new robe from Great Granny Fitz:

Wedding Time

Mike's cousin, Jen, got married the weekend before Christmas. Dominic had the honor of being the ring bearer. At the dress rehearsal, Dominic freaked out a bit and wouldn't walk down the aisle. He just started crying and asking for me to pick him up. I was so nervous for the next day.

After the rehearsal, we tried to practice going down the aisle a few times but not too successfully. The day of the wedding we practiced in the hotel room. I ran an errand and the boys started practicing without me. At one point Dominic put the pillow on the ground and laid down to put his head on the pillow then saying "night night". Oh no, this is not nap time. Then we practiced again and Mike and I are trying to sing wedding songs and then telling him to march. He liked the marching. When the time came to put on the tux, he didn't like the shoes. Once we told him they were marching shoes he then liked them. So we ran with it. We kept talking about marching in our marching shoes down the aisle for cousin Jenny for the next 45 minutes. If he was a teenager...he would have rolled his eyes and told us "yeah, I got it"....thankfully, he's only two and still thinks what we tell him is cool.

At the wedding he did great. He walked down willingly and smiled. About half way down the aisle, he decided to throw the little pillow on the floor, like he just got a touchdown. Maybe he was copying the flower girl as she was throwing her flowers o the ground...who knows?! Someone kindly picked it up, handed it back to tim and he proceeded the rest of the way. I think both Mike and I breathed a sigh of relief.