Why It’s Peanut Butter Jelly Time!

Apparently he’s getting caught up on old Internet Memes. What a funny little guy he is!

Recently, my grandfather passed away. I’m sad because in just under a span of two years, both of my grandparents are gone. I love my grandparents DEARLY and I will never forget the HUGE impact they’ve had on my life and I do plan on filling in Dominic on the details.

The reason why I bring this up is to record this memory/story. So with the passing of my grandfather comes the cleaning of the house. While I’m not ready to partake in this, my mother has done a little. She came over the other day and gave me an envelope. I asked her what it was all about and she told me to open it up.

I opened the envelope and in there was a stack of $2 bills clipped to a little yellow note. The note read “Angelo”, the value, and “From Nonna” all written in my grandmother’s handwriting. I immediately felt numb. Not due to the value, which was generous, but from the flood of memories of times in my life that my grandparent’s were generous to me.

It blows me away, my grandmother passed away nearly two years ago and just before Easter. I would assume that my grandmother was preparing little *boosts* for all of her grandchildren which she would’ve probably given to us come that following Easter along with a card where she would write a loving message.

Almost TWO years later my grandmother is STILL GIVING from her heart! She enjoyed collecting $2 bills and since she owned a Pizza Store she often came across them and would save them for her grandchildren.

I’ve never received a posthumous gift before and I’m not sure what to do or even HOW I could possibly thank her. So now, I have these bills, a paper clip and a note and I will save this *gift* for as long as I can.

Today Dominic woke up with a little upper respiratory cold but that didn’t seem to stop him from laughing like a CRAZY baby at me.

What a crazy little guy he is!

This morning we found out that Dominic has his first tooth poking out of his gums. We guess it decided to wait until he was 7 months old to appear. So far it’s just the tip and he’s been very interested and pushing on it with his tongue.

Today is Dominic’s 7 month birthday!

It’s been an emotional and busy few months so I’ve finally been able to process and upload new photos, here’s an album of photos from his  5 – 7 month photos

It’s so crazy looking at him now, he seems so different from that little (big) guy we brought home. He now babbles a lot when he wakes up in the morning and sometimes while he eats and at random throughout the day. He likes to do the raspberries as evidenced in the previous post’s video.

He can pull himself up pretty well and likes to stand and lean on his toys. He can’t crawl quite yet but he is getting really good at scooting around and pulling himself across the floor while on his tummy. He can also get up on his knees and he lurches forward sometimes but he hasn’t figured out how to coordinate his arms and legs to get an effective crawl.

He eats solid foods at least twice a day and we are beginning to introduce him to more bland versions of our dinners, though he’s still not quite into the texture of the ground up stuff. He plays around with his sippy cup while laying on his back on the floor and also enjoys chewing/sucking on frozen banana in a mesh strainer. He still doesn’t have his teeth but is working on them and we think we feel a few bumps on his bottom gums.

He’s still sleeping well at a very consistent 11 – 12 hours a night. He tends to take one 1.5 – 2.25 hour nap in the mid morning along with two 30 – 45 minute naps during the day and plays in between.

He is quite the happy baby and loves to smile and laugh. He seems to be developing quite a big personality and has us laughing often throughout the day. We are very blessed to have him in our lives, he’s quite the super baby!

Probably nothing too exciting, but we’ve been getting a kick out of this.

Here’s Dominic’s latest thing/sound, he enjoys making raspberries. Some are small, some large and others go from cry to berry in an instant.

In the first series of clips we put him in his new car seat (which goes into my truck) in order to properly adjust it, he was in a bit of a bad mood and acting out a bit. So he’d started to make raspberries and occasionally they’d turn to a whine/cry.

In the second clip he was playing in his exersaucer and making his new favorite sound so I grabbed the camera and recorded his fun noises.

I am blessed and really enjoy staying at home with him the few days a week I get to.

What’s the best way to top off an emotional but great day? Dominic in his jumper laughing his little head off. I love this little guy, he loves to have fun!

After Lori figured out that her jumping brought out big laughter from Dominic I ran and grabbed the camera and captured this. At one point just before I filmed this, he was laughing so hard and continuous he was turning bright red in the face.