The last time Dominic saw his Aunt Bre and his cousins, was when he was in Mommy’s belly at 6 months old. Now that Dominic is almost 8 months, we had decided to make the trip to see our cousins, Auntie Bre and Uncle Kevin. Dominic did so great on his first flight to Maryland; we occupied him with singing, iPad aps and belly time in the middle seat.
The next morning was filled with eating, playing in our PJs and a sweet trail run. All three little munchkins loved playing with each other and giggling. Avery loved to gently sooth Dominic with her hand and bringing him his toys. Grayson loved giving Dominic kisses whether it would be on the beach or playing at the house… it was really sweet.
Auntie Bre had the BEST toys; she has musical instruments where each kiddie attempted to play the drum, guitar or xylophone… that lasted a good 2 minutes till they each wanted what the other had. Later in the day we went to the beach for Dominic’s first time and I was seriously prepping for a mouth full of sand and worried about jelly fish. I am happy to report, he did not eat any sand UNLESS it happened to be on his toys and there were no jelly fish. As we introduced Dominic to the sand, we started with his little butt on the towel and toes in the sand then slowly moved him off the towel to see how he handle it, and it went surprisingly well.
After a bit we did the toes in the
water to feel it out and he LOVED it.
The next day, we went swimming and he was like a fish. Totally relaxed and calm. We did some swimming moves we learned in his
class and he was NON STOP SPLASHING.
When we were not in the water, he loved to watch his cousins, Avery and
Grayson run around and play with their dog Ellie. Avery was so sweet and took naps on the sand
for “nap time”, and every 10- 15 minutes we would have to do a dip in the water
and then nap time again. Grayson
continued with his kisses to Dominic, when he was not digging or playing with the
tubes.
While we were in Maryland, I was really noticing how well Dominic was sitting up. So I told myself, I had to let my guard down a little and that is what I did. My first test for myself was when I went grocery shopping and let Dominic sit in the cart, sitting up all by himself. He did so well and he was giggling and a smiling baby boy the whole time.
The
next night was bath time and we know how Dominic LOVES water, so it was moms’
time to take away the sling in his tub and let him just sit up. This made me nervous because he loves to bend
over and splash –splash and splash. This
time, he sat up a lot straighter and still splashed but was not falling
over. I was so happy and then he started
to dance. The past week he bobs his hand
when he’s dancing and that is what he was doing as we played with Mr. Ducky and
listening to Pandora.
Loves to BoB the head
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