More Sibling Love

Happy New Year!

I get pretty excited to get a picture of both kids together.  Toddlers aren't the easiest subjects to work with.  Here are some pics of Dominic hanging out by Christina in the rock n' play on 12/28/12:

And below are some pics from 12/30/12.  Dominic asked to hold Christina.

He suddenly said "All done" as he slid out from under her.

Tummy time on 12/31/12:

She is so strong!

And because my Mom requested more pics, here are some I took 1/3/13:

This is what I got when I asked him to smile.

Santa!

I'm very behind blogging, and I feel that at Christina's young age, a few weeks makes a very big difference physically and developmentally.  Therefore, I'll have you know that these pictures with Santa were taken on 12/14/12:

I asked Dominic weeks before this if he was going to cry when he saw Santa, and he said "Yeah, just a little."  He was pretty much right.  He started right after picture two was taken, which is why he is not in picture three.  Christina also cried for some of it, because her Mom removed her pacifier.  She also tried to suck on the white fur on Santa's coat.  Speaking of Santa, you may recognize him from last year.  I think it's neat that with all the malls in the world, we got the real Santa again this year.  I tried to explain that to Dominic but I think he's too young.

Coming up soon: pictures from our Christmas trip to Dallas!

Christmas Recital

I have not been this excited about a post in a long time. I just adore this video of Dominic and his class performing at their school's Christmas recital.  I admit that I felt a little emotional as I watched my boy sitting on that stage acting all brave and grown up.

We were in a quite large school auditorium, using my zoom lens.  Marcos did an excellent job filming.  I take full responsibility for all the photo interruptions.  I told Marcos to take pictures and that it wouldn't interrupt the video.  Clearly I was wrong!  But I do think the stoppages are kind of funny. 

Christina's Newborn Photos

We had these photos done by Alison Edmon Photography when Christina was 3 days old.  If anyone wants a larger copy of any, let me know.

 

Dominic got "two candies" for doing this. He remembers it well.

This sweet girl is 6 weeks old today.  She met her Aunt Stef this week and they clearly hit it off. She is still doing really well.  I hope to weigh her on the food scale today, and I will leave a comment below if I get an accurate weight. 

Christmas Tree

We went to get our Christmas tree on December 1.  I don't think any Austinites read this, but if you do, we always have a great experience at Papa Noel on 360.  They are friendly and have great trees.

Dominic has been saying a lot of cute things lately.  We pulled up next to the large red tent housing all the trees and he said he wanted to go in the "Christmas house".   As we were driving home with our tree tied to the car's roof, he said, "Don't fall down, Christmas tree."

Here are some pictures in and around the Christmas house:

The weather was high 60s. So disappointing!

He could see how the little trees were kind of like Charlie Brown's tree.

Me and the kids. Christina loves being carried in the baby bjorn.

Silly boy. I forget why he made this face.

We decorated the tree the next morning. Dominic liked looking through the boxes of ornaments. He only broke one - a generic glass ball that shattered when he dropped it.

Finished product.  Marcos was ok with a normal sized tree this year.  See Emmy - no hallway blockage.

I picked up these cute bears when out shopping with my Mom this week. They are ornaments.

The stockings are hung.  Emmy is making one for Christina like she did for Dominic, and mine was handmade by my Mom many years ago.  We need to do something about Marcos...

In other news, my Mom was here all week to help me survive Marcos' first trip since Christina's birth.  Not only did I survive, but I was downright spoiled.  She left this morning.

This is before my Mom's visit.  Pretty much all naps occur on Ita and YiaYia when either one is in town.