This weekend was lots of fun! Saturday Nic, Dom and I all went hiking with Nic's friend Kim. It was up Little Cottonwood and it was beautiful. Of course Nic had Dom in tow on the backpack and Dominik loved every second of it. By the end of the hike Dom had passed out and it was so cute. We were all wore out and so we went home and took a nap!
Later that night Nic and I went to dinner to celebrate my friend Cheyenne's birthday. We ate at a restaurant called Stella which was pretty good but then had to head home because Dom's hand was swollen from a bug bite and Dom's Grandma was concerned. SO we went home and of course the Dominator was fine but we decided to just stay in for the night.
Sunday was when the real fun began. I have been putting off Dominik's 2 year pictures for quite some time now. But realized that he is amost 2 1/2 and it's time to suck it up and get the photo's taken. You see i hate getting his picture taken, to me it is the most stressful thing you can do to a child and to a parent. First I worry about his outfit and if his hair looks right. Then i wonder if he going to be in a good mood. I decided that Nic should join in the fun and escort me to photo day! :) Of course i picked Kiddie Kandids in the mall (Nic hates the mall) And of course they don't have an opening right when we got there. Not to mention Dom's nap time is at 12 and we got to the mall at 1230. The soonest they could get us in is 1:30 but we decide to chance it and take the appointment. Is everybody getting the point? We are about to have a very cranky Domi on our hands.
So while we are waiting Nic and I take Dom all around the mall to keep him occupied. He does really well and in fact he does well even during the pictures. However, for those of you that have had toddlers it's not easy to tell a toddler what to do, not to mention trying to get them to sit still long enough to take a picture. All in all he does pretty good with a few minor melt downs along the way. Then comes time to pick out the pictures...Poor Nic did not realize this was going to be a 2 hour event. But he continues to be patient and help the entire time. He even helped me pick out the pictures and such being that we had a new girl who had barely been trained and it was her first day on the job. She did a pretty good job for having no clue what she was doing. But with Nic's help i managed to get some pretty darn good pictures. All the while Nic is running Dom all over the place trying to keep him entertained and prevent any more meltdowns being that his nap time is 2 hours overdue.
After pictures we had told Dom we would take him to Build a Bear. Which was Dom's first time and he loved it. However i think we picked the day with the slowest people working and of course this is just what we needed being that we have a toddler who is now 2.5 hours past his naptime. But Dom picked out his little elephant and we had it stuffed for him and he was happier than a clam. By the time we left the mall, Dom was passed out in Nic's arms. :) I would say for the most part the weekend was a huge success and I couldn't have done it without Nic. He was so patient with Dom and a great help to me. I don't think he realizes how much the little things help! We go to California next weekend so stay tuned for more pictures and fun stories!
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