Golden Birthday

November 28th was my golden birthday.  That's right.  I'm officially 28.  Although on any given day if someone asks me how old I am, it's as though senility has already set in.  I can usually do the math after a few minutes and produce an accurate answer.  However my ability to actually remember my current age is lacking.  This is why I blog.  My memory is already fading.  The future isn't looking too bright for me!

Anyways, Michael worked hard to get caught up in his homework the night before so we could take a train down to New York and catch the tree lighting ceremony at the Rockefeller Center.  A huge thanks to my neighbor Richelle for watching Dominic for the evening.  We were going to take him with us, but the weather was forecasted to be cold and stormy so we thought it best to leave him behind.  Anyways, here are a few pictures of the evening.

Taking the train down to NYC--supposedly the tree lighting event creates insane traffic so we opted not to drive!

Walking through Times Square we saw this cool ad.  Pretty much sums up our religion.  I would add in 'Family'.

There were so many beautiful lights lining the streets as we made our way to the Rockefeller Center.

...Not to mention enormous tree decorations atop the street fountains.

We stopped for dinner at a lovely Italian place where I had a delicious Calamari dish.   I have to admit that I was once terrified of eating baby octopus.  However I worked up the courage to try one in Spain this Spring, and have loved them ever since!

THE TREE!

Smoochin'

The tree was beautiful amidst the city scape.  

I wished we had taken our camera, because we were left with mostly blurry pictures taken on our phones.  Regardless, we had a lovely evening and a truly memorable night.

The next evening Michael watched Dominic so I could go to dinner with a group of girl friends as a  continuation of my birthday celebration!  We had a great time!

What a great way to celebrate 28 years.

Thanksgiving 2012

I know Thanksgiving already feels like an eternity ago, but we had a great time so I wanted to post some pictures! 

We were invited to spend Thanksgiving with some friends in Princeton, New Jersey.  We were able to spend time with Martin and Nune Lemaire as well as Dan and Liz Lemaire (Martin's brother), some of our friends from Utah.  

We started the day with a delicious Thanksgiving breakfast and then spent the morning disc golfing.

Hyke, Nune's brother, about to throw.

Liz and Dominic strolling along

We returned from disc golfing to have a delicious lunch, before having a delicious Thanksgiving dinner, all with an Armenian twist (Nune's folks was kind enough to host us all and boy can her mother cook!)

The next day Michael and I went and toured Princeton University before heading for home.  Yale is truly a beautiful campus and I have loved being here, however, I think Princeton holds the #1 in my eyes for most beautiful campus I've ever seen.  Here are some pictures we took as we walked around.

taken inside a huge cathedral (see next picture)

Dominic spent the weekend getting more comfortable walking.  After this weekend, he was able to walk 10-15 feet between Michael and I, but hadn't really taken off on his own yet.  

We had such a great time and were SOOO grateful for the invitation to spend Thanksgiving with our friends while we are away from our families.  We had many things to be thankful for this Thanksgiving.  

After months of not being able to post due to a shortage of free blogger memory, I logged onto Blogger and was finally able to post!!

So...

Here are some highlights from the last few months (mostly fall)...just random cute pictures of Dominic.

I wrote this blog months ago, and just haven't been able to post it until now.

peach and pear picking at Bishop's Orchard.  Sept. 6th

He already loves to drive. 

 Playing at the beach near our house.  Lighthouse Point.  Sept 14

Sept 14

This sneaky little fellow grabbed a pepper out of the fridge and couldn't wait to dig right in.  Sept 24

Our neighbors are from Sri Lanka.  Dominic loves Amali and Amali loves Dominic.  Sept 26

Testing out his winter hat.

Don't let his tired face fool you.  This boy loves his spinach.  Oct. 5

Oct. 5

He wanted to keep eating, but was just too tired.  Oct. 5

He has starting to really enjoy emptying drawers.  This keeps me on my toes.  Oct. 7

He loves anything with wheels.  Oct 8

It's great to have a playground at our apartment complex full of toys.  Oct 8

We try to get outside everyday.  He really likes being outside.  Oct 12

We went to watch Yale's women's Volleyball team.  They are amazing!  Undefeated last I checked.  Oct 12

We have a picture of Dominic on this mascot several months ago...Oct 12

Dominic's first time in a harness...ok, it was still a little big, but he really enjoyed looking at the top of the big wall while swinging.  Oct 16

All bundled up so we can go play outside.  Oct 24

Getting ready for Halloween.  Oct 30

 He loves playing outside.  Nov. 2

And has discovered this slide.  Nov. 5

This is a little girl that I watch.  Nov. 5

Playing in his first snow storm of the year.  Nov. 7

He is loving stairs right now.  He just learned how to do it on his own.   Not to mention his awesome get-up.  Nov. 7

M-ovember

He thought it tasted funny

And then decided he didn't like it.

Wrestling with his friend Mikaal

Losing.

Defeated.

Celebrating his 11 month birthday.  Dec. 5

Celebrating his 11 month birthday.  Dec. 5

Celebrating his 11 month birthday.  Dec. 5

Celebrating his 11 month birthday.  Dec. 5

 Hopefully I'll be able to blog again and I'll do specific posts about my Golden birthday (I turned 28 on the Nov. 28th) and Thanksgiving.