As you know, Dominick turned three last week. It's hard to believe he's that big already! We celebrated twice. First, we had a small family party the Saturday before his birthday. Dom was actually sick that day and ended up falling asleep for the night before 6 pm. He still managed to eat lunch, open presents, and decorate cookies, but cake and ice cream had to wait until the next day. He liked the cake but seemed a little freaked out by the candles.

For Dominick's actual birthday, February 21, Mike took a half day, and we all went out to lunch after Dom finished at PDO. We ate at Chuck E. Cheese's. Dom had a blast. He was having so much fun he didn't want to stop and eat pizza. When we got home, Dominick got to open a couple more presents, including his very own digital camera. It's a funny thing, and Dom looks very cute when he's using it. If only he would stop pushing the red button that erases his images, I could transfer some to the computer. Maybe he'll come up with something artistic.

In a previous post, I mentioned that Noel's hair was starting to fall out. I assumed he would end up with a ring of baldness around his head like Dom had at the same age, but that has not happened. Instead, there's already new hair in the formerly bare patches. The hair is so light and fine that it doesn't show up very well yet, so Noel looks a bit like an 80s flashback with all that long hair on top. Here's a recent pic of Noel, courtesy of my mom. I absolutely love the clasped hands. He's been doing that a lot lately. Interesting fact about Noel: apparently, he is not a fan of "Hips Don't Lie" by Shakira, or at least as sung by Mike.