Fun with D and J and...M!!!

This is the absolutely adorable Jordynn and Dominic playing. Jordynn and her little sister Madysenn (see below) belong to my cousin Nicole and her husband Josh. They live in Arizona but their Grandparents (my uncle Rick and aunt Jeri :)) brought them here for a visit for a few weeks. Dominic had the BEST time with these two beauties!!! They just hit it off like they have known each other for years - it was so fun to watch them play!! These pics were taken the a couple of nights before they went back home:

Jordynn leaning in to give D a smooch

The 2nd pic was was the "mooooowah" part of the kiss (he's thrilled can't you tell!) Once again, note the excitement on D's face. He really, really LOVES them and LOVED, even more, playing w/ them - truly, he just has issues with public affection!!!

Just about the only time I could get Dominic to give Jordynn a decent hug. I swear, he better start givin' it up or he will be a lonely man when he gets older!!! Oh and when I say "givin' it up" I do mean hugs around the neck and soft, butterfly kisses on the cheek and forehead ONLY!!!!! :)

The ONLY photo I could get of little Madysenn (and I do mean LITTLE! She is sooooo tiny, you could put her in your pocket!) I tried SOOO many times to snap her mug and she kept turning away - but I finally got one good one!!!

Jordynn giving me a "CHEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEE"!! I swear that is how long she said the word "cheese"! Too cute!

Ahhhh, quiet time!!! Here we are at the end of the evening - trying ever so hard to settle down and watch a little movie. So, left to right, above and below: Erica, Dominic, Madysenn, Jordynn the tip of Tori's toes, Jake and BJ.

We had SOOO much fun with these little munchkins - they are so unbelievably stinkin' rotten cute!! Words can put into words the adorable-ness that makes them up!! You have no idea how much I wish they lived here - or even just a titch closer would be better than the 6-mo. drive it takes to go where they live!!! Thanks Rick and Jeri for sharing your time w/ us and thanks to Cole and Josh for letting your "minnie-me's" come visit, next time maybe you could join them :)!

I am trying to stop writing about these girls but in the words of Jordynn "I tan not tose it, I tan't" translation: I can not close it, I can't. OOOHHHHH, I just want to squeeze them!!!! TTFN

"Jump...Jump...Kris Kross will make you..."

I hope you are all bobbin' your heads to the tune of that little hip-hop Jump, Jump song from back-in-the-day!

Any-hoo. I just wanted to post some pics that my amazingly talented cousin Kristina (of Kristina Curtis Photography - the best photographer this side of Tallahassee who will go to ANY lengths to get the best possible shot! Plus, she has screamin' deals! What more could you ask for?!? You can see what I mean by simply checkin' out her website...let me give it to you: kristinacurtisphotography.blogspot.com) took of Dominic jumping on my Aunt's trampoline. I just love these, for a few reasons. 1st, they are of my A-dorable mouschka-cake Dominic; and 2nd, I just love that Kristina can take the most candid of moments and turn them into works of art!! Check it:

Oh, is he so freakin' GORGEOUS or what?!?!?!? Oooohhhh, I just want to (and do) squeeze the crap out of him!!!!! Oh - thanks Kristina for being so talented and for being so cute!!!

Stay tuned for more pics from the talented Mr. Ripley AND from Kristina. I am going to have our family pics done - hopefully soon :) - and you know that any photo where I look half-way decent (D and Mario will look good just cuz' they do), it's cuz' somebody REALLY talented was behind the lens!!! TTFN