Reminder

Just wanted to remind you that tomorrow the Yreka Fair starts. It is a great, shady fair!

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Laughing

The video is evening fun for Gabe with Carson.

BIRTHDAY

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday DEAR GEMMA,

Happy Birthday to you!!!

We love you! Have a wonderful 9th year! :)

Aloha.

Dinner

Last night we were able to go to some new friends house for dinner. We had a great time with them, their 4 month old son, James, and dog, Hank (who could be a Caucasian Mello, pictured below).



Here is a picture of Gabe once we got home. He was a tiny bit pooped. :)


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Dopey and Happy

And I am not talking about the 7 dwarf's. I am talking about baby Gabe. He usually has 2 looks.

Dopey face seen here.

Happy face seen here.

Big cuz Gemma was over last week and asked me why he does this :) (picture her smiling) :| (picture her frowning doing the dopey face). It was so funny! It cracked me up! Trever thought it was funny too. We love our dopey, happy face guy! :)

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Day Trip

Yesterday morning, my mom, myself, Carson and Gabe took a little trip up to Lake of the Woods. It was so nice to get out and have some water time. Carson and Gabe did wonderful! Gabe slept all the way up there, took a little cat nap up there and slept all the way home. Carson joined him in the sleeping on the way home. :) Sleepy boys.

Once we got there, I realized I needed to bring some type of sun/ water clothing for myself. I packed MORE THAN enough for Carson (in case of an accident) and for Gabe (in case of a blow out) and left myself out. My mom let me borrow some shorts she had brought since all I had was jean capri's. While we were up there she said, "You need to get out more often. You don't even remember what to bring to the water." :) She is right. I am such a homebody. I love to be home. Can't help it. I do need to work on it though, cause Trever loves doing day trips with us since he is working all the time. We need to take advantage of the summer and the lakes we have around us!

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This is a little video of Gabe, 8.4.09, rolling over in his crib. I put him down on his belly and sometimes during the nap he rolls over which wakes him up. So, I try to roll him back over, but sometimes it doesn't work. See below. :)

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Really?

Here are some more pictures from July. I am just amazed that it is already August! Wow. How time DOES fly.

My firend, Deborah, was telling me that when her daughter spends the night somewhere she "pays" for it for 2 days. I now know what she was talking about. :) Carson has been pretty emotional since he has been home after staying the night at Gramma's house. I know it was different and new, plus the bee sting (which we found out he isn't allergic too, Praise the Lord!), has added to the difference in his attitude. Pretty interesting the changes they go through. I also remember my SIL telling me that when her kids were around their grandparents it would take them a little time to readjust their attitudes also. All these new experiences we are going through that I have heard about from family and friends is kind of funny.

Carson is in for another treat tonight. Mimi has been gone for over a week and she invited him over to spend time there for a little while this evening. That means Trever and I get to load up and organize our extra fridge in the garage that we just got last week (for free, YEAH!) So exciting. That means we also get to make ice cubes which we haven't had this year because we don't have room in the freezer in the house. The things that make me so excited! :)

Don't know about you, but last night we had some thunder storms. Along with the storms came some hail. Yeah, it was oh, about 95* outside and we had hail! What is all that about? Here are a couple pix of that. In the top pix look for white stuff in the grass. The bottom one is better, pretty obvious piece of hail.



On a side note, I have been "trying" to run a little more lately. Last week I ran for 40 minutes without walking. I was pretty surprised and hope to keep it up and increase the length of time in the future.

And thank you Bethany, for helping me figure out the "comments" section on my blog. :)

Oh, and Crystal had her baby! YEAH! Nehemiah was born at 10:20pm on 7.29.09. 1 week late! WOW! Congrats to the Frechette family!

Aloha.

FIRST TIME

We got to eat our first ripe tomatoes on Tuesday! So fun to enjoy the garden.

There have been a couple different things go on this week that were new and different. One, was that I had 2 girlfriends over, Gina and Jodie, on 7.28. The 3 of us haven't gotten together for a very long time. Jodie is expecting twin girls, due this December! So exciting for her and Matt (her hubby)!


The next big activity was Carson spending his first night away from home, last night. He went and stayed the night with Gramma. He did a great job! It was very different at home with just us 3. A lot quieter around here without the pitter-patter of his little feetsies running around.


Here he is with his "new" backpack on that almost pulled him backwards it was so heavy for him. He was determined to wear it though. :)

Right before we went and got him, he had gotten stung by a bee. First time in his life. He had a swollen red bump, but by the time we got home the redness was gone and he wasn't mentioning it. He also cried and was saying he didn't want to leave. That is good sign, huh? :) We are so thankful to Gramma for taking him. Glad everyone had a great time. We will definitely be doing that again. A good habit to get into. We are so blessed that we have family around so we have that option.

Here is Gabe looking behind him at the picture on his buzzer chair. 8.1.09.

Happy August everyone!
Aloha.

4 Months

Gabe was 4 months young on the 25th. Today he had his 4 month check up at the doctors. He weighed in at 17.0 lbs and 25 1/2 inches long. Carson and Gabe had their 4 month check up to the exact date. 4 months and 4 days. Carson weighed 17.5 lbs and measured at 25 1/2 inches. Same length, 5 ounces different in their weight.

I am so thankful for 2 wonderful healthy boys.

Aloha.