i love how he sleeps.

happy 900th post

Today was a pretty fabulous day.

I didn't get everything accomplished that I wanted to, but I got to spend time with my family. That is all that really matters.

Gage of course was looking extra cute, as always. He sweats so much and sucks on his fingers and starts smelling mighty pretty. I can't even believe how stinky his little toes can get. He was starting to smell like a dirty sock so we gave him a bath today. (We usually bath him every 2 or 3 days. I guess since it's summer we are going to have to bump that up.) The exciting thing about this? He gets to wear two outfits in one day! Now of course this means more laundry for me, but there is a chance he just might get to wear all of his clothes before he grows out of them.  He has a lot of 3-6 month clothes. It's fun to have so many options.

He's just too cute.

Brandon, JaKell and the kids are in town visiting for the 4th of July. We are excited that JaKell is expecting in Feb 2011! Gage will have a cousin fairly close in age on my side! Hooray! (He has quite a few on Dustyn's side) Not only will he have one new cousin, but two!! Jace and Katie are also expecting early 2011 as well! We are so excited for all the new cousins!

We went to my parents house for a bbq and to visit with family.

The kids were having fun in the sprinklers.

Gage took a nice nap.

Dustyn playing around with his iPod.

Brandon, JaKell and Tryen chillin'.
Tryen was just telling me how cold he was
when sneaky Grandpa slipped a little ice in his shorts.
It was then he figured out that he really was cold.

Gage will not smile for cameras. He stops the minute he sees one. It's quite funny. We were trying to get him to smile and this was the look he was giving us.I wish he were in focus. :(Followed by this look.Almost a smile! Of course Grandpa can get him to smile.

Gage decided that he was getting tired and was ready to go home. We loaded him up in the stroller and he settled right in. We thought he'd be asleep in seconds.
Nope, Wrong. He was suddenly wide awake.
Off we go!

Gage looked around all the way home.

Home! Time to get ready for bed. Gage LOVES getting ready for bed.

Ready!

He gets super excited for his swaddler!





Good Night Friends! See you tomorrow!

More random thoughts on a Monday.

~I thought about making a post for Brandon's birthday, yet neglected to do it!  So HAPPY BIRTHDAY Brandon!  I hope you had a great day.

~On Saturday we were able to go to SLC and go through a session in the SLC Temple.  Brandon received his endowments that day.  It really was amazing.  I love the Temple.

~My wisdom teeth holes are really starting to get sore.  They weren't so bad last week.  I think because they were so swollen.  The swelling has finally gone down a little, but that is just making it hurt worse.  Oh well.

~Today was a very productive day!  That is a good change for me!

~I don't have to babysit until 12:00 tomorrow.  The entire house is pretty much clean and laundry is done.  Whatever will I do?  I need to go to the Library and get a new book.

~I have been going to read "The Host" but I left it in Dustyn's classroom.

~Dustyn and I are listening to Twilight.  :)  We are about a quarter of the way through - and he's still listening!  :)  We'll see if I can get him past Twilight.  Right now his favorite character is Mike.  Ha ha.  I am totally kidding.  Mike is his favorite character to make fun of.  It's quite funny.

~I totally miss Dustyn.  He got home late and then two hours later he had to head to the hospital to check in for his sleep study.  :P  I miss him.

~Over the weekend, Greg and Arianne let us stay at their house.  It was so fun to see them, and they are so sweet to let us spend the night.  Even though we had to leave by 7:00AM.  And Anika... she totally cracks me up.  I love her.

~One of the couples in our local FSA were placed with a baby this week!  We are super excited for them!  

~It has officially been two years since we have been approved to adopt.  

~Coming up this next month, it will be 4 years since we lost our sweet Hannah!  Man, time flies.

~We are hoping to get pass-along cards here soon.  If you would like to have some, feel free to send me your address (dustynkamieATgmailDOTcom).  You might get some even if you don't send it to me!  ;)  

~Well I think I am off to bed.  I am pretty tired tonight.

~More randomness tomorrow.  G'Night.

Hello?!?! I am trying to SLEEP!

One of these days, I am seriously going to let Bruce lose on those BEAGLES!!  Are they ever going to let me get any SLEEP??  I mean I know my dog occasionally barks during the night - but it is usually at the BEAGLES!

Grrr.....

Last night I was sleeping nice and peacefully. Around 4:30 or so a STUPID BEETLE flew right in my ear! :P Of course I got up and tried to find it... and I couldn't. I even woke Dustyn up. I am sure he appreciated that! So I tried to go back to sleep knowing that the minute I did I would get a friendly visitor! Blah! They are not my friends! So I laid there with the sheet over my head and finally, eventually I fell back asleep! Those dang beetles are driving my nuts! Why don't they like Dustyn! Grrr...

Lazy Day

Today has been kinda lazy. We went to an Art Museum at the University at Johnstown. Then we went to downtown Johnstown to look for another Museum that was suppose to be on Main Street. We walked up and down main street and nothin. Apparently it is not there anymore. Now Dustyn is taking a nap. A long nap. I thought about going walking, but well... nah. I will just blog about it instead. Ha ha. Sadly enough, it's true. I need to get out more.
By the way, I did not take this picture, or any of the pictues of the major cities.

It has been a beautiful day here. The skies are blue and have pretty fluffy clouds. It is so nice and pleasant here. It got to 76 degrees today. So nice. I do not miss the blistering heat in Utah.

I just walked down to the lobby so I could sit on a real couch instead of the bed. And, it kinda looks like storm clouds are moving in, but the sky is super pretty. This picture isn't great, but you get the idea. I should have went and got the camera. My phone just doesn't take great pictures like it use to. Oh well.


We are hoping that Gremlin decides to come meet us today! I bet Hilary would be okay with that too. I can only imagine how uncomfortable she is. I do not envy her.

Can't Sleep!

Does anyone have any good get to sleep tricks? :)

Seems like I lay here and lay here and listen and toss and turn and I get bored quickly. But how to get to sleep, I have no idea. Naps are not good for me! :D As I lay here I have way too much time to think. Thinking never turns out good for me. I think too much. I have a lot of my mind, which doesn't help the sleeping problem! Blah.

Well here I go once again! Hopefully this time it will work.

Red Eye

Wow, it's been a day. Yesterday we decided that we would fly to Pennsylvania. We wanted to get out here and check a few more places out. It's definatly been a trip. I have been watching plane tickets prices and they have doubled for the next two weeks because of the holiday. I couldn't even find any tickets until next Saturday. Most flights over the next week are booked. The rest of them are 1000.00+. So when I found a good deal on tickets we decided to come out (and it was a direct flight both ways). I have been watching these tickets for about two weeks. We still paid about double what they have been going for, but half of what they are now. Anyways, we are here and I am glad.

We drove to Vegas yesterday. We got on a red eye flight around midnight. It was a four hour flight so we got to Pittsburgh around 7:00AM. Lets just say, even though we were on the exit rows with twice the leg room... there is no way I can sleep on airplanes. Blah. It was one of the shortest nights ever though. So we got our rental car. While we were picking it up the lady asked if we wanted to upgrade for $5 a day. We could get a Toyota Carolla, PT Cruiser or a Mustang. We said, "Nah, we'll take the subcompact". Wrong answer! Take the $5, take the $5!! So we walked out to our Chevy Aveo. You know those commericals that show the 5 huge basketball players getting out of the Aveo. HA HA HA! We couldn't even fit out luggage in the car! We finally got it situated and in the car. The car is quite dirty... and on the window is this sticker!

Ewww!! Nasty! I want to take it off because it grosses me out, but I can't make myself touch it! Gross!

So the car is.... interesting. The seats are horrible. There is one cup holder that neither front passanger can reach. There is one arm rest on the drivers side... The whols car is just akward. And it's Yellow! TAKE THE FIVE DOLLARS! Ha ha! Just kidding. It is alright. It will serve it's purpose. Sadly enough I am thinking... man I wish we had the Saturn again! LOL!

So gas is pretty cheap out here. At least cheaper than Utah. $2.89

Well we got to our hotel around 10AM. We were exausted and just plain tired. So we talked the front desk people into letting us checkin at 10 instead of 3PM. We got to our room and crashed! We slept until 3ish. Then we went to Walmart and drove around for awhile. We went to the Eatn'Park for dinner. It was good, I was surprised. Then we got back to our hotel to plan the day. I crashed again around 7:00 and woke up around 10:00. Those red eyes are a killer! But I feel like I have wasted a whole day!

Sleep?

Who needs sleep? I'd rather stay up and listen to the wind howl all night!