At least it's dead...

When I went to do the dishes this morning, I opened the door and this is what I found...

Look closer and you can see a little better...

Yep, a scorpion. Squashed by the door. Next to clean dishes. Gross.

Doctor Visit

We took Gage for his 6 month check up on July 9. He weighs 18 pounds (66 percentile) and is 26.5 (55 percentile) inches tall. We love our doctor, but the nurse was horrible. She seriously took about 30 seconds in between each shot that he got. He didn't cry for the first shot, he cried for the 2nd and he really was bawling by the last one. Usually the nurses get all the shots finished in about 2 seconds total.

The doctor was taking forever to come see us. So we decided to take some pictures. Gage was having fun with the paper on the exam table. As soon as we took out the camera he just stared at the camera.

Finally a smile.

And back to the paper...
We also took a video of him going at the paper. By the time the nurse came in there was no paper left!

Memorial Day Cake

I've wanted to decorate a 'fancy' cake for awhile now. I decided to do it for Memorial Day. Then found out that everyone (Isaac, Caleb, Donavon, Amanda, and Amanda's family, Uncle Chris, Aunt Becky and Brandon) would be at Parker's on Sunday. So I made it a day early. More people to eat it means less for just me. It was great, it all got eaten.
Don't look too closely. This was my first cake and my first time even touching fondant, let alone making it. Inside it was yellow cake with cheesecake filling and fresh blueberries and strawberries. It was yummy! I think it might make a better 4th of July cake!

Gage Laughing

This video is only six seconds long but it shows Gage laughing. He will go on like this for a couple of minutes.

Gage 4 Months

We take pictures every month on the 3rd. Here Gage is exactly 4 months old. He weighed 15 lbs 4 oz. and was 25.5 inches long. He is such a good child and he loves smiling...even when he is tired.

Gila Valley Temple Open House

We went to the Gila Valley Temple Open House. I picked Jeff up from school and we headed up to Central, Az. It was about a 2 1/2 hour drive. It was the deciding factor on wether I went to Utah or not. Gage was great on the drive. It was one of the last times Gage fit into his suit. It was cold and very windy. But the temple is gorgeous. Gage was so quiet the whole time we were in the temple. He would just look around and sometimes just stare off at things. He loved all the huge pictures of Jesus. After the tour we tried to get some pictures, but it was cold and windy and no one was out to help us.

Just before we gave up on getting a picture of all three of us, someone walked by and quickly took a picture for us.

First Haircut!

Gage has needed a haircut for quite some time. Today I finally got sick of it and gave him one. It is really hard to give a 3 month old a haircut without any help. Here are the before pictures:

As you can see, it was getting really long. And here are the after pictures:

It is not quite as short on the sides as it looks. And it is a lot more even.