.:Downs Family:.

Busy Are We!

2011-06-22T20:42:00.000-07:00

My Best Friend Mary gor Married! In May.
This cute girl had fun at the Wedding!

June 2nd my Baby Sister Sadie Graduated from Highschool.

(she has all the grad pics :()

Father's Day June 19th Our Sweet Baby Boy was Blessed!

Grandma Loves her Babies!

We are living in Round Mountain and it is going well! We get to come in for a week once a Month and we are always busy visiting everyone we can. Justine was moved to a full size bed and has only fallen off once! Now time to potty train and loose the Binky. Russell is growing so Fast and is So BIG! He weighed 12lbs at his 2 Month Appt. David works long hours but makes big Bucks. Very grateful fo this job. I am busy taking care of everyone and I love it!

Justine is 2!

2011-04-19T11:18:00.000-07:00

"oh my gosh!"

It's My Party, I'll Cry If I Want To.

Hanging with her Brother and Cousins.

Getting Moody.

Mickey Mouse Shaped Pancakes!

Enjoying her Birthday Breakfast!

We had a small Family Party for Justine on Saturday! I think it was overwhelming for her, she cried ALOT. But overall it was pretty good! I can't believe it's been 2 years! It has been AMAZING! We Love You Justine! Happy 2nd Birthday!

Introducing...

2011-04-08T18:38:00.000-07:00

David Russell Downs III

7lbs 10oz 20in

March 29, 2011

11:24am

We are all doing well, and are very much in Love with our little boy.

We Are Alive!

2011-03-19T17:15:00.000-07:00

We are still Alive, I am a Blogging Slacker. Lots of Changes for us though!

I have about 19 Days until my Due Date, which I am hoping to make it too! I am feeling good! I am still working at Beach's Baby Chic Boutique, and I am enjoying it.

David got a new Job at Round Mountain Gold Corp. better pay, opportunities and Benefiets! This job couldn't have come at a better time for us! He moved out last Saturday, and we are fortunate enough to be able to rent a nice, huge doublewide from the Hutchings. So David is out there working and getting the place ready for Justine, Russell and I to move out. Which wont be for a few weeks after Russell's birth due to Dr. Appts. and insane Gas prices. We are proud of him and miss him very much.

Justine is a crack up! She talks alot and is just funny. She learns fast and is so smart! She has pink cowboy boots that she LOVES to wear, when she wants them onshe says"boots are for walking" Grandma taught her that! She loves to be read to and Sang to. Loves animals, except Monkeys, we have Toy Story 3 to Thank for that. She is crazy about he Grandpa Gary, and loves Grandma Roxann to "rockabye, don't you cry" her before naps and bed time. She loves her Daddy and having tickle time with him, and she can't ride on his 4 wheeler enough! She is my best little friend, I have so much fun with her! She doesn't understand there is going to be another baby soon, but she loves babies so I hope she transitions well...

So this is my small update, until next time!

Baby Shower Photo's, just a few.

Heidi, Jessica & Myself.

My Birth Mom, Tammi, and My Sister Sadie and I.

Stephanie, Jessica, Myself, and Heidi!

Mom & I.

The Diaper Game, Mom was really into it.

tired.

2010-12-14T13:27:00.000-08:00

i think it's entirely to early to be this tired and achy during this pregnancy. it's been a rough one on baby d and myself. mom as usual is amazing. but i am still exhausted for a number of reasons, and i just can't wait until my big sister is here. hurry hayley. seriously hurry.

Family Photo's 2010

2010-11-16T12:34:00.000-08:00

Not flattering of me, BUT We were posing for the picture and she looks down at a huge pile of Horse Manure and screams "KaKa!" I lost it.

Downs Family 2010

Huge Thanks to Mom and Hayley!

Oh and P.S.

2010-11-08T11:56:00.000-08:00

We are expecting Downs Baby #2, April 7, 2011!
And I am farther along then we originally thought.
And it's a BOY!
His name is David Russell Downs III!

Happy Halloween, Late :)

2010-11-06T12:40:00.000-07:00

Late, Halloween post. We took Justine to Lattin Farms she picked out her Pumpkin, and loved seeing the animals. That's all the Halloween she really cared about. She didn't care for Trunk or Treating, or Trick or Treating, and only dug her spoon in the Pumpkin to clean it once! She was a super cute witch! My mom made her costume and painted her shoes! SOO cute!

Things are busy, David and I are both still working! Yay, for having Jobs! He's still gone ALOT! But we will deal! We are selling our Ford, and getting a Tahoe :) Very exciting!

Family Pictures Coming Soon!

Small Update

2010-09-18T13:12:00.000-07:00

Things have been very BUSY! David mostly works, and works. And now I have a part time job, just for a little more income. I am working at Beach's Baby Chic Boutique, (formerly known as Beach Mortgage, I worked there in Highschool). And I LOVE it!

Visit our Etsy - http://www.etsy.com/shop/BeachBaby4?ref=top_trail

And our Blog - http://beachsbabychicboutique.blogspot.com/

Little Miss Justine, is as cute as ever! She's an amazing eater, talking tons more. And ADORES her Grandpa's and Grandma's. Recently she has started folding her arms and scowling at us. It's hard not to laugh at her. And she thinks she's pretty funny! She is now 17 Months growing. We LOVE LOVE LOVE our Sweet Baby! Oh and we finally trimmed her mullet, still a mullet just not as long :)

AND our 2 Year Anniversary is Monday :)

Two Dates

2010-07-20T22:13:00.001-07:00

Date Night

David was finally home long enough to take me out! We had a double date to the Reno Aces Game. It was so much fun, ecspecially when the drunk guys in front of us left. We had really good seats, and the Aces Won. We will def. be doing it again!

Date Day

Ladies Day in Tahoe. Justine, Myself, Taylynn, Heidi, Mary, Leslie, Sadie.
Sadie & I
some cute beach babes.My Beach Babe.

Tahoe was soooo nice. The company was great (though we were missing a few). Now we are off to the Lake for a few days.

Boogie Picking

2010-07-07T17:17:00.000-07:00

Hayley and Alisha were here for their 10 Yr Hs Reunion, and we got to spend some time with them. Justine loved having little girls around to play with! And I loved our Mani Pedi Day. It was great to see you guys!

Justine-
Is Walking! (and has been for some time)
She recently bit through her lip, all the way through! Fortunetly for us, we had our very own Nurse in training on hand, Betty, I mean Hayley. I was TRAUMATIZED when I saw the blood, but my big Sissy said it was ok and she'd be fine.
She talks in her own language all day.
The kid can eat! And she loves potato's and meat.
She loves Grandpa and Grandma, or to her "Papa and MaMaMaMa".
She is so smart, I am amazed by everything she does! I just love her little personality, actually everything about her.
Today I caught her digging for gold. Oh yeah, then she ate it. NaStY
She LOVES dogs, and being outside.
She feels the need to help David shave, or at least she thinks he HAS to hold her while he shaves.
Lately she will just stop playing and want to be held, or just cuddle for a bit. And I treasure every moment, because she’s usually just a going!
Last year at the Lake she was only a few months old but seemed to enjoy the water. This year she completely freaked out, and didn’t want down til we were about to leave the lake.
How we love this Sweet Baby Girl.

David has been working very hard! He has been gone for 2 weeks at a time then comes home for 2 days, and is gone again! Justine and I appreciate his hard work, and miss him very much. We did get to spend four days with him for th 4th of July weekend. We BBQ'd, worked on our truck, hung out with friends and Family, and just spent time together since we don't get much. We Love You!

We have quite the busy Schedule coming up.

1. A Day @ Tahoe for Mary's visit, all are welcome to join.

2. 4 Days camping out at the Lake, which I am very excited about.

3.A visit to Bishop CA to visit my Uncle.

4. A visit to Alamo NV to visit my Birth Father's Family.

5. Our Regualr Hawthorne visit.

It doesn't seem like much, but it is!

Utah!

2010-05-25T13:02:00.001-07:00

After 7 weeks of going in and out of Town David was home for a 3 day weekend. We headed to Utah! We spent the weekend in Spanish Fork with my Friend/ old roomate Misty and her Family. Friday we went Bowling at The Payson Bowling Alley, the fisrt time I went there a few Years ago I saw Gary Coleman. Bowling was fun, I mostly had a good workout chasing a walking Justine! Saturday we headed up to Payson Canyon for some sight seeing. We hiked up to a waterfall, Justine was in the stroller, but was soon carried and the stroller ditched in the tree's when we could use it no longer. We came back later and got it. We also went to Maple Lake and took a nice Family Picture! Sunday before we headed home we showed up to Jeremy and Lindy's where Mom and Dad were, with 2 Dozen Krispy Cremes. It was a short eventful trip!

1998 Ford Explorer!

2010-05-18T16:05:00.000-07:00

1998 Ford Explorer. White, Gold Trim. 6 Disc Cd Player & Tape Player. Heater and AC. Electric Windows, Automatic. Cruise Control. Back Windows are Tinted. Keypad on Driver Door. Eddie Bauer Edition, Tan Leather Interior. 4 Door, Sun Roof. Fantastic Condition! 206,xxx Miles. $3000 Or Your Best Offer! dc.eighties@gmail.com

Hectic and Crazy

2010-05-13T17:33:00.000-07:00

David has been gone so long! He was gone in Cali for 5 weeks working, came home for 3 days and left for Vegas for work! And while he has been gone, Mom and I have been packing my home up and moving back to Fallon to stay with them for a few months, for reasons I can disclose later. And now Mom and Dad are Vacationing and I am at this humungo house with Justine and 3 dogs. Oh and BTW my Baby is WALKING! For about 20 steps then she gets tired and crawls. Oh how I love her! And I just realized I am late for a Birthday Party, I'm out!

Happy Birthday Baby!

2010-04-19T12:29:00.000-07:00

4/17/2009 The Day after she was Born!
Now!

Haley Tolzmann took her 1 Year Pictures. They turned out GREAT!

Our Baby is One! She says Daddy, Doggy, Mommy, and Grandpa. She points, and laughs at everything! She has lots of teeth I can't count them or hold her mouth ope to do so for fear of being bit. She is Rocking a Mullet. A freaking Sweet one at that! She takes aboput 10 steps on her own but most just wants to hold someones hand while walking. She has mastered the sippy cup finally! And loves her apple juice. We had a Party for her on Saturday, with great Family and Friends! The sad part is David couldn't make it because of work :( Justine is healthy and the Dr. said she is right on track! We are so blessed to have this Baby Girl in our lives! We love her sooooo MUCH! I love being her Mommy!

Happy Easter

2010-04-05T16:47:00.001-07:00

Spending time with Uncle Trev before Easter! She just loves him.
Can you guess who gave this to her?....Grandpa!

Someone's excited!

Mom thinks she saw Max whizzing outside one day.

All set up to color our Eggs.

Trying to eat a hard boild egg, with the shell.

Grandpa is not photogenic!

Hands On.

Coloring Eggs w/ Grandma.

Goose Eggs were found this Eatser too.

David is in 29 Palms working so we didn't get to spend Easter with him. But we got to spend it with Grandpa and Grandma! And it was Fantastic!

11 Months!

2010-03-25T15:52:00.000-07:00

Justine is 11 Months old! She is walking holding only one persons hand, and walking with her push car. She says "uh oh" and "hi", shes constantly growling and saying "daddy". She will sit through Alvin and the Chipmunks and watch it. She is getting more hair yay! She is into everything and anything. She loves opening and closing cabinets. I think her favorite thing to do is hangout with Grandpa Gary, anything he eats he shares with her.We are planning her first Birthday Party, it is going to be so much fun! I can't believe how big she is getting and how fast! We love her unconditionally, and we are having sooo much fun with our Girl!

P.S. She loves to terrorize our dog Dapper.

Great Success!

2010-03-03T09:51:00.001-08:00

Thank You Mom!

(someones taking to the bottle!)

Justine Said Mama! Officially!

2010-03-02T15:12:00.000-08:00

The Highlight of my Day yesterday was when little lady said "Mama". And now she wont stop, and for now I am ok with that, I LOVE IT!
And she LOVES to SMILE.

Last Friday Mare, J, Dap, and I headed to Truckee to get a Duplicate title for my new/used car.

And Mare caught this on Camera. Nap Time. I HATE dog hair. Ecspecially on my Baby, but I let it go because this was super cute.

My friend Michelle, we all went to the park. J loves her.

Oh this is what we do at Grandma's house. EW.

Max brings her all his bones! And she just goes to town. Mom made me take pictures before I snatched up the bones.

10 Months.

2010-02-23T13:29:00.001-08:00

This post is a week late. Justine is growing Rapidly. It is sad and very exciting. She absolutley Loves Her Grandma's and Grandpa's. Mostly beecause they share lots of yummy snacks with her. She still doesn't say "Mommy" or anything close to it at all anymore. She stands on her own and loves to do it in the tub and plop down on her bum and watches water splash everywhere! (no she isn't demonstrating for the picture) She now has 7 Teeth. My goal was to Nurse her for a full year. I am still Nursing, but also trying to wein her. Last week she pulled up my shirt and said "ninnie." At that Moment I decided she was going to be done soon. So far it isn't working. She will not drink out of a sippy cup, just chews on it, and only sucks out of a bottle for maybe 2 minutes. And she mostly spits the milk out. So if anyone has suggestions on how to help me I'd GREATLY appreciate them. I'd hate to have a "ninnie" incident in PUBLIC. Even though my baby is growing, she still loves to cuddle with me, and cries when I leave her. I love the feeling of being wanted and needed.

On another note...My Reba. Yes my red Honda Civics name is Reba. Well she died, and I am heartbroken. Sunday night we were going down a back road in Fallon and crappy one at that, hit a pot hole then rough railroad tracks. Blew both back tires, ruined both rims, and busted both shocks. David declared her dead, says she's got to much problems to fix, because something else will break down next. So with the remainder of our Tax Returns we bought a 1998 Ford Explorer. So this is a picture of our new Explorer. It is in Fantatsic Condition, and we got an Amazing deal on it.

Thumbs up for a four door vehicle, Thumbs down for a FORD. I like Chevy. Sorry. But don't get me wrong, I am so grateful we could afford this and got it so fast.

Such a Sweet Baby

2010-02-03T09:43:00.000-08:00

I could just kiss her for days. I melt when she smiles and giggles.

My eyes water when she...HEAD BUTTS me.

Her new thing.

Just a few minutes ago she nailed Grandma...TWICE,

and I got the wrath afterwards.

Dapper Dan

2010-01-29T17:25:00.001-08:00

This is our Sweet New Puppy and our Sweet Baby Girl....well he was sweet and new, now he's growing and super FRISKY.

9 Months Old

2010-01-20T15:43:00.000-08:00

Justine turned 9 Months Old on the 16th! She is getting more and more hair everyday, though in a picture you can't tell! She had a really great first Thanksgiving and Christmas, and enjoyed mostly the wrapping paper. She weighs 18lbs, and loves to eat, ecspecially whatever anyone else is eating. She says Dada still no Mama. She recently learned to clap and wave bye bye. She started crawling Thanksgiving day and pulling herself up and onto things shortley after. She now walks along furniture! She cries when Mommy leaves the room, and loves to play with her Daddy. Her favorite thing to do is take a bath. When she hears the water running she crawls to the bathroom! Last but not least she has 6 TEETH! 4 on top and 2 on bottom. We are so blessed to have her in our lives!

My Next post will be about the new addition to our family. It isn't a baby, well he is, just a hairy one.

Holidays & a Birthday.

2010-01-04T10:25:00.000-08:00

We had a really great Christmas! It was wonderful to see our families! Justine was more intrested in wrapping paper and bows then her toys. Davids Birthday was the 1st and we had friends over for Cake! He turned 25. My sister Sadie was down for a visit and we went shopping in Reno with Mary, we had such a good time! Oh and Justine was breaking out in Hives a week before Christmas when I took her in they just said it was a virus...but later called and told me she was allergic to penicillin, and she was on Amoxicillin for her ear infections, and that's what caused the hives and goopy eyes. BUT my Baby is all healthy now! Just a trip to the Heart Dr. to check the heart mur mur and we are golden!

Justine made out this year, and one of my favorite gifts was a Glow Worm we got her, I had one when I was little so when I saw it on Black Friday I snagged it. I was so excited for her to have one! I hope everyone's Holidays were just as Great as Ours!

Patiently...

2009-12-23T09:30:00.001-08:00

Awaiting the Arrival of My Best Friend Mary. We are so excited for your move home. Hope it is safe. LOVE YOU.

8 Months Old

2009-12-16T13:33:00.000-08:00

Justine is now 8 Months Old! She began Crawling on Thanksgiving, and now is pulling herself up on her knees. She says Dad, and I am "ama". She has 2 teeth on the bottom and 2 more coming on the top. She loves to eat, ecspecilly whatever Mommy is eating. She has quite the little personality, and attitude! UNFORTUNATLEY, yesterday she was fussy and was warm. So I took her temp around 8:30, and it was 100.4! After some tylonel, a bath, and a few phone calls to Mom, we took her to the ER. She has an Ear Infection in just one ear thankfully! They gave us ear drops and an antibiotic, and after 2 1/2 hours we were discharged. She slept good once we got home, and she has done well today, still a temp. but not nearly as high. We are so Grateful to have Justine in our lives. We love her so much.

We are bathing without our Tub Helper! And splashing like CRAZY. Even trying Mowhawks out.

We have done some bowling with friends. Justine love's the Disco ball and all the lights flashing.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Snowy Days.

2009-12-08T15:42:00.000-08:00

Family Christmas Picture.
She loves to sleep on us like this.

Laundry Time.

Mommy & Me.

Her whining face.

Bee & Me.

Cowgirl in the Making?

My little ham, loving mashed potata's!

Not a whole lot going on here, except for being snowed in! I have a few fun pictures!

7 Months

2009-11-30T14:55:00.000-08:00

I forgot to post her 7 Month picture! Our girl was 7 Months on Nov. 16, 2009. She weighs 16lbs and is 281/2 inches long. They say she is huge for being early but it's great! She has a heart murmur that we have to have the Cardiologist check out, to make sure it's nothing more than innocent. She gets that from her Daddy. She aslo says "DADA" and started Crawling on Thanksgiving Day! My sweet girl is getting so big! We lover her so much and she is so happy. Her smile melts our hearts!

Turkey Day

2009-11-30T14:36:00.000-08:00

my baby sister & i.
sadie, j and i.

smoochy.

sleeping girls.

justine and her uncle chad.

she spent turkey dinner napping.

grandma and j.

looking darn cute in her camo outfit.

David preparing our gobbler :)

We had our own little dinner this year. David cooked it all. And it was delicioius! The day after thanksgiving my baby sister came up for the weekend, we had a great time. On saturday we went to a craft fair with Mom and Amber. It was fun, David was happy that I passed up all the jewlery, sunglasses, and purses for 3 rock candy suckers for a dollar each. Then we went to dinner at Red Robin, and Mom was giving the waiter a hard time, it was hysterical! I am so Grateful for my Family and the many opportunites I have been given :)

Our Weekend.

2009-11-17T15:31:00.000-08:00

Was pretty Fun! Friday night my sister arrived we hung out at Big Dave's and we went to dinner, afterwards Sadie watched Justine for an hour or so and David and I went out with some friends. Justine seemed to have a good time with Aunt Sadie. The next Day it was a girls day. David left, and Sadie her friend Telayna, Justine and I veged out. We watched movies and ate lots of yummy snacks. Then David came home with a suprise for us...a new flat screen tv. It's pretty sweet. Saturday night David's brother, step brother, and Bethany and Jon came over, we played some GH5 for a bit, then we went bowling in Fernley. It is such a nice Bowling Alley, they don't smoke in there and the bar is closed off in it's own area. We all had a really good time. On top of all our fun, Justine was super fussy and had a gnarly runny nose. I was patiently awaiting our top tooth that has been slowly coming in. Sunday, I was sleeping in and Justine was in the living room with David, I heard him holler and next thing I know he has Justine and he says, she definetly has a tooth. So I look, but it's not where I thought it was, all this time I was watching for the top one and in came a bottom one. I must say it does hurt. :) After a drive to Hawthorne to drop Sadie off, J and I came home to shower eat and spend time with Daddy before he left us for Truckee for the Last week. I was eating cookies out of a tub and J was next to me. I thought I had put the lid on tight enough so I let her play with the tub like a drum. Well it was a very intense episode of CSI Miami, and all of the sudden I hear yum yum yum mmmmm, I look down and little bit is covered in cookie! All I could do was laugh, it was so funny, she was just going to town on it. The 16th Justine was 7 Months old! I will post a picture next week! Oh and I am pretty excited that we are going to see New Moon on Friday :)

I'm going out with my boots on!

2009-11-13T09:29:00.000-08:00

hammin it up.
blue eyes that melt mommies heart.

these boots were made for walkin, but that's not quite what i do.

Thank You Lindy for this Very Cute Outfit!

We have a busy weekend ahead of us. My little sister is coming to stay with us and we are having a Guitar Hero Night, possibly some major bowling, it is going to be fun, the best part though is that David is going to be home around 5 for the weekend. We sure miss him during the week.

Justine Giggles

2009-11-06T15:35:00.000-08:00

November 6th

2009-11-06T10:14:00.001-08:00

Happy Birthday Mom!

Happy Birthday Mom, we love and appreciate all you have done and do for us! David, Justine and I have bought Mom a ticket to see New Moon on Nov. 20th, with Justine, Me, Shaye and the girls! We have arranged for Grandma Jane to be taken care of while Mom's out, so she has no worries!

Halloween Festivities

2009-11-02T12:59:00.000-08:00

We had a great time carving Pumkins even though Justine was only intrested for about 5 minutes. And on Halloween she looked adorable in her little fairy costume. Our first stop was Grandpa & Grandma Lewis', then La Fiesta, and then David's foremans and then Grandpa Dave & Gramaunt came and saw us at our house. Sissy got some good Candy! We passed out candy at our place and had a bunch of people over for Guitar Hero 5. It was a great 1st Halloween for our Little Green Fairy Girl.

As Requested

2009-10-27T11:38:00.000-07:00

I would love a Deep Fryer. So I can make Lumpia!

My FAVE Resturant :)

A Beret Beanie.

Sadly My Camera Broke :(

Bethany this is my Christmas wish list. :)

Tag, You're It.

2009-10-26T13:10:00.000-07:00

8 THINGS I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO:
1. David to be done working on the Mountain.
2. Justine Crawling.
3. Getting my Nials filled.
4. Getting a new car.
5. Thanksgiving.
6. Christmas.
7. Claudia getting killed of General Hospital. (i know rude, but she gets under my skin.
8. Hals coming home to me!

8 THINGS I DID YESTERDAY:
1. Laundry
2. Guitar Hero 5
3. Watched the 49ers LOOSE :(
4. Played with Justine.
5. Ate deer steak, yum.
6. Packed for a week at Moms.
7. Bathed Justine.
8. Went for a ride in the most BEAUTIFUL car in the world.

8 THINGS I WISH I COULD DO:
1. Own a Camaro.
2. Go to Utah to visit.
3. Visit Knetucky & Tennessee.
4. Go to A Nickel Back Concert.
5. Watch New Moon right at this moment.
6. Own a Duramax.
7. Adopt all the Orphans in the world.
8. Find a nice set of sheets for our cal king bed that are cheap and don't sound like we are laying in newspaper.

8 SHOWS I WATCH:
1. Real Housewives.
2. Two and half men
3. Wipe Out
4. All CSI's.
5. E!
6. True Blood
7. The Hills.
8. The City.

8 FAVORITE FOODS:
1. Steak
2. Elk
3. Deer
4. Chicken Strips
5. Apple Crisp
6. Peach Cobbler
7. Potato's
8. La Fiesta Carne Asada

8 PLACES I’D LIKE TO TRAVEL TO:
1. Utah
2. Tennesee
3. Kentucky
4. Disney Land
5. Australia
6. Alaska
7. CANADA
8. Texas

8 PEOPLE I’VE TAGGED:
1. Mare
2.Bethany
3.Lindy
4. Kiersten
5.Hayley G.
6.Roxanne
7.Mom
8. Amber

Wedding

2009-10-26T12:59:00.000-07:00

Ken and Danny.
D & I.

i'll eat them up, i love them so.

Ken & Danny's New Camaro! It Freakin HAULS. All I could do while we rode in it was giggle.

A little girl and her daddy...

2009-10-20T11:35:00.001-07:00

Justine and David are the best of friends. She wont eat for him and barley stays still if he tries to change her. If Daddy is around it is time to play, and play only. They go on outings and let mommy sleep in, and Daddy even lets here gum his steak when we have it. She is a huge steak fan which is great because so are we! Little miss is trying so hard to crawl and we are OFFICIALLY cutting a TOOTH! She is still as chuby as ever, and we just can't get enough of her! Come on look at those BLUE EYES.

Today

2009-10-16T10:49:00.001-07:00

I am 6 Months Old.

True Blood

2009-10-02T12:34:00.001-07:00

I Love True Blood.

I moslty just love Eric.

huBBa huBBa.

2 Blue Eyed Beauties

2009-09-30T20:00:00.000-07:00

and a fake cat.

Slippers & Out Fits!

2009-09-28T13:37:00.000-07:00

My BFF Bethany made me some super cute Crochet Pink Camo Slippers! Very Comfy & WARM

:)

pretty girls.

I have to show off an outfit Justine got from Erin Lewis. It is so cute and she looks adorable in it! Thank you Erin!

1 Year of Love

2009-09-24T12:54:00.001-07:00

this is 4 days late, but on the 20th we have been married for 1 year! it has been a crazy beautiful year. i would'nt change a thing. i love you david russell downs jr. and the life we have made.

5 Months

2009-09-16T09:52:00.001-07:00

Our sweet girl is 5 Months old today. She is a happy baby. And we couldn't be happier. We love you Sissy Pants.

Updates

2009-09-09T00:21:00.000-07:00

Oh my Oh my, I should be sleeping, but I can't. This has become a problem for the past 3 weeks. On a brighter note. We moved to our Apartment in Fernley 3 or 4 weeks ago. I am so happy and our Apartment is actually pretty big! 2 Bed, 2 Bath, Living Room, Kitchen, Dining, Laundry Room (love being able to do it in my own apt, not an onsite one), and Porch. We are all settled and decorated, I just love it. David's pretty proud and likes to spend time on the porch so... we bought a BBQ, it's going to get used ALOT. Justine has adjusted well and I loved decorating her nursery. It turned out so cute. I do think she misses Grandma time before she goes to bed at night, I know I miss Mom and Dad! But we are all very pleased with our humble abode. Works going well for David and I may start babysitting for one of his cow workers and also a lady I know. I've done it again, I got tired of being a blonde...I went dark...but not dark brown...it's a mixture of Cinnamon and Burghandy, I am pretty happy with it. David not so much, he prefers me blonde and long, well I changed the color but kept it long. So we both won in a way. I can't believe how active our sweet girl is! More on that in the next post. David and I have almost been married for a year! Well I am off to roll around for a bit...

Let's Play Catch Up.

2009-08-16T18:41:00.000-07:00

Well things have been eventful! DAVID GOT HIS JOB BACK! I have been working on fixing up some furniture that was given to me, taking care of Sissy, hanging out with Family and Bethany. We went to Hot August Nights, and Justine was sooooo good! I went to Reno with my Mother In Law and found some killer deals at Savers and Goodwill. I got a cute shelf, David some work pants and My Favorite was a pair of Abercrombie & Fitch pants at Savers Brand NEW! Still had tags. $10! I helped my Mother In Law with her yard sale! And I got a Rocking Chair our of it. It's GREAT. My friend Mary came to town so I rounded up some of our friends and we had a Girls Night at Pizza Barn. I had so much fun talking about all the funny things we did in high school, and spending time with them. We have decided to have GNO more often. Then Mom, Justine, Mary, Belinda (M's mom) and I went to Reno and we saw The Time Travelers wife. It was a good movie! David and I have finally found an apartment and we are getting a Great deal on it. The Realtor is my old bosses step daughter! 2 BD 2 BA, nice sized! I am so excited! We will be in it by the end of the month! And LAST BUT NOT LEAST! My Baby is 4 Months Old!! Justine holds up her head quite well, and when it's belly time she props herself up and checks things out, she knows her Mommy, Daddy and Grandma's voice! She loves rice cereal and sweet potato's. She smiles, laughs and talks alot! She is such a great sleeper. I couldn't be happier, I Love My Sweet Girl so much!!!Girls Night Out!

4 Months Old.

We would like to thank Corrine for Justine's ADORABLE Head Bands! WE LOVE THEM, and so do my friends, I have given them your website and they will be ordering some soon! So THANK YOU!

New Pictures

2009-07-28T21:21:00.000-07:00

blurry smile.
happy bee day.

wack.

dad rockin justine's headband.

protecting her eye balls.

our favorite activity, the lake.

my d and me.

beautiful baby.

an easy cheap creative project!

2009-07-21T16:53:00.000-07:00

i saw this on rachael ray this afternoon! i love it, check the website out. http://homokaasu.org/rasterbator/

i'm definatley doing this to a family picture!

3 Months

2009-07-20T12:35:00.001-07:00

3 Months Old!
Loving Rice Cereal.

So Cute!

I love my sweet girl oh so much!

My Family

2009-07-13T13:55:00.000-07:00

Now Your My Whole Life, Now Your My Whole World...

My Love Cake

2009-07-11T13:33:00.001-07:00

bling.
Showing off her accessories from Beach's Baby Chic.

Sleeping @ Papa Dave's.

Playing w/ Daddy.

Well our girl is growing! She coo's, smiles, and holds her head up. Sissy weighs 12lbs now! I had a ton of Lake pictures and 4th of July pictures on my Camera I was going to post...BUT I accidentally deleted them, I was super upset. So here are a few others, and I'll post our Family pictures soon!

June 16, 2009 = 2 Months

2009-06-26T22:47:00.001-07:00

My Sweet Baby Girl is 2 Months, ALREADY!?!

Liking The Bouncer.
Cute Girl!

Silly Baby!

Before Shots...

After, and getting Sympathy from Daddy.

From Then To Now

2009-06-18T17:11:00.000-07:00

Sissy Pants Preemie Onesie & her Newborn Onesie which she wears now.

Blessing Pictures

2009-06-17T22:30:00.001-07:00

Decisions

2009-05-20T19:44:00.001-07:00

These are 2 to pick from for Baby J's Birth Announcments. There was 3 we have kinda narrowed it down. What do you think? Or should I do Half & Half? Kiersten took the beautiful pictures, and Bethany made the adorable announcements! Thank You Ladies!

1 Month.

2009-05-20T09:54:00.000-07:00

On the 16th I turned a MONTH OLD! I am growing and I am a happy baby, until I have air bubbles! I love my Daddy and Grandma so much! I perk up when I hear their voices! I like to nuzzle up under my Grandma's chin and fall asleep. I am finally starting to fit in my Newborn clothes and My Mommy is pretty excited about dressing me up!

I love going on walks.
I'm getting used to my new bouncer.

I went on my first girls night with my Grandma, Aunts, Cousin, and my Mommy.

I like to listen to music in the car, it makes me sleepy.

I love sleeping on Mommy & Daddies Chest.

And Bath time is my FAVORITE!

Picture Day for Baby J

2009-05-11T10:52:00.000-07:00

Extraterrestrial Highway

2009-05-11T10:42:00.000-07:00

Meeting Family In Alamo

2009-05-07T09:30:00.000-07:00

Grandma J9
Grandpa Stan

Hayden

Aunt Leah

Uncle D

Aunt Megan

Just Fun Pics

2009-05-07T09:23:00.000-07:00

Aunt Amber
Great Gma Pat, Cousins Emma & Tabetha

Great Gma Pat & J

Her headbands are so BIG! So I took s cute clip Karen made her and tightened the headband with it! Thanks Karen!

No More Sponge Baths

2009-05-07T09:20:00.001-07:00

Little Adventures

2009-04-29T13:16:00.000-07:00

Daddy thought she needed to experience Scheels.

Our Girl.
Cruising in The Stroller.

Her Ride.

Daddy showing her the Fish.

My Loves.

Nicole Loving on Justine.

Trying to Catch Smiles.

J.J. Wanted a piece of her.

Our Baby Girl

2009-04-22T14:35:00.000-07:00

Justine Ryliegh Downs

April 16th, 2009

10:10 a.m.

5lbs 14 oz 18 1/2 in

After a sponge bath.
After sun bathing.

Sun Bathing with Daddy.

Meeting Aunt Sadie.

Hanging out with Daddy.

Waiting to leave the Hospital.

Meeting Grandpa Dave

Meeting Grandma Tammi

Looking Adorable.

Just Hanging Out.

She's 3 weeks early but a very healthy happy baby! She loves to snuggle with Daddy & stare at Mommy. She's eating very well and sleeping pretty good to! She doesn't fit anything so we had to get Preemie Diapers and clothes. All three of us are doing very good. David and I couldn't be happier!

Shower Pictures

2009-04-07T19:46:00.001-07:00

The Requested Bump. Oh I am Looking CUTE.
Opening Gifts.

Diaper Cake!

Sadie Bum's Head.

Playing Games.

Kiersten & Lu Lu.

Candy Bar Diapers.

D's Aunt Brandi.

Name Scramble.

Games!

Diaper Game.

Leslies Holding a Nasty one!

Movie Star Aunt Carol in th Background.

Belinda Bee getting a nice wift.

Games!

A Happy Shirl!

Baby Shower

2009-03-29T18:00:00.000-07:00

My Baby Shower was GREAT! Thanks all who came! I will post more on it when our computer works again, I am on a friends!

Baby Shower!

2009-03-13T19:08:00.000-07:00

My Shower!

March 28, 2009

11:00 a.m.

At Roxann Lewis' House.

Registered at Wal-Mart & Babies R' Us.

For Little Justine Ryliegh!

Men & Guns...Oh and A Girl Smuggling A Basketball

2009-03-13T18:52:00.000-07:00

D in the Mirror.
Going to check out the Target.

Shooting

Uh Is CORDELL Here?

Cory James Bond McKnight

D's Stance.

I'm Smuggling A Basketball and Shooting a 22

Cory, Baby D, and David.

Three Amigos, where are the Sombreros?

The Three Amigos

Valentines Day

2009-02-16T10:35:00.000-08:00

Mr. Downs has been less and less excited about Valentines Day each year, but that's ok, he thinks its more for kids. But we still went out for dinner, and we'd like to Thank LINDY & JEREMY for that! They gave us a gift certificate to Texas Roadhouse! I have never been there, and it was David's second time going. I LOVED LOVED LOVED it! The food was Amazing and the Service was so great. The people were really nice. I love that they stop what they are doing and start Line Dancing and shouting Yee-Haw! It's quite entertaining. And both the seater and our waitress aked me if I'd like a Margarita or a glass a Wine, and both times David started cracking up and goes, "She's Pregnant!" They either honestly didn't notice or they thought I was chubby! It was pretty funny. One thing is for sure it is my new FAVORITE resturant, and we will be going back! We are also sharing a box of Chocolate covered Strawberries...kinda, D will eat them if there isn't chocolate on them haha. He loves strawberries and chocolate just not together. Happy Late Valentines Day to everyone.

Hi Bethany!

2009-02-11T12:33:00.001-08:00

Haha Bee has been after me about not updating my blog so here is a small update! I am 6 Months Pregnant and still pretty small, and I am carrying her really low. She moves alot, mostly after I eat and when David kisses her goodbye in the morning after he pokes at her before he leaves for work. I am just begining to have rough sleepless nights, I can't get comfy for anything. We have a crib and mattress and a brand new carseat from his sister Amber! Which is a load off! We also have received a ton of baby clothes from Family members, as well as a bassinet and a baby bath. Thank You Everyone! All I have been really doing is watching my FAVE shows and eating, what a life, just kidding I do quite a bit of housework so I don't go crazy. Davids back to 40 hours a week at work and they leave for a 2 week job on Monday, good money but a lonley me! I recentley discovered a band I hadn't heard of, Apocalyptica, A band famous for playing Metallica with four cellos. From Finland. I can't get enough of them, they sound so great, I have added some of their tunes to my playlist. I am seriously in love with them. Oh and here is a picture from around Christmas that I got from my Baby Sister! It's Trev Sadie, D and I, and D and I are being gangstaers gurrr. I will hopefully be putting the nursery together soon, and I will take lots of pictures to share!

Thank You!

2009-01-11T16:40:00.001-08:00

Roxanne, Thank You for treating me to dinner and a very good movie! I had alot of fun! It was nice to have girl time! I'm so sad you're moving, I feel like the fun was just getting started! D and I will have to come visit! Thank You AGAIN! And Love Ya!

-CaTina

My Favorite.

2009-01-06T14:35:00.000-08:00

Old Pictures!

2009-01-06T14:12:00.000-08:00

Hayley Pregnant with Ava!

Happy Birthday Alex

2009-01-05T20:17:00.000-08:00

My Small Bump

A few Fun Things!

2009-01-05T15:13:00.001-08:00

Bee & Me
Max, D's Partner in Crime.

Cory!

Happy 24th!

D's sweet cake!

So Excited!

2009-01-05T14:38:00.000-08:00

I am so excited Mom suprised me with some cute things for Justine today and I just ahd to share them!

A pants outfit and cute little shoes!
Onesies and Headbands!

Onesies!

Blessing Shoes!

This is an outfit we bought for Kayliegh last year, we never got to give it to her so it's a Hand-Me-Down for Justine.

Justine

2008-12-31T09:19:00.000-08:00

It's a Girl!

Justine

Her middle name is still up in the air.

Loads of Christmas Pictures

2008-12-26T13:27:00.000-08:00

Church Ball

Christmas Morning!

Gift Exchange at B.S.

Hyde FHE Party

So Christmas has been amazing! We have had lots of time with Family. One party after another and lots of activities as well! And still a few more to come! I've had a blast playing with my sister Hayley's little ones, little Mae Mae seems to like me alot! We have had such a great Christmas. David got everything he needed and a few suprises! Long Johns, Lost Season 4, a new Beanie, a Cutlery set, a new home made 49ers blanket, and a new version of his Tungsten wedding ring that was supposed to be a a size smaller, but it wasn't and still doesn't fit! So I am returning it for the size I originally ordered, he also got a new shirt and new fancy work/hunting knives from his Dad. I got a beanie, scarf, earrings, necklace, bracelet, a yummy smelling candle, slippers, 2 photo albums, and MATERNITY CLOTHES! I really don't want Christmas to end because that means Hayley & Eric have to go back home and Darren & Amber are moving to Rexburg, Alex and Roxanne go to Tennessee! What will Mom and I do without having Jason here to play with? We still have a good few months until my tiny dancer comes... And JJ is a half an hour away so we can't just go down the road for a baby fix... I am going to miss everyone sooooo much! Anyways I hope EVERYONE had AN AMAZING CHRISTMAS!!

And More

2008-12-23T18:41:00.000-08:00

This is what you get when you have creative family members. Thanks Hayley & Kiersten.

Sittin w/ Mae Mae.

Hayley"s Favorite.

Wearing my dress while pregnant feels like what I imagine a corsett to feel like.

Hawthorne

2008-12-22T10:49:00.001-08:00

On Saturday David and I went down to Hawthorne to visit my Family We ran all over town delivering Christmas Cards to everyone, and hung out at my Grandma Janet's. Then we went to a small pizza place and had some lunch. It was alot of fun and a good trip, except that I kept forgetting the camera in the car so these are the only pictures that I got.

Trev & I
Sadie & I
MY FAV!!! Trevor and David.

Pictures

2008-12-22T10:37:00.000-08:00

Kiersten Took These...

Mom Took These...

Thank You!

Welcome Home Alex!

2008-12-15T18:29:00.000-08:00

Oh Alex...

At Sizzler w/ PART of The Fam!

Twilight

2008-12-10T09:35:00.000-08:00

My friend Bethany made me a copy of the Twilight Soundtrack. I Love it! Poor David's a little tired of it, so I have loaded the songs on my Nano, so he can listen to his Country Music instead. :) Thanks BEE!!

So Exciting!

2008-12-10T09:24:00.000-08:00

From Friday untill the begining of January is going to be so BUSY! Alex is coming home on Friday and gets to see his little one and his soon to be wifey! And Hayleys Family is coming on the 19th! Plus Holiday parties and Holiday themselves are coming up. A Baptism, A Wedding, and my personal Favorite Christmas present, David and I are going to find out if we are having a little BOY or GIRL! Oh and there are Birthdays in beween too! Poor Mom is scrambling to get everything ready, and I'm taking care of Gma and the house! Dad's working super hard, and my David is studying hard for his CDL. So busy and exciting! Happy Holidays EVERYONE!

Late Thanksgiving Pics!

2008-12-08T10:54:00.001-08:00

Thanksgiving.

Snowboarding.

Church Ball.

Happy Holidays!

2008-12-04T15:45:00.001-08:00

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Girls Night Out

2008-11-24T11:40:00.001-08:00

Girls Night Out!

We had a Girls Night Out on friday night with a few exceptions! We were missing Hayley and Kiersten, and we got to bring the cutie below along!

Twilight was a really GREAT MOVIE!

Miserable

2008-11-19T12:53:00.000-08:00

So just as I am feeling like I have more energy, and I a not constantly sick, my bottom right wisdom tooth decides to come in! And my face has been swollen and I have been hurting so bad the past 3 days. So Dr.Weed had time to see me this morning before my 4 week check up. He takes and Xray, and lloks at my tooth. It's infected and he wantes to take it, so I'm worrying about getting really sick and that's not so good for the baby, I agree. SO now it's gone! Yay! But I get out to the waiting area and I get really hot, and dizzy I can't see anything! I finally see the bathroom and make a run for it, oh yeah I am way sick!! It was gross and embarassing! Then I head to my Dr. appt. and all my lab work came back GREAT. My blood pressure is perfect, the babies heart beat is good, ( i love hearing it), and I have gone from 104 to 121 and then the Dr. says I am punie (how do you spell that), which I find amusing and sort of helps me forget about the pain. So I need to start gaining weight, which wont be happening today, because I can't keep anything down AGAIN! But I am so grateful for pain pills. BLAH!

CMA"S

2008-11-13T10:29:00.000-08:00

We're on last night, and I got the winner to every category right! It was AMAZING. I LOVE Country Music. And one of my FAVORITES got Entertainer of the Year!!!!!!

KENNY CHESNEY!

(yes yes, this is a random post, and i a nerd.)

Lucky Me

2008-11-12T13:10:00.001-08:00

To Have Such Talented People In My Family,

That Take Beautiful Pictures!

Thank You Kiersten!!

My Tiny Dancer

2008-11-10T14:05:00.000-08:00

I get this 3D Pregnancy Calender every week and it shows me what the baby should look like and different little facts. I LOVE IT! Even though most of you have babies and know all these things I am sharing them out of excitment!

14 Weeks

-the babies the size of a flip phone.
- it has fingerprints!
- meconium, that tar-like, sticky first baby poop, is now loading up it's intestines, EW!

.i.love.you.

2008-11-06T09:31:00.000-08:00

I Love This!

2008-11-03T09:00:00.001-08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgEGtYWonds

Names & Rants

2008-10-31T12:01:00.000-07:00

Is it to early to pick names? Because we have a few GREAT ideas!!
BOY- Named after his daddy and grandpa, David Russell Downs III (David Russell Downs Sr. GPA & David Russel Downs Jr. DADDY, and I've always thought it be a a little tribute to name the first son after his daddy).
Girl- Named after my baby sister who died soon after she was born, and we are foggy with the middle name, Justine Roxann Downs (after Gma Roxann) or Justine Ryliegh Downs (i've always loved ryliegh).

David and I both have middle names that start with R's so we thought it be neat to keep that R thing going!

Russell & Rachelle

My biggest pet peeves with these names are people wanting to call David- DAVEY, YUCK!!!! I can't stand that. Or calling Justine- Jess, but I love the names and that's probably whats going to come with it! Like Gma Hyde didn't want anyone to call Mom- Roxann- Rox, and DAD calls her that all the time...I'll just have to remind people of there names... or they can call David, little D and Justine, J or something other then Jess, wow I have put alot of thought into this. Now the hard part for me, waiting to see what the baby is!!

Anyways, I haven't known I have been pregnant for to long but it's intresting. So far my favorite things are David coming up out of the blue to pat my belly and say "hello" to the bean. By the way he said I couldn't call it a bean because someone might think I'm having a mexican child. I LOVE looking at the little ultra sound picture.

My least favorites, mostly are being sick, David has a heart murmur and I keep dreaming the baby is born with an exposed heart. Weird. This whole thing is going to be an experience of a lifetime. But I am getting more excited everyday.

I did this 3 times

2008-10-31T11:58:00.001-07:00

And each time the baby looked different, but here it is if it's a boy...

What do you think about my little new baby David Russell Downs III?
MakeMeBabies.com - What will your baby look like?

An Eventful Weekend!

2008-10-27T10:22:00.000-07:00

What a Weekend! Here is how it went down! My pictures are in Random Order!

Friday-
Sadie Bum got into town, it was so good to see her! We laughed alot and had fun drowning out the boys (the boys as in David and his brother Chad)music with my Ipod. We also went up to Reno to visit David's sister Amber and her two little ones Tabetha and Emma. They are super cute! So we played a little guitar hero and I loved on Emma and took pictures.

Saturday- Sadie went to town to spend time with old friends while David and I caught up on Laundry and cleaning. David also did some work for Mom which helps her out a ton! Then we just watched some movies until about 9 ish Saturday night when we then decided to have a bonfire and shoot stuff with the 22. So David and Chad with me watching and snacking on anything I can find haha, loaded up the pick up with a ton of wood. Then we went and picked up CoryMcKnight and Sadie at her friends and headed out to 26 foot drop and had a bonfire! It was soooo cold but the guys made the fire big, so Sadie and I stayed warm for the most part. We had my ipod playing through the truck speakers and the guys were pretty entertaining. We didn't shoot much just a few old cans that I found. And then we were burning the rest of the wood and the guys started to jump over the fire, because they are cool like that. I only got on decent picture of that and it was Chad flying over it. But we had a great time and lots of laughs. I'm pretty sure my little sister thinks my husbands insane!

Sunday- 9:00 am we went to church, and it was a really fun, can I say that? Sacrament meeting. It was little Jason's blessing and there was a Primary program with Gabe in it after. Jason's blessing was so nice, and so many people came! The Primary Program was so cute! The kids sang and talked about their feelings about the church! And well if you were there, Gabe was in his own world. He was waving to people giving thumbs up, and at one point laid on his back put his feet in the air and was leading the music with his legs! This is what I mean by FUN. After sacrament David and I were going to take some pictures, he's such a stud in his church clothes. But we pulled up to Mom and Dad's and there was horse manure burning, so he changed and was a fireman, and we didn't get any pictures! So we got inside and helped Mom prepare food and clean the kitchen. What and amazing cook she is!!

All in All we had a GREAT weekend!

Chad Jumping the Fire!
Sadie and I.

Cory, David, and I.

Emma Nicole!

Tabetha trying out my Shoes.

I am not so sure what Tabetha is doing! Emma's doing the standing thing, and Amber's helping her.

I was accidentally zoomed in, but I couldn't resist Sharing D's Face.

Uncle and Tabby.

Mercedies Rae-Ann and ME!

So Excited

2008-10-24T14:04:00.000-07:00

My Little Sister is coming tonight to spend the weekend with me! Yay, I am excited!

I am Pregnant!

2008-10-23T12:08:00.000-07:00

P.S.

2008-10-13T10:49:00.001-07:00

This is an older picture but he sure is cute!

Is anyone Looking for a new member of their family, or know of someone looking?? I have a little border collie lab mix for free! He's about 40-50lbs, and is house trained, good with other dogs, and kids. He's a good dog, I just think he needs someone who will play with him more then we do. His name is Charlie!

Autumn/Winter

2008-10-13T10:32:00.000-07:00

I Love Love Love this time of year! It's so great when the crisp cold air takes my breath away. I like having so many blankets on my bed and being toasty at night! Not to mention my super cute clothes are all winter clothes! And Hot Chocalate is so AMAZING. Halloween will be different this year, but I am sure still fun, and I will still eat loads of candy I'm so excited for Thanksgiving Mom's Pumkin Rolls are so yummy! And I love eating all the turkey I want, and falling asleep in random places around the house! Oh and Christmas, I love eating at Shayes on Christmas Eve and watching all the kids get so excited about the gift exchange! And this year I get to spend part of Christmas with David's Family which will be exciting! I LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR!!

David

2008-10-06T13:57:00.001-07:00

I don't know if you know...but David does have a baby already a Beautiful Baby Girl we just got new pictures if her and here is one whereshe is smiling and another where she looks so much like him.