Hurst Family News

I'll spare you the details except to tell you that this was a different and amazing birth experience.  Friday just before midnight baby Charlie made his debut. Charles Curtis Hurst 6 lbs13 oz 20 1/4 inches long  11:44 pm 8-19-11 Happy and Healthy So blessed. Proud grandparents Protective and adoring big brother Group Shot of all my boys. Landon really IS excited about being a big brother- just not about Mom taking more pictures.  Sleepy Boys So far the only picture I have with me and Charlie.  I'm usually behind the camera.  And yes I did my hair and makeup before the picture.  I learned my lesson.  Group Shot again.  These boys just LOVE their little brother.   Landon calls him "Little" all the time.  This is when we came home from the hospital.  They were so happy.  We have a picture like this of Landon- I'll have to try and find it.  I think they look like brothers for su...

A DELUGE  of pictures: First up we have this sweet boy's first birthday.   (No this one is NOT mine- he's my nephew--isn't he cute though?) I love that he has brown eyes and hope perhaps his little cousin will too.   This one is for Great Uncle Mike (and all other Uncle Mikes).   The tradition continues.  Peek-A-Boo  (Yes the picture IS turned the right way- Lando is sticking his head out the back of the stroller after which he promptly announced "See Me?!") Blue Icing makes for blue fingers and mouths: Silly Grandpa (See where the boy children get it from?) Look! Look! I finished Wee #3's Blankie:  With apparently at least a week to spare... Here are some of his friends waiting for him: (Ian loves the bear and Lando loves the giraffe- wonder what baby boy Hurst will choose) Now, I am well aware that this one is not a great photo.   However, if you look closely you can see a hidden message quilted into the green and navy blu...

I should probably go to bed seeing as I'm feeling a but grumpy but eh- why?  So first update: the one I know you guys are dying for.... no baby yet.  Only at a 2 so no membrane stripping yet either to get the party started.  (TMI? Eh. My blog.) Kind of frustrated about the whole thing.  I'm losing patience and starting to worry that my umph for labor is waning.   Want to meet this kiddo.  Want to NOT be pregnant anymore.  Would rather hold him in my ARMS than in my belly.  Kind of getting sick of pregnancy talk.  Mostly in relation to "When are you due?" uh yesterday "Man you really ARE bigger now than before." gee thanks.  I feel as big as a whale.  Glad you noticed. Have you seen my new and improved WADDLE too? FYI: talk in relation to size when pregnant is not usually appreciated.  In my opinion, not really appreciated in any circumstance unless referred to by me first.  Which I don't refer to.  People are so mu...

My apologies blogosphere: Shari pointed out that I had the wrong picture posted before.  So HERE is the attempt at making it Symmetrical--alas I didn't have the right amount of squares (see how the bottom left one looks TOTALLY out of place) because the pattern I was going off of makes a 3x3 square quilt- but I like the 3x4 size better:   And again the final pattern for the top-- much more mixed up-- I like it better that way.  After sewing it together it's a little... lumpy. But hey- that's life right?  I'm not about to unpick the stitches and redo it.  I'll post more when I get it actually finished.  Or when the baby comes- whichever is first. 

We went camping with Grandma and Grandpa and Aunt Nikki, Uncle Tyler and Brocky Boy last weekend.  This time we actually stayed the night.  It was fun but an air mattress at this stage of pregnancy is less than ideal.  We didn't stay the second night. 4 Wheeler ridin' and shootin' and playin' in the dirt wore the boys out. (Let me clarify: the grownups were shooting--the boys were assigned to find all the treasure AKA the shells) Tired Boys:  I spy with my little eye: Uncle Tyler up a tree. So that was then and this is now... I've been working on Wee #3's quilt since apparently I have time. This is one of the original iterations of it.  Tried too hard to be symmetrical on the blocks at first.   THIS is what it is going to be: It's a darn good thing I took a picture of it because as soon as I turned my back, Lando had messed up 3 of the squares.  No biggie- referencing my picture I restored it.  Well then I transferred the p...

When the 118th Sapper Unit got home this little town stopped traffic and welcomed them in.  My Brother in Law is on the first Fire truck.  They also had a program honoring them and their fallen brother .   Given I had hurt my foot a bit wicked the day before it made for a long day- still adjusting to the boot.  Below is the following day when they had a parade in Monticello celebrating Pioneer Day.  Again, Brother in law is here in the front- sans uniform (he wasn't the only one).   Here are the boys waving:  At the horses: After the parade (which in my oh so humble opinion-paled in comparison with Blanding's for the 4th of July) we stopped by a new little shop in town and this boy was in HEAVEN:   He even got to do the controls! After the train shop we walked over to Great Grandpa's house (a mere block away) and visited with him for a bit before heading home for naps.   Grandma and Grandpa went camping the following weeken...

Feeling a bit contemplative today and glad it's raining so I don't have to feel guilty about bumming around in my PJs at 10:30 am (which let's face it- PJS are normal around here until early afternoon).  Yesterday was a long and strange day for no reason in particular.  Just was.   Then I got on Facebook before I went to bed and saw that a girl in Visalia was shot by her boyfriend- murder suicide.  I went to high school with her older brother and really she was just a grade below us and had connections to our circle of friends too.  Instantly my mind flashes to the Halloween party we went to at their house Junior or Senior year.  Grant singing Mack the Knife on Karaoke.  Playing in the strobe lights in the "graveyard".   I didn't sleep well last night.  Kept thinking I was having contractions- which I might have been- hard to tell.  Nothing that gets things really going though ya know?  And then I was thinkin...

I could easily become addicted. Found this blog recently and love it. While I may not agree on all her points- I certainly feel it triggers thoughts and gets the rusty cogs turning in my brain.  THAT I love.  I like people that make me think. I also like a little wit and sarcasm.  And a touch of snarkyness thrown in doesn't hurt. I blame the hormones. At least I hope it's the hormones, but I feel a bit snarky and rude lately and not near as remorseful about it as I should be.  I get this way sometimes. My husband however may have gotten the brunt of it the other night and for that I AM sorry.  I may have accidently broken his toe- at the very least bruised it- by throwing a bucket of wheat on him- not on purpose- he was just there.  So what did I say?  Sorry- you were in the way.  Ugh. Rude. Sorry Babe.  Yes, the children were on the stairs yelling at me and yes, I was totally consumed with getting ice out of the freezer to satisfy...

I feel more like THIS: And less like THIS: I'm also starting to stress a little bit.  Life has been so crazy with packing and graduating and moving and getting a job and figuring out how to get settled that I feel like this whole baby thing is rapidly sneaking up on me.  I'll be 36 weeks on Thursday and delivered Landon on 36 weeks exactly with not much (if any) warning that I was in labor. My back has been driving me nuts lately and since I have back labor that makes me nervous.  I also slept well the other night (not last night though) and I usually only do that before I go into labor.   Other things I'm stressing about currently:  Hospital bag not packed.  Though living less than 2 miles from the hospital I feel slightly less concerned about this than last time.   Sean works 45 minutes away.  WHAT IF...he can't get back in time...(though again with my tendency to be in the hospital ALL freaking day I think he should be able to mak...