Hirst Family Party

Yesterday we had a little family get together, it was alot of fun. We had a special visitor come to our family party. All of us got to tell Santa what we wanted for Christmas, Anastasia actually didn't cry when she sat her on his lap. I was very surprised that she didn't even care that he had her on his lap. Here are a few pictures from the party... My mom and sister-in-law have more but I am sure this will do for now.

Santa tells really good stories



Grandpa loading her up on treats

Anastasia loved to play with Uncle Danny

Us with Santa, for those who can tell I am no longer a blonde. YAY!!! I have gone brown and I think I want to go even darker!

How to get your child feeling better....

This is how we got Anastasia better from the swine flu.....

Our Crazy week of Parties

This past week has been really crazy, we have had so many things to be to and alot of stuff to get ready for her birthday! We had a fun week though and we did take it easy on the days when we didn't have places to be. On Anastasia's birthday we had Mark's work party and then her own party to go to. So she got to just play almost all day long and was tired and ready to be done once the day was over. So on Halloween we just took it easy all day until about 6 and then went out and trick or treat with her. She loved it and just talked the whole time we were out and she got a TON of candy! She really scored big time, Thanks to our ward! So it was a fun week full of Halloween fun but I am sure glad it over and now we can get ready for Thanksgiving.

Opening her presents and loved them all

She loved the cake
This is the back of the cake
This is the front of her cake

She got to dress up for her Kindermusik class!

They were all cute and dressed up for his work party
This is all her candy she got from trick or treating!!

She loves to put her pants on her head!
My mom likes to dress her up in all my old outfits!

Right before Chruch today, I finally figured out how I can do her hair without her pulling it out! I did it while she was taking her nap and so when she woke up she had no idea it had been touched! I was so proud that I finally did her hair and she didn't pull it out 30 seconds later.

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Our daughter knows which team is the right team to stick with! Even though they aren't the best right now, they are getting better. It is also better to stick with a team other then getting into the BYU or U of U stuff. Having a team that you can cheer for and won't feel threatened if you cheer for them is a good thing. So we have decided to stick with teaching our kids to say GO AGGIES!!






She loves to ride her bike... she was saying goodbye to me as she went backwards!

My little monster

When Anastasia was starting to learn how to crawl we went through the whole house and thought we got it pretty much baby proof. Now that she is walking, the house will probably never be baby proof again! I have followed her and watch all the stuff that she knows how to get out and move things into those places that are safe for her to pull out. Well I am running out of places to put those things that she shouldn't be touching! So I have given up for the most part, and I am just constantly checking on her when it goes completely silent in the next room. Last night for example Mark and I were just in the kitchen cleaning up and we knew she was in the other room playing with her toys and all of a sudden it goes dead silent, so we hurry into the room to see what she is doing. She somehow found a fortune cookie, and got it open and was eating it! She still has no teeth so we don't know how she got the bag opened and how she broke the cookie into a pieces. Life never get dull with a child who knows how to walk!!! Here are some of the pictures that I took of all her messes that she has made.





she was very proud of herself in this picture!

Little Vacations

A lot has been going on these last couple of weekends, we have been traveling all over the place here in Utah at least. Labor day weekend we went up to Swiss days/Kamas and got some cool stuff and loved to go and see all the cool stuff. Then last weekend we went to St. George for a little family get away and for Mark's cousins wedding. It was a very busy weekend and I didn't get too many chances to take many pictures. So I have a few pictures that I did take, from Labor day weekend we went over to a friends house and got to ride some horses and Anastasia didn't want to get off, it was so fun and so cute to see her love the animals. Then I got some swimming pictures from the St. George trip.
Anastasia has also decided that she wants to walk full time, so she has many bumps on her head and legs from falling all the time. She has now started to walk everywhere and won't crawl that much anymore, it is so fun to have her do that and to watch her do it at such a young age. I still can't believe that in a month and a half she will be 1! It is so crazy how fast this time has gone. We are very excited to celebrate her birthday and to have it a Halloween themed birthday.





She always wants to wear ties.






Sorry the video isn't very long.. She gives up and just wants the camera so I had to make it fast!

Here we go again....

Mark and I are happy to announce that we are having another baby. Today we went and found out the sex of the baby and it is a BOY! SO here comes our little Jonathan, we are very excited and everything looks good. It is a big baby, they even moved my due date up a week! Which I am very excited about, now the due date is Jan. 17th. I know it will be very busy for the first couple of years but I am very excited to have another little friend for Anastasia.

2 Years.....

Now it is my turn. Just over three years ago I met Julie while working as an intern at a firm where she was the secretary. She had a boyfriend, and I had a girlfriend. As we started to get to know each other we hung out and eventually both moved on from our previous relationship and started dating each other. While away at school we had a rocky relationship for a while. After we smoothed things out we decided to get married. We have now been married for two years. While we, as all couples do, have had our ups an downs, I am happy to say there have been many more ups than downs.

Two years ago I thought Julie was my best friend. I promised to love her no matter what. I promised to support her despite her mood swings, stubborn times and occasional blond moments. As I have worked to do this to the best of my ability, I have realized that Julie is much more than my friend. She is my match. My partner. My equal. After fifteen months of marriage Julie gave birth to Anastasia. I had another deepening of my understanding of what she meant to me. The sacrifices that she made for our family amazed me. I love her so much. This video describes even more what Julie, and now Anastasia mean to me. I am so grateful to a merciful Father in Heaven who has seen past my weaknesses to bless me so deeply. I am even more so forever in His debt for the blessings of the women in my life.






I love you hun. Happy Anniversary.

I can't believe it

Today is our Anniversary, It still just boggles my mind that we have been married for two years! It really just seams like yesterday that we were doing the whole wedding day stuff. Looking back on the two years, there has been a lot of ups and a lot of downs. Out of all those ups and downs I am still really glad and happy for where we are and what has changed in our life. I couldn't be happier with where I am today, Mark is my best friend and I would die without having him in my life. I am very grateful for all the crap he has put up with especially all my lovely mood swings. So thanks Mark for all the stuff you put up with and always sticking by me, I love you.

Our Very Eventful Vacation

This past weekend the Hirst family rented out a townhouse in Wolfcreek and we all were together. All 27 of us in one house. It started out as a very good vacation. It was an amazing place to stay. It had a home theater in it, rooms just full with bunk beds, amazing bathrooms, our very own hot tub on the patio and a game room. It was a pretty amazing place.

Come Friday night we were up with Anastasia in the middle of the night with her just screaming. She was thirsty so we made her a bottle and she would drink a little bit of it and then just scream some more. So we knew right away that she had a sore throat and probably needed to go to the doctor to make sure it wasn't anything serious. Saturday morning we drive back to SLC to her pediatrician and they checked her out and she had a rash all over her body and a very bad sore throat and just told us it was viral bug and it will go away in 2-3 days. So we went back up to wolfcreek and continued our vacation. Well, come Saturday night she still wasn't drinking or eating ANYTHING! So we called the on-call doctor and he said if she doesn't have a wet diaper by 7 in the morning you will probably need to take her to the ER to get an IV. All night we just used a syringe to put as much liquid as we could down her, but by 7 am she still had a dry diaper. So she had then gone 36 hours without anything to drink or eat and 12 hours without a wet diaper. To make this story short, we took her to back to SLC to primary childrens hospital to get an IV and we were there from 10-3. IT WAS A LONG DAY, it was very hard to sit there and hold down Anastasia while they put the IV in her.
After they were done with the IV they wanted her to drink some liquid before she could go home, and of course she still wouldn't drink anything. So we went with the option of leaving the IV in her (in case she didn't drink anything and we had to take her back for more fluids) and having it taken out the next day. Monday was a long day also. Waiting until our 3pm doctors appointment was not very fun because it hurt her to crawl and to do anything. So she was very fussy all day. Now she is all healthy and back to normal which is WONDERFUL!!!!
Sorry that was such a long story, and if there are alot of errors.


Here are a couple of the pictures that I got a chance to take while we were up there.