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.

Fun day at the Zoo

This past weekend we went to the Zoo with Nicole, Daniel and Liz. Anastasia loved all the animals and watching all the kids run around. We also got to see the new baby Giraffe, he was two days old! It was so cute and so little. We had a lot of fun but by the time noon came around it was so HOT, we decided it was time to go home. I am glad we went right when it opened because it was the perfect temperature. When we were leaving there were no parking spaces and people were walking long distances to get to the zoo, just to see the new giraffe.

Most kids like to watch the T.V. but not mine....

We were doing our normal washing of the clothes and Anastasia has always loved to watch the washing machine. She will sit there almost the whole cycle and just watch it. Who needs a T.V. when you have a washing machine! She is so funny...

Happy 4th of July

This past weekend we had quite the full weekend. On Friday Mark and I went to Lagoon and rode rides without our child. It was nice to get out and be alone for a while and just play. Then Friday night we went to my brother Mike's house to do the traditional Eaglewood fireworks. They always do such a great show and have amazing fireworks. When the fireworks started I wasn't sure how Anastasia was going to act with the loud noise. To our surprise the first one went off and then she started to laugh so everytime one went off she just giggled. It was very cute and entertained us all. I wasn't expecting her to act that way but I was glad she was laughing and not crying through the whole show. Then on Saturday we went up to Kaysville to watch the parade and then came home and we all took a long nap. So we didn't end up doing much on Saturday night because we were all tired and ready to just rest up. It was fun to be with family and friends.
All the kids got glow sticks for the fireworks and she thought it was really cool.

Right before we hiked up a HUGE hill to get to the fireworks

Her cute 4th outfit


This is how tired she was after the whole weekend. She just fell over and went to sleep in his arms

So today I needed to run and answer the phone and I went back into the family room thinking she was in there still playing with her toys. She was no where in site so I started to search the house and I found her here, in the bathroom pulling everything out! She just looked up at me and smiled and just finished what she was doing! She is pretty crazy but alot of fun! Lets just say my house is always a mess, no matter how many times I follow her and pick things up it is out in less then 30 seconds.

I can't believe it.

I was just thinking back on how fast time has really gone by with this daughter of mine! So I was going through all those cute pictures back when she was first born and how small and cuddly they are. Then just 8 months later they are crawling, standing, and trying to walk, pulling everything down from where you thought they couldn't reach. Finding them in places you didn't know how they got there in the first place, or how they are going to get out. It is has been so fun to watch her grow and interact with everyone and just learn so much. She is just learning so fast and I will be chasing her around the house in probably a month. I just can't believe how much time has passed. So when you do have children you really do need to enjoy the time you have when they will just sleep in your arms and go so many places and they don't even notice they have gone anywhere because they have slept through the whole thing. At the same time it is so fun to have them play at the park and just to get all the kids and keep up with them and interact with them. All stages with kids are really fun and make the most of every stage. That is pretty much what I have concluded with in my own mind.

Here is picture of the day after she was born and then of now.

Catch up time...

I haven't been on here in such a long time! I have been very busy and just haven't had much time, and when I do have time, Anastasia is sleeping and I am playing catch up on laundry and dishes! So I decided that I will let my dishes stay in the sink right now and I will do them later.

Well over Memorial weekend we went up to Boise to visit my best friend, it was alot of fun and we did a lot of fun stuff. Surprisingly Anastasia was really good the whole entire car ride, she didn't cry once! It was very nice not to have her cry or complain. While we were there we went to Boise Zoo, Let me tell you it is LAME!!!! Sorry for those who love the Boise Zoo, but if you have been to Hogle Zoo then you would know where I am coming from. They don't even have Elephants, or bears, they just got giraffes for the first time like two months ago. Other then the lame zoo, it was fun to go and see my second family and to have a break from everyday life.



So that is the only trip that we have been on lately. Right now Anastasia has learned how to crawl and she is now standing up and trying to get her balance so that she can start walking. So we have been very busy with her right now and chasing her around the house and watching her pull things down and get into places that she isn't allowed! Even though this is a huge pain, I love to watch her be so happy because she can actually get around and do things for her self. It is so wonderful to just have her follow me and not just sit in the other room wishing she could come with me. So we have been very busy and I haven't had much time for anything at all. We are also in the process of baby proofing our house right now and making sure that everything she can get into is safe for her to get into. Even though we have done almost all the rooms she still manages to find something else that we have forgot. It is amazing what things they find.

I love this picture so much, I love it when you snap the camera at the right time
Chasing her down trying to get her to look at me.

She loves to make huge messes in our front room.

She loves to drive with her Dad
I don't know why, but she loves to bite and have socks in her mouth

This is her new smile.

Well that is all that is new with us, sorry it took me so long to get back on the computer. I hope to get on her more often, sorry this was so long. I could've put up a lot more pictures, but this will do for now!

My little Jumper

We borrowed the johnny jumper from my sister-in-law. It was the best thing I could do, she jumps so high and just loves to jump now. When you hold up on her feet to stand she just ends up jumping and it end up working out your arms. IT KILLS! haha so here is a little clip of her jumping, enjoy!


The other video was much longer and more interesting but this one will do. She now jumps forward and then lifts up her feet so that she ends up just swinging backwards. She thinks that she is so funny. Sorry for all the talking, I should've kept quiet so that you could hear her talk.

This was her cute dress she wore on Sunday! IT IS SO CUTE!! I had the put this picture up.

Kangaroo Zoo

This past weekend we had our once a month Hirst family party. We went up to Kangaroo Zoo in North Salt Lake. We played like crazy, even Anastasia had lots of fun watching and even going down all the slides.

Anastasia with her cousin Lauren
She loved to bounce on the toys

We were about to race Lauren down the slide
We had alot of fun and we always look forward to our once a month get together with the Hirst clan. I can't wait until we can watch Anastasia run around and have fun with her cousins.

Sick Baby = No FUN!

She got sick again!!! I am ready to have summer here so bad, so that I can be done with having a sick baby! So now she has been sick on and off for about a month and a half. She just got off medicine for an ear infection and then this past week she was so fussy, so I took her back to the doctors office for like the 10th billion time and she still had an ear infection and a really bad sore throat with white bumps all over her throat! So we are on another anti-biotic and this one just smells gross, it is awful to give it to her! We have had our hands full this past month and little sleep, so I can't wait until she is all better and we can get a restful night of sleep. We also celebrated Mark's birthday yesterday he is 25. It was alot of fun to get together with both of our parents up in Kamas. That is about all the new news that I have, but I will put up some pictures of Anastasia she got a sucker from the doctor. She loved it and just went to town, it was such a mess to clean her up but worth it!







She thought she was pretty cool holding her sucker with just her mouth and no hands! It was pretty funny to watch.

I still can't believe how time flies, she is now 6 months old!!! I still can't believe it, it really just boggles my mind!! We are still loving life and just having a blast!