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!

Easter Parties

This past weekend for Easter we had alot of fun. Friday we had an Easter Egg hunt at my brother Mike's house. He does so many eggs and he has the best backyard in the world to do the hunt. I didn't get any pictures that day because we realized that my camera was out of battery! Then on Sunday we went out to Chandler's house to do dinner and another Easter egg hunt. They put out 100+ eggs for three kids all under the age of 3! hahaha! But it was still fun, even though Mark had pink eyes and Anastasia is still sick and sounds like she is coughing up a lung! Her voice is completely gone, it is very sad to listen to, so I hope she gets better soon! We had a very relaxing but fun Easter.

Anastasia got alot of Easter Eggs, if she is lucky I might let her try some candy! haha
All the Chandler Grandkids that are left in Salt Lake, Daniel, Anastasia and Liz
The sun was so bright, so that is why we don't really have our eyes open!

Here is another one of those pretty pictures that I had to put up! She is just SO CUTE!!!

Easter Pictures

I know that Easter hasn't happened yet, but my sister-in-law Jan took these pictures while she was in town! I LOVE THEM ALL!!! She always does such a great job, but I will just post some of them right now and more to come after Easter actually happens!




This red dress was a dress my mom gave her!




This one is her Easter Dress!
Thank you Jan!!! They are beautiful! I owe you big time!

Two years ago....

Mark and I got engaged! Wow times does fly, I seriously can't believe how fast time goes! Well I will tell you how the story goes for this wonderful day. It was conference weekend and Mark and I went down to watch conference in the conference center, and as we approach the door to go inside they said there weren't any more available seats and we could go over to the tabernacle or just sit out on the lawn. So I looked at Mark and he looked a little nervous about this, I had noticed he was acting like this the whole day he had been a little off about stuff. I didn't think much of it because he had threaten me many times that he was going to play a mean April Fools joke on me. So we decided to go and sit on the lawn and listen to General Conference, once it was over we went and met up with Mark's cousin Michelle and she wanted to take pictures of the flowers around temple square and wanted us to go with her. Well the whole time we were walking around I was telling Mark that this is stupid and that she could take the pictures anytime she wanted and that I wanted to go home and just hang 0ut. Mark just ignored me and kept on walking, then Michelle said why don't you guys get your picture taken in front of the temple together so you can put it in your wedding video someday. So I agreed and we waited in line for a while and then finally it was our turn to get up and get our picture taken and then after she took the first one I went to walk off and leave and then Mark pulled me back up and I asked him kind of with an attitude, What are you doing? He said just one more picture. So I got back up and we did this weird pose and then I went to walk off again and then he pulled me back and got on one knee. I looked at him and said what are you doing GET UP! I was very frustrated, and then he started to ask me if I will marry him, and i just looked at him like he was joking or something and then he pulled out the ring and I believe him and said Yes. Meanwhile I didn't know that his brother and his best friend were recording it! So you can totally see how mean I was to him! But I honestly thought he was joking because it was April Fools!
So that is how the day went! It was a very frustrating day, but at the same time a very rewarding day in the end! I love him to death, looking back I had no idea I would be where I am today! I am very grateful for it!
walking around taking pictures of flowers!

Waiting in line for our turn

pose one

pose two, awkward!