Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a wonderful week celebrating Michael's birthday and our boy's first Thanksgiving.  Having Maternity leave during the holiday season is wonderful! We had the opportunity to visit family much longer than we normally get to.  Wednesday we celebrated Michael's birthday at his parent's house and had cake and ice cream.  It was a lot of fun.

Thursday we enjoyed Mack's first Turkey Day at Nana and Grandpa Funk's house.  

Friday night we went to Rupert Square for the annual Christmas lighting ceremony and fireworks.  It was fun to be there with all of Michael's sisters and their kiddies. So glad it wasn't freezing cold too.

   

             Cammy crocheted these super cute hats for her girls.  I really want to make one for Mack for Christmas next year.  

Megan and Waldo's first Christmas Season together!

We tried to get some family pictures with Mack for our Christmas card, but I chose a bad time.  He was grumpy and didn't enjoy most of the shoot. 

Our Christmas Card

Saturday we took Mack swimming, but he didn't last too long in the pool.  Don't get me wrong, he loves the water, but his hands and mouth were starting to look a little blue.  That pool is heated for lap swimmers and not babies!  We had fun for the 15 minutes or so that we swam.

Sunday Michael blessed Mack at my parent's ward building.  It was a beautiful blessing and Mack didn't cry the whole meeting.  Now grunting... that he did do. :)  

H-A-LL-O-W-EE-N spells Halloween

Our Halloween fun entailed:

Peanut butter blossom cookies

Caramel Apples

Homemade chicken noodle soup

Lots of chocolate

Walking Harrison Blvd.

Pumpkins

and

the cutest bear cub on earth.  

Birth: Our Greatest Adventure Yet

I had a long day at work and some mild contractions that I thought were false labor.  Once I started having contractions every 10 minutes or so, I decided I better start taking the contractions seriously.  My due date was Oct. 17 and I figured, statistically that my baby would come late, but that wasn't his plan.

Michael packed us up and we headed to the hospital once my contractions were every 5 minutes.  I was certain the nurse would send me home and say I wasn't in active labor, because my pain wasn't as severe as I had thought it should be.  The nurse checked me and we were both surprised to discover I was already dilated to a 7!  We moved from triage to the delivery room and about 7 hours later Michael helped deliver our baby boy with Dr. West.

Our boy weighed 9 lbs, 9.6 oz and was 21.5" long.  Even after laboring all night long and working the day before, I couldn't sleep after Mackay was born.   He is such a beautiful newborn. I was in awe of our little miracle and just wanted to stare at him.  He is a long, dark, and handsome little guy, just like his daddy. Here are pictures from our greatest adventure yet.

Headed to the hospital 10-9-13

10-10-13 at 0610

Michael and my L&D nurses were awesome.

Our big boy

 Nana holding her first grand baby!

 Mack finally got a bath after passing his 4 blood sugar checks. The foot pokes didn't phase him, but the bath was traumatic!

 Sweet little (big) hands and feet.

 I love these sweet boys

Mackay Michael Hernandez

 Little Mack

2013 Hernandez Family Camping

Hernandez Family Camping means gobs of food, gorgeous views, great company, and gusts of wind! Here are some pictures from this years camping adventure.

Hoodlums hiding from the smoke.

Talent Show

 It was too windy to kayak... well except for Michael and Nick. 

 Funky flames and glow stick fun.

 Last day of Camp

 My nieces and nephew... and my pregnant belly.

 Me and my sweetheart.

Our gorgeous view of the Sawtooth National Forest