Blue Cougs n Ham: Happy Birthday Easton!

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Happy Birthday Easton!

Easton McKay was born last night, February 21, at 11:38 PM. He weighed in at 8 lbs. and 4 ozs. and was 20 3/4 inches. Mom and baby are both doing very well and will probably be coming home on Monday.

7 comments:

Theresa Walker said...: Yeah! Congratulations. He is beautiful. He came before your Mom! Hope all is well.; February 22, 2009 at 2:24 PM
Straley Family said...: Happy Birthday Easton! If I'm not mistaken Laura you got to shave a whole day off your pregnancy. Way to go.; February 22, 2009 at 3:35 PM
Lindy said...: Hooray!! Great news. We send our love to your family.; February 22, 2009 at 7:43 PM
Megan said...: congrats on the new baby!! Hope you are all doing well! he is adorable!!; February 23, 2009 at 7:24 AM
Jamie said...: Congrats Laura! I have been checking each day to see if anything happened...I am a little jealous.; February 24, 2009 at 12:43 PM
Heidi said...: Congrats Laura and family!! He is adorable!; February 26, 2009 at 10:19 AM
Megan said...: Hey Mark and Laura,

Congrats on Easton, he's a cutie!

Brent; February 28, 2009 at 6:39 AM

Stories to Share

I wanted a little space to share funny everyday happenings. So this is it ---

Dec. 3, '11 -- John Deere Water Chile had invited the John Deere Financial Chile employees and families to join them for their Holiday celebration. We traveled to the event which was about a 45 minute drive to a place we had never been to before. We took several detours prior to arriving and it was this day that Easton began to say "RECALCULATING". Sounds funny come from him instead of from Hailey, which is the name of the female voice on the GPS.

Nov. 14, '11 -- After arriving in Santiago and a long flight on Sunday, we were trying to get settled in our new home. We went to the grocery store to get the necessities and upon our return Easton declared the following. "I am not getting out of the car. this is not my house."

Sep. 21, '08 -- Then tonight we sat down and Mason announced that Mark needed to be president so that he could get all the candy he wanted for free. Priorities, priorities, priorities.

Aug. 12, '08 -- Yesterday I was doing laundry, seperating the clothes, and as I was checking pockets I pulled out a little stone from Drew's pants. This is one of my favorite things to pull out of my kids pants. I am always amazed and awed by my children. They find happiness in the things that I pass by everyday and fail to notice. The little things in life count and as I pull those rocks out of my kids pockets I am reminded just how much joy there is to find in this life. Thank you to my children and the inspiration they give me!

Jun. 19, '08 -- So I was upstairs and I heard Dallin and Drew go out into the garage. I went out there and they were playing in the car. I told them to get out and come inside. I then proceeded to tell them that the car was not a toy and to not go out there and play. Dallin looks at me and says, " Mom, it's a "TOY"ota Sienna, with a huge emphasis on the toy part. Really, a six year old should not be able to come up with that kind of comeback. I just laughed....

You had to have seen the Disney movie Cars to really appreciate this. So I'm running into the grocery store with the kids and as I am about to go inside Dallin and Drew stop and start pointing to something, while jumping up and down, laughing, and screaming "Fred! Mom it's Fred! Fred!" A couple of seconds later this large Ford Bronco that obviously weathered MANY Iowa winters and salt on the roads drives by. It is rusted all over, the place above the wheels no longer exists due to all the rust eating it away. The men in the Bronco had their windows down and just waved at the boys. I'm not sure they had any idea why my kids were so excited to see their car. I just laughed out loud! (Fred happens to be an extremely rusty car that is one of the main character's fans)