Have you Hurd?

And they call the thing rodeo

2011-06-11T21:50:00.001-07:00

Toes!!!

2011-05-20T00:07:00.000-07:00

Phoebe just found some new toys. The best part is that they are very hard to lose. So they are ready to play at any time.

Phoebe's Hair

2011-05-19T11:26:00.000-07:00

Since then she has tried to emulate her grandfathers and now only has a few hairs hanging on.

We still think she's pretty cute.

Phoebe's Baby Blessing

2011-05-05T19:03:00.000-07:00

Five Generations

2011-05-04T20:38:00.000-07:00

We were lucky enough to take a five generation picture with my Great-Grandma Casper, Grandma Barnett, Dad, Me, and Phoebe. I am so fortunate to be descended from such wonderful strong people and will be forever blessed by the lives that they have led. I sincerely hope that Phoebe will understand where she comes from and what her roots are.

Just one of those faces

2011-04-29T22:00:00.000-07:00

We used Sterling's employee discount to get a new laptop with the most recent iPhoto on it. iPhoto has an interesting facial recognition feature on it. It can search your photos to find faces and then tries to identify who they belong to.

Sometimes, amusingly it catches pictures on the wall.

or statues

It does okay at putting names to faces for most people except for one person

Hmmm, I must just have one of those faces....

But, the most mysterious part of the face recognition feature comes when it recognizes a face in pictures like this...

Can you see it?

Phoebe Smiles on Video

2011-03-29T19:36:00.000-07:00

We got our new camcorder in the mail today and we filmed something we thought you might want to see.

Bathtime

2011-03-24T10:00:00.000-07:00

In an attempt to break Phoebe of her nocturnal ways, we have initiated Project Keep-Phoebe-Awake in the evenings. One of our key weapons in the endeavor is the nightly bath. So far it's been a moderate success, and we hope to see better results and fewer sleepy mornings soon.

Phoebe seems to love baths in the bathroom sink. And by love, we mean looks content and doesn't scream. Clearly love in one-month-old.

Sunday Best

2011-03-22T22:43:00.000-07:00

So Katie informs me that it's not cool to post a bajillion pictures in a single blog post. So here is a collage.

We took Phoebe to church for the first time this week. She looked adorable in the cardigan her granny made for her.

The Tragedy of First Position

2011-03-21T12:43:00.000-07:00

Just the essentials

2011-03-20T10:00:00.000-07:00

On an afternoon walk

Baby Acne

2011-03-19T10:00:00.000-07:00

More Cuteness

2011-03-18T09:30:00.000-07:00

So I've figured out how to make our pictures taken at night not turn out yellow. It's just a quick color balance touch up in iPhoto. The color is still a little bit off but it is way better.

Happy St Patty's Day

2011-03-17T13:10:00.000-07:00

From our little leprechaun.

I Know. I just got out of the shower and Katie didn't tell me I had crazy hair.

I think this is our first honest to goodness smile!

Don't worry. I didn't stop taking pictures

2011-03-09T22:53:00.000-08:00

I just didn't have as much time to post them after I started going back to work/school full time. Here are some of the best from the last week plus some earlier ones.

Phoebe Merle Hurd meets Merle Casper

2011-02-26T16:44:00.000-08:00

Merle Casper is Phoebe's great great grandma. Grandma Casper is 97 years old and can still dance the Charleston.

Photo Shoot with Aunt Janelle

2011-02-25T19:35:00.000-08:00

Phoebe is all we blog about but you don't mind do you?

2011-02-24T23:06:00.000-08:00

Phoebe loves her cozy pink blanket.

So we ran out of the diapers from hospital. Who knew you could go through 20 of them so fast? Luckily we had some 3 to 6 monthers in the trunk that we got from a baby shower. Another fun thing we found out is that Phoebe isn't much of a thumb sucker but she sure does love her index finger when she can find it.

Cozy in her vibrating chair.

We just love her profile so much.

Tummy time #2. She successfully lifted her head and turned it to the other side.

Our Roly Poly Baby

2011-02-22T22:35:00.000-08:00

When Phoebe was born she was 7lb 12oz. By the time she left the hospital she was down to 7lb 3oz. It's totally normal for babies to lose up to 10% of their birth weight in the first few days. Pediatricians like for them to gain it back by the time they are two weeks old. We took our little one in for her 4 day checkup and she weighed in at a whopping 7lb 10oz! That's 7oz in 2 days. Way to go Phoebe! And way to go Katie!

More Cute Pictures of Phoebe

2011-02-21T18:54:00.000-08:00

Day 2: Hello Everyone

2011-02-19T18:54:00.000-08:00

Welcome to our Family

2011-02-19T18:40:00.000-08:00

Phoebe Merle Hurd
Born February 18 at 4:59 am

Quick Update

2010-05-26T15:10:00.000-07:00

Sterling and I are spending the summer in

San Jose.

Sterling has an internship at a certain fruit company that we all love.

And yes, we do get friends and family discounts.

I am doing research at UCSC, but more on that later.

We have an open door policy, so, if anyone wants, they are welcome to come sleep on a blowup mattress on the living room floor anytime and for as long as they want.

And, with no homework in the near horizon, we're up for any adventure.

Want to play? Let us know!

*nudge* Fresno-ites *nudge*

Here Comes the Cake

2009-06-05T23:02:00.000-07:00

I've kind of dropped off the face of the earth. (Too much pressure to be clever mostly makes me silent) However, I am overcoming any blogging qualms and I just wanted to document one of my recent(ish) successes.

Last year I took a few cake decorating classes and had a great time, but with this, that and all the other things, I have been unable to make very many cakes. As such, when asked to make a wedding cake for my cousin, I was a little...unsure.

However, with Sterling's help (along with Janelle, Mom Hurd, Rachel, etc) 9 batches of rice krispie treats, 5(ish) pounds of fondant, who-knows-how-much frosting, a single cake, and a few late nights...wha-lah-pretty wedding cake!

PS If anyone asks, I guess I'm open for "business"

Thanks, Clark, for taking the pictures for me.

Love in the Cleanroom

2009-01-15T10:34:00.000-08:00

This is my favorite music video. What's better than finding love in a cleanroom?

The Postal Service - New Music - More Music Videos

I get to work in a cleanroom...kind of like this one. I think work might be more interesting if The Postal Service was playing the soundtrack.

I love the mechanical movements along with the music. AWESOME!

Heroes

2008-12-03T22:39:00.000-08:00

I'm kind of addicted to the TV show Heroes. But there has always been something that kind of bugged me about it. Today I figured it out.

Don't you think

Looks like

Him?

Procrastination

2008-11-14T18:15:00.000-08:00

Does this describe you?

Hits a little close to home for me

via The Cartoon Blog

No more pheasant couch?

2008-11-13T21:44:00.000-08:00

When Sterling and I were trying to get furniture for our apartment we became well acquainted with Freecycle. Freecycle is an online group who's main purpose is to keep stuff out of landfills. When you have something you want to get rid of, you post it online and then someone who wants it will come to your house and take it away. Through this process we were able to get this beauty.
It's surprisingly comfortable, and the structure is good----but obviously there are struggles. The other day I stumbled across this couch (via Oh Happy Day)
It has a striking resemblance (in structure) to my beloved pheasant couch. So I've come to the decision to reupholster the chair. Does anyone have any experience or advice? I'm totally excited to have a cute new couch! Hopefully it will work out as well as this chair did.

- j caroline creative

Google Quandary

2008-10-21T23:13:00.000-07:00

I heart google. I've even considered writing google in on my ballot for the presidential election. But one thing has always puzzled me. Does anyone ever click the "I'm feeling lucky" link on the google search page? It feels like I'm leaving too much to chance, not enough structure.

This Little Light of Mine....

2008-10-13T16:38:00.001-07:00

via Add a human touch...

Isn't this fantastic? It's the size of a credit card, but when you unfold it, it lights up. I'm guessing it used LEDs, but doesn't it look cozy but quirky? What a great way to use those little slots in your wallet.

Not Enough Coverage

2008-10-11T20:04:00.001-07:00

We went to the BYU football game today (go Cougars!) It's always enjoyable to be part of the mob mentality with no other worries in the world other than whether or not we're going to get the next down. I always end up learning something about the intricacies of football. (What is it with the male DNA that they somehow inherently know all the ins and outs of football rules?) It was great to go with my dad, Christian, and brother-in-law Peter.

Although we were hoping for a shut-out, BYU did manage to pull together a win. Let me tell you, however, that there were many frustrated fans in our section of the stands. Frustrated with the refs (of course) but at the weird mistakes our team kept making. And there was this one dude who was consistently open and made more first downs than I could count.

Weather.com forecast that it would possibly be snowing and probably be raining, so we geared up. I think I'm getting more and more of a wimp. Even while wearing a sweatshirt, long-sleeved shirt, coat, and beanie, I was cold the whole time, but those around me (wearing much less than I was) acted as if they hardly felt the cold. My Sapporo cold-toughness must be wearing off...gotta go back I guess :)

But to be frank, one of the definite highlights of the day was getting to see this guy. Can anyone beat that?