tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52408342011-04-21T17:48:53.143-04:00Thurtle Family BlogNews and pictures from Chris, Heidi, Alex and (new arrival) Ben. Living in upstate New York with a pug dog, two cats and several tropical fish.Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.comBlogger511100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-1132509309325542012005-11-20T12:55:00.000-05:002005-11-20T12:55:09.326-05:00One of our latest pictures from October 2005. Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-1123872054567578462005-08-12T14:38:00.000-04:002005-08-12T14:40:54.573-04:00I wouldn't normally do this.I know this is mostly a family blog, but I feel compelled to join the call to google-bomb the phrase Intelligent Design, so this unscientific nonsense leaves the educational arena by the time my children enter school. Follow the link to find out more.Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-1123076544875356762005-08-03T09:42:00.000-04:002005-08-03T09:42:24.916-04:00Alex and Ben on a chair in the hospital. Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-1121910745128387472005-07-20T21:52:00.000-04:002005-07-20T21:52:25.156-04:00He has arrived! Benjamin Robert Ian, born July 19th '05 - 7lbs 10oz - VBAC - awesome Heidi! Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-1119981773475809692005-06-28T14:02:00.000-04:002005-06-28T14:02:53.476-04:00And now ladies and gentlemen! Through the magic of 3D-Ultrasound - we bring you Ben! (Doing an impression of Winston Churchill with a headache). Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-1119403802395071612005-06-21T21:30:00.000-04:002005-06-21T21:30:02.426-04:00Belated Father's Day picture. Last one with just Alex and daddy. Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-1118200272939438442005-06-07T23:11:00.000-04:002005-06-07T23:11:12.943-04:00Alex at Heidi's baby-shower - we love the expression: glamour-shot! Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-1118200183423036212005-06-07T23:09:00.000-04:002005-06-07T23:09:43.426-04:00A bigger shot from our new back-garden from the deck of the new house! Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-1118200107658809982005-06-07T23:08:00.000-04:002005-06-07T23:08:27.663-04:00Daddy and Uncle Phil spent all of Sunday (in 85-90 degree F weather) putting this playground set together - first shot of the garden at the new house! Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-1118199963169138672005-06-07T23:06:00.000-04:002005-06-07T23:06:03.173-04:00The baby-shower cake with baby Ben's new theme: Aquarium! Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-1118199905613995242005-06-07T23:05:00.000-04:002005-06-07T23:05:05.616-04:00Heidi and her best friend Tara at Heidi's baby-shower. Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-1118199803324608082005-06-07T23:03:00.000-04:002005-06-07T23:03:23.360-04:00Dress up is fun! Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-1118158647257399352005-06-07T11:37:00.000-04:002005-06-07T11:37:27.296-04:00The latest ultrasound of Ben! Only a few weeks to go now! (He was unfortunately in the wrong position for a 3-D ultrasound). Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-1114382180347722342005-04-24T18:36:00.000-04:002005-04-24T18:36:20.346-04:00Heidi & Chris spent time in the timeshare in the Berkshires - they were just trying to sell us more weeks - but we blew them off. Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-1113275475476128252005-04-11T23:11:00.000-04:002005-04-11T23:20:31.176-04:00Alex is two today! HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALEX!(see main site for pictures from her Little Gym Party) Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-1110673752505937492005-03-12T19:29:00.000-05:002005-03-12T19:29:12.506-05:00Here's a picture of Benjamin Robert Ian. You are looking at a side short with his head on the left, then his arm - with his elbow touching the top of his knee. Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-1108950339502937982005-02-20T20:45:00.000-05:002005-02-20T20:45:39.503-05:00Picture of Chris' mother on his parents' recent vacation to Gibraltar. Hence the large rock in the background. And the mother in the foreground. (Picture: Copyright 2005 Chris' Dad). Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-1108950236095325252005-02-20T20:43:00.000-05:002005-02-20T20:43:56.096-05:00Finally a picture of Chris' main xmas present. Ok not that interesting, fine. Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-1108949927376484692005-02-20T20:38:00.000-05:002005-02-20T20:38:47.376-05:00Picture of Alex at the "Little Gym" her weekend activity. Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-1108515551459279052005-02-15T19:59:00.000-05:002005-02-15T20:04:50.866-05:00Happy Valentine's Day and Daddy and Granny's Birthday from Alex. The best present of all was finding out from the ultrasound that Alex's new sibling will be a....BOY! Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-1107106927040157142005-01-30T12:42:00.000-05:002005-01-30T12:42:07.040-05:00Here's the final sample from our Virginia vacation in April 2004 - one of the many shots of amazing scenery from Skyline Drive. Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-1107106817863548652005-01-30T12:40:00.000-05:002005-01-30T12:40:17.863-05:00Here's a picture from our flying day-trip to Washington D.C. which was part of our Virginia vacation. Probably one of the most photographed sights - inside the Washington Monument. Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-1107106734604555562005-01-30T12:38:00.000-05:002005-01-30T12:38:54.603-05:00Added more pictures from Virginia to our family website. Here's a picture of the world's only stalagtite organ in the Luray Caverns. Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-1106789490232398122005-01-26T20:23:00.000-05:002005-01-26T20:31:30.233-05:00All better!Alex is all better! Back to being the hyper baby we all know and love.
Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-1106582274673149792005-01-24T10:54:00.000-05:002005-01-24T10:57:54.673-05:00Alex UpdateAlex went to the pediatrician today and poor baby has an ear infection and also has the flu!
Motrin, Tylenol and cool baths and lots of love are in order.
(As well as calls of "Daddy! Med-cin!" at 1:30am)
Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-1106537093941758522005-01-23T22:22:00.000-05:002005-01-23T22:24:53.940-05:00Sick BabyAlex had a fever of 103.3F today - poor baby was listless and tired and couldn't decide who she wanted to snuggle with, Mummy, Moo or Daddy.
One of the hardest things about being a parent is having a sick child and not being able to do anything about it.
But we did - luke-warm bath and Children's Tylenol, and Children's Motrin an hour later, appear to have done the trick.
Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-1106536867674099882005-01-23T22:21:00.000-05:002005-01-23T22:21:07.673-05:00Added Halloween & Christmas 2004 images to our family site - as well as Alex's friend Adam, and Alex and Daddy in the snow! Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-1106452716601962472005-01-22T22:56:00.000-05:002005-01-22T22:58:36.600-05:00BABY UPDATE:New due date from ultrasound: July 11th 2005
Other notes: Heidi is doing fine, iron is low but she is taking iron supplements. Only craving so far has been steamed dumplings from a chinese buffet about 25 minutes from our house!
Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-1106452492605215962005-01-22T22:54:00.000-05:002005-01-22T22:54:52.606-05:00I've also just added pictures from our October 2004 visit to England to our family page. We managed to pack the city of Bath, London, the Tower of London, a visit to Alex's Great-Great-Great-Aunt, and a walk around Lawn Woods to feed the ducks! Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-1106452261423362052005-01-22T22:51:00.000-05:002005-01-22T22:51:01.423-05:00I've just added pictures from our September 2004 visit to the Bronx Zoo to our family page. Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-1105499886338681052005-01-11T22:18:00.000-05:002005-04-11T23:05:05.903-04:00Picture removed - see later posts.A second ultrasound picture of the new baby from today! Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-1105499816227153522005-01-11T22:16:00.000-05:002005-04-11T23:03:59.233-04:00Pictures removed - see later posts.Ultrasounds done today of the new baby! Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-1105113881671635542005-01-07T11:04:00.000-05:002005-01-07T11:04:41.670-05:00I've just added two new galleries to the "Family" section of our website. First, pictures of Alex in the early part of 2004 including her birthday pictures, and then later in the year visiting Mystic Aquarium and Seaport. Enjoy! Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-1104971627143789762005-01-05T19:33:00.000-05:002005-01-05T19:33:47.143-05:00Alex at Xmas '04 playing with her present of a box of dressing up clothes. More banks of pictures will be posted on the main thurtle.net site soon! Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-1104971480728080802005-01-05T19:31:00.000-05:002005-01-05T19:31:20.726-05:00Alex as monkey for Halloween '04 (with her friend Adam dressed as a chicken)! Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-1104962679826235092005-01-05T17:04:00.000-05:002005-01-05T17:04:39.826-05:00Sorry Mommy, but people have to see what Alex spends (or at least tries to spend) a lot of her time doing. Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-1104962589756413522005-01-05T17:03:00.000-05:002005-01-05T17:03:09.756-05:00This one is from Alex's birthday party, the weekend after her birthday and seeing Granny and Grandad in Virginia. Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-1104962426276421172005-01-05T17:00:00.000-05:002005-01-05T17:00:26.276-05:00Meanwhile, here are some pictures from the last year and a half. First, Alex with Granny Thurtle - who sadly passed away in December 2004. We were very glad they both got to see each other in 2003. Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-1104945243305025742005-01-05T12:14:00.000-05:002005-01-05T12:14:03.306-05:00Here's the annotated picture I promised you. Make things a bit clearer I hope? Oh, and our boy theme will be turtles, our girl theme will be Beatrix Potter. Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-1104945063470212492005-01-05T12:11:00.000-05:002005-01-05T12:11:03.470-05:00The first picture of the newest member of our family. Not the clearest picture, but a picture nonetheless! I'll post an annotated one next. Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-1104944913136521462005-01-05T11:58:00.000-05:002005-01-05T12:08:33.136-05:00Welcome Back!As you can see, it's been a while since our last entry. Primarily because we have lots of things going on with an active baby, Chris doing post-grad. courses and general day-to-day working and other fun stuff.
I moved this blog back onto blogger because it's alot more streamlined and managable than trying to ftp it to a server at home.
That having been said, i had to remove the picture Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-952980332003-06-04T16:03:00.000-04:002003-06-04T16:03:59.080-04:00Vital Statistics Update!
Having been to the doctor to get four rounds of injections today, we have updated stats for you:
Weight: 10lb 10oz (which daddy predicted to the ounce - go me!)
Height: 22 1/2 "
Yeah I know - more pictures, more pictures blah blah blah :-)Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-944048092003-05-15T14:57:00.000-04:002003-05-15T14:57:10.620-04:00Well our little spud got weighed yesterday, and she is now over 9lbs! (She is also over a month old and getting taller day by day).
She's also smiling at us rather than at the funny feelings that gas gives her.Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-938681812003-05-06T11:50:00.000-04:002005-01-05T11:51:53.916-05:00The umbilical cord stump is finally off! We think Alex is going to have an "innie" rather than an "outie".
Mommy and baby are still doing great.
Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-926725832003-04-15T16:56:00.000-04:002005-01-05T11:49:11.300-05:00Alex pulls a intense expression on her face when she's breastfeeding - either thinking very hard, or angry about not getting milk sooner!
Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-926721102003-04-15T16:48:00.000-04:002005-01-05T11:43:28.936-05:00Mommy (Mummy) and baby are doing well.
Last night baby was up every hour, but that's par of the course. I'm going back to work for the rest of the week, and then taking next week off when my parents and Auntie Cathy fly in.
Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-925056282003-04-12T19:56:00.000-04:002005-01-05T11:50:06.276-05:00Heidi and Chris had a baby girl!!!!!!
Alexandria Cate Thurtle - born 11:21pm 4/11/2003
6lbs 11oz.
*****
Heidi's induction finally started at around 8pm, because the doctor who would administer it was delayed in surgery.
After being administered a cervix softener, Heidi's water broke at just before midnight on Thursday.
Throughout Friday, Heidi has contractions and made it up to around 8-9cmChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-923106552003-04-09T15:54:00.000-04:002003-04-09T15:54:25.826-04:00UPDATE: Heidi will be induced tomorrow at around 4pm EST - providing there is a bed ready for her. After that, it's all wait and see.
Probably the 10th or 11th of April.Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-922277942003-04-08T12:00:00.000-04:002003-04-08T12:00:36.013-04:00Sorry, still no news! Heidi has a doctors appointment tomorrow, which will mean we'll know if she made any progress.
I'm still trying to find a victim/volunteer to take the WISC for one of my classes. I also have to interview people for my development II class.
We had about 2 inches of snow last night..and there was a sheet of ice on the ground this morning. Happy April!Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-921087452003-04-06T18:09:00.000-04:002005-01-05T11:51:08.366-05:00I just wanted to mention that this weblog is hosted on a webserver at our house(UPDATE: Blog now on blogspot.com as of 1/5/2005), and is replacing the previous weblog on Parenthood.com. The reason for the replacement is that parenthood.com's weblogs apparently need updated _VERY_ often, or they get deleted - which unfortunately our pregnancy log did!
Heidi's due date is today and she is not Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240834.post-919205112003-04-03T11:11:00.000-05:002003-04-04T12:57:28.000-05:00Welcome to the Thurtle Family Weblog!
As I'm writing this, we are two days away from Heidi's due date (40 weeks - April 6th). She feels like the child is never going to come out, and is going to be inside her until Alex is 5 years old. I am hoping in the next few days there will be a quickening of the process so that she'll finally get to see the light at the end of the tunnel so to speak.
At Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866545375590846212noreply@blogger.com0