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Rustyn’s First Day | Summit

# So unless something funny or really eventful happens I’m gonna put down the blackberry, and help Amanda get ready for bed. Goodnight all..

# Thanks for all the support and help we have received thus far. We’ll do this one more day so you can see him come home and get settled in..

# Well our boy is officially a day and a little old. He’s getting fed so we can hopefully put him down for a few hours here pretty soon.

# I don’ think soooooooooooo you know he wants Gramma Merr too

# hey it is aunt mylea come to my web page at www.jhette.com… by the way I am giving rustyn his 1st horse back ride

# Grandpa says” who’s gonna give rustyn’s first horse back ride?

# Grandpa McBride says” It’s all good”

# Rustyn is totally just relaxing in Mylea’s arms. She’s doing so good!! Just heard.. “visiting hours are now over..” time to relax tonight

# oh… That’s it, Mylea made Rustyn cry. She’s doing great though

# Grandma, Grandpa, and Aunt Mylea are all here. Mylea is getting to hold her nephew, and he’s crashed out.

# I wish the world understood this was my paternity leave. Everything should just work with ne complications for the whole time I’m gone.

# Nicole and Jason stopped by for a visit. Its great having them closer.

# Correction: “Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday” Knew that didn’t sound right. What can I say.. Little out of my comfort zone

# Tomorrow is the today you worried about yesterday. Everything is possible one day at a time. Tomorrow we return to our lives plus one Rustyn

# Thanks Verizon Wireless, Apple, Canon, Skype, Research in Motion, WordPress, and Twitter for helping us share Rustyn’s arrival with everyone

# Such a powerful thing the Plan of Salvation. So amazing that we’ve been entrusted with Rustyn to be part of that plan.

# I can’t count the number of times I’ve been emotionaly overwhelmed today.

# He’s not even a day old yet, but he has already changed our lives forever.

# Family walk for the first time. Rustyn’s aunt is on the way over

# Just got some dinner and finally got out an email telling work where I’ve been. Visitors should be on the way before too long this evening.

# Mom is all showered up and now its chow time for Rustyn

# Doing well.. We are getting ready for a few visitors tonight.

# We are still on our walk. He is doing so great so his mom can rest.

# Rustyn and I are having our first conversation in Spanish. We are roaming the halls trying to give mom a nap

# Time to eat.. while they are occupied I’m uploading some new photos. Man, I can’t get over how beautiful they both are.

# Rustyn has visitors.. Mom is trying to get a nap, and the birth certificate lady showed up and then Rustyn woke up so Mom is really sleepy..

# Skyping with the Chad Dare family now. Everyone is getting to meet rustyn

# The frosty tradition continues! Thanks so much Summit Nurses and Dr. Connoley!!

# Mom is introducing Rustyn to Grandma Dare. If anyone wants to skype us today I’ll leave my macbook on. Skype username – wesley.mcbride

# On our walk while grandma and rustyn listenin to some music.

# Sounds like Rustyn will have some visitors coming today. Grandma is heading out soon, but will be back with the world’s greatest aunt mylea.

# mom is gearing up for a walk. time for our first stroll with Rustyn. Summit is treating us so great!

# Baby had his hearing test, and he’s back showing it off by tracking our voices with his eyes.. This child is amazing! – wes

# Mom has TwitterBerry installed on her BlackBerry now.. Check back soon for updates from Mom & Dad

# dr. dewitt, the pediatrician, came by to assess rustyn. he said he would take him if he could, cause he is so stinkin cute! – amanda

# mom is finally gertting to read you comments.. thanks for your prayers and help!

# Grandma just got here with flowers. Today is going to be a beautiful day!!

# Just hanging out with my son while we wait for Grandma, I mean Merr, I mean Mema, who knows but she’s coming..

# Sam said he and Aubrey were both born sunny-side up. I like it!

# Baby is on a five hour sleep. New record. Us McBrides know how to sleep

# Woke up with a tension headache (not sure what could have caused that), and there is no excedrin to be found. Mom will save the day at eight

# Baby got hungry around two. Ate for an hour and is back in bed. Mom is trying to power nap a couple hours of sleep right now. Still sureal..

# Moved up to post pardom. Rustyn ate again and is quiet at the moment. Stay tuned for the other mcbrides first day as a family.

# Ten fingers and ten toes. I counted them again while I gave him a bath.

# Bath time is coming up soon, they said Dad could do it if I want to..

# Rustyn latched on with no problems, he an hour old and getting fed. Sitting here with the family trying to unwind a little bit..

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OB Room Zero | Summit Health Care

Here’s tweets from my twitter stream to keep everyone up to date on what is going on. I’ll try and update this as we go to help everyone stay in the know, but i’m not making any promises.  Goto http://www.twitter.com/zeronome and follow us for the full feed if you think you missed something.

Please get on and leave a comment on this post so I can pass them onto Amanda!  She needs your words of encouragement.


# Rustyn Thomas McBride | http://www.wesmcb.com/?p=416 | First Photos

# Mom dad and gramma are ok too

# 7lbs 11 oz. Wahoo rustyn thomas mcbride. Born 8;23

# Hes here and a pee ‘n too welcome rustyn. Wahoo

# Rustyn we need you come home come home

# Ladies and gentlemen… Start your prayers. Rustyn Thomas is on the way.

# It is game time! Dr. Connoley, paging Dr. Connoley.. Its baby time!!

# Mom is complete and we are getting ready to push in 10 more minutes

# Amanda says the epidural makes feel like she’s in a rocking chair. She went crazy and disoriented when we fluffed her pillow a while ago

# Looks like Rustyn doesn’t mess around. He’s gonna be here shortly. Almost time to push.

# Passing the transition phase. Mom looks on schedule to deliver between 7 and 9 tonight.

# things have accelerated, but we have it controlled again. She is progressing very quickly.

# I’m getting some lunch while amanda sleeps. Pray for progress these next few hours

# Thanks for all the words of encouragement. Keep them coming!!

# Getting ready for the epidural.. She is doing so awesome with the hard contractions! Hopefully some sleep for her soon.

# Water = broke / its all part of the show. Onward and upward

# Just got back from a walk around the first floor. A little slow dancing now..

# Another great report from our Nurse!! We are off for a walk. She is progressing (4), but baby is still hi

# Please a comment on this post so I can pass it on to Amanda. She needs your love!! I love my wife.

# Hurry up and wait time. Never have I felt so useless. Hard to just sit and watch.

# Consent forms signed.. Ready for the doc to break some water.

# 12 hours in the hospital.. Still waiting for the Doctor to arrive. Its been a crazy day so far. Hopefully my law professor will understand.

# Sending out texts to everyone to check the blog. It will be the easiest way to keep most everyone updated. Pray for Amanda and Rustyn please

# The contractions are beginning to get worse as the gel softens everything up.

# In OB room zero. A second round of the gel was not mandatory but is helping things progress. Dr. Connoley is on his way soon..

# The gel is doing its thing and we are waiting for the Doctor to get back to break some water. I didn’t know water could break..

# Ate some breakfast, on to a shower, and then for a change of pace.. More walking until 930. Then we will have some update goodness

# Dr. Conneley came in and decided to get things going. Prostaglandens hopefully will help get the process started.

# Remind me not to play a softball game before checking into the Hotel most uncomfortable chairs ever.

# Month seems to be doing okay, but the contractions are still constant. She is doing so well and all I can do is complain about being sore.

# Did a lot of walking around last night. Waiting for the Doctor to come within the hour.

# Up walking again after a few hours of rest for Mom. Rustyn is doing better and mom wanted to move around. Pretty much hurtin’ from softball.

# Walking or “cruising” the hospital hallways try to get Rustyn to come on down. He’s the next contestant on let’s have a baby

# Walking arounf obstectrics trying to get Rustyn to show up.

# calling the doctor… we will see what he says

# we be building a crib.. all while amanda is counting contractions… not quite steady yet

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Rustyn’s Room | Live Rodeo Stream | Holiday Sealing

Friday my mom, Aunt and her kids, and Mylea came over for the day to help Amanda out with Rustyn’s room.  They did a wonderful job painting it and got things kind of figured out for the crib and everything else.  I was out the majority of the day as soon as I finished my test for the summer class that I’m taking right now in June.  When I got back in the early afternoon they had the wood up and it looked great I think.  The blanket that Shane made even matched all three of the colors in the room!  What kind of luck is that?

Later that day we had the RVRCE Jackpot (http://www.wonderfulwesterns.com).  We streamed the event live over the internet, and had a blast doing it.  Hopefully we are able to reach more people that want to watch the rodeos, but can’t.

Yesterday we ran over to Snowflake to the Temple where some friends were sealed.  It was great to be in the Temple, and we were kind of hoping that Rustyn may have wanted to grace us with his presence since we were already in that area, but no such luck.  We ran by Walmart and bought his crib and a few other things.  Ready or not here he comes.

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Topsy Turvy Tomatoes

Part of our garden we wanted to plant this year was Tomatoes.  Since our lovely dog Luna likes to eat them aparently out of the garden we had to find alternative means of planting them.  My mom had some of these so we tried them out yesterday.  Definately an interesting way to plant them and Luna won’t be able to get to them for a while.

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Bog Tank 2009 Fishing | Twitter Style

Howdy all, every year the Apache Indian Tribe holds a fishing derby for a day at Bog Tank. They give all the kids 14 and under a day pass to fish on the reservation and give out tons of prizes. My dad and I took Mylea and the Kim Madrid children. I was told to take a camera and keep everyone up to date on what was happening so I used Twitter. Here’s the day in a twitter stream as well as some pics that I took. Remember it is twitter so the newest if first. (Read it from the bottom up for a chronological order of event)

  1. All done for this year. Hopefully next time won’t be near as windyabout 5 hours ago from TwitterBerry
  2. Too bad it was already closed.. No tank fishing this time.about 5 hours ago from TwitterBerry
  3. Back to catch fish from a tank for Wacey and Shayman.. Good ‘ol hot dogs for lunch.about 5 hours ago from TwitterBerry
  4. Still windy. Sad because this could have been even that much more fun.about 6 hours ago from TwitterBerry
  5. Poles are in.. Waiting for hotdogs now. 3 fish and tons of crawdads. Pretty sure everyone had a blast.about 6 hours ago from TwitterBerry
  6. Mylea just caught a crawdad with her fish.about 7 hours ago from TwitterBerry
  7. Shaymon is catching crawdads with his little pole. Missed the photo though. Is that a fish story then?about 7 hours ago from TwitterBerry
  8. Sigrid caught one!! We it off the hook and now Shaymon wants one.about 7 hours ago from TwitterBerry
  9. Mylea and dad went to measure Mylea’s catch.. Stay tuned for prizes.about 7 hours ago from TwitterBerry
  10. So many people here! No wonder we aren’t getting any bites.about 8 hours ago from TwitterBerry
  11. Sigrid just brought a crawdad in. Almost a fish. Worms seems to be the keeper at bog tank today.about 8 hours ago from TwitterBerry
  12. Snack time! (For us, not the fish)about 8 hours ago from TwitterBerry
  13. Mylea just caught number two.. She must have the spot.about 8 hours ago from TwitterBerry
  14. As soon as I left the boys they both thought they caught fishes and reeled in.. Maybe next time, hehe.about 8 hours ago from TwitterBerry
  15. Mylea caught fish number one with a worm.. I think Luna wanted to eat it.about 8 hours ago from TwitterBerry
  16. Is this a glimpse of the future? If so then patience is a virtue that I still have yet to acquire.. Not with fishing, but with the kiddies.about 8 hours ago from TwitterBerry
  17. Been fishing for 15 minutes and we are already on potty break number two.about 9 hours ago from TwitterBerry
  18. At Bog Tank for a kids fishing tourney. Should be fun, but the wind needs to chill out.about 9 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Hope you all enjoyed that as much as we did fishing today. Here’s the photos..

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9 1/2 Months

We DJed a wedding for a fellow Nursing Student of Amanda’s on Saturday in Show Low.  While there I grabbed the camera and took a picture of her since you all have requested a profile pic of my beautiful wife.  We had a really good time and I even was asked to DJ a company party for one of the attendees in December.  She is currently on her way to take the NCLEX-PN exam in Albuquerque so I am hoping that I can get her to post a little bit on here when she gets back.  We had an appointment yesterday and things are starting to happen.  Doctor Connely told us we still have few weeks to go.  He did copy off all Rustyn’s prenatal data for Amanda to take with her, and told her to call with the birth weight.  We enjoy him, and appreciate his sense of humor.

Check back for an update from Amanda soon.