"after update" trigger fires after insert in mySQL - mysql

Question

I have 2 triggers on my table as defined...
DELIMITER $$
CRATE TRIGGER newRecordToHistory AFTER INSERT ON myTable FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
IF (new.recordType = 1) THEN
INSERT INTO myTableHistory
(
myTableId,
someInformation,
reason,
mytimestamp,
status
)
VALUES
(
new.myTableId,
new.someInformation,
new.reason,
now(),
'NEW'
);
END IF;
END$$
DELIMITER ;
and
DELIMITER $$
CRATE TRIGGER updateRecordToHistory AFTER UPDATE ON myTable FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
IF (new.recordType = 1) THEN
INSERT INTO myTableHistory
(
myTableId,
someinformation,
reason,
mytimestamp,
status
)
VALUES
(
new.myTableId,
new.someInformation,
new.reason,
now(),
'UPDATED'
);
END IF;
END$$
DELIMITER ;
When I insert a new record into myTable, I get 2 records in myHistoryTable...
ID someInformation reason mytimestamp status
1 'This is new' 'Needed new record' 09/12/14 08:00:00 'NEW'
1 'This is new' 'Needed new record' 09/12/14 08:00:00 'UPDATED'
I also get a record in the table when I delete. But my code handles inserting into the history table when I delete (so the user can specify the reason for deleting it) from myTable.
I would only expect only one record in myHistoryTable on insert and no extra records in the myHistoryTtable when I delete (other than the ones I put there manually). Why does this happen? And how can I avoid this?
Thanks!