10 Months old Today

I can't hardly believe it! Merrick is 10 months old today. Tues. April 27, 10. These pictures are obviously about a month old on Easter. I've been meaning to put them up but have been too busy doing other stuff. So I just decided I would put them on today. Some things Merrick is doing these days are: Crawling everywhere, pulling himself up on things, loves books, wants to eat everything we are eating, loves to give hugs and slobbery kisses, loves to grab my nose, loves to play with otis (our dog), LOVES to be outside, loves to play in the water, plays catch with the ball, claps, is learning how to wave, tries to say different words but it just comes out as different sounds, hates putting on clothes and especially PJ's, hates holding still while I change his diaper, Loves playing with Grandma, Grandpa, and cousins, and he makes me smile and laugh all day every day. We love you Merrick!!!

HAWAII

Here are the pics Andrew and I took on our trip to Hawaii

We stumbled upon this sea lion on our morning walk

Merrick absolutely loved the sand! He had to have eaten cups full of sand.

This is the yard of our friends Devin and Dreanne who graciously let us stay at their home while they were away.

This was where we fled to when the Tsunami was supposed to hit. Those are all the cars down in the field and then we hiked up to a hill where we were hoping we would see the Tsunami come in, fortunately nothing happened.

These were down on the west side, Makaha. The waves were beauitful!

Merrick checking out his first sunrise.

Eventually he got used to the water. It freaked him out a little when it would rush up his legs fast. He loved the calm water.

Family Photo's in Hawaii

Andrew Merrick and I just got back from 2 weeks in Hawaii. Needless to say it was so great to be home again! For Andrew and I, Hawaii feels like home and it was so fun to take Merrick around to all of our favorite places. It felt more like we were just back to living our regular life rather than on vacation.
We were fortunate enough to run into Jon Mozo's family (A famous surf photographer in Hawaii) at Hukilau Cafe. His daughter is trying to learn photography and offered to take our families pictures for free! So here is some of her work, she is 14 years old and on her way to be as great as her dad.
We also took many pictures ourselves so there are many more photos to come from our wonderful Hawaii extravaganza.

Photographer

If anyone is looking for an AWESOME photographer in Hawaii look at Malia Johnson's Blog. The link is listed on the left. Check it out.

Christmas 09

I'm a little late on posting our Christmas photos but here they are. Better late than never. Christmas was great. It was fun celebrating it with a baby even though he had no idea what was going on. In this photo Merrick is a Reindeer not a dog.

Grandma and Grampa Matthews

Merrick in his cool new toy

Merrick loved the wrapping paper almost as much as his toys, we had to take it away because he got really frustrated with it when he couldn't get it in his mouth.

Here's Merrick and all his presents!! He was really spoiled his first Christmas.

Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas

We went up to Salt Lake last weekend and Merrick got to play in the snow for the first time.

If you are lucky you might find Merrick delivering your presents this Christmas!

I had a surprise party for Andrew's 30th Birthday while we were up in Salt Lake, It was a big success thanks to all of our wonderful friends who were able to come and join in this celebration. Andrew was very surprised!

Look Who Just Turned 30!

Happy Birthday to Andrew!

Lets take a look at the last 30 years. What a good lookin kid!!