Merrick is 11 Months! Plus all the other good stuff

Merrick turned 11 months on Thursday. I can't believe he will be 1 year in just 1 month. So crazy. He even managed to get his first little black eye. And like a good mom I have no idea how he did it. Ooops.

He is also teething and getting his top teeth in. It's been a rough couple days but we are surviving.
His hair is starting to get longer so it's laying flat more, but it was sticking up after a bath so I just had to try and get a pic, of course Merrick couldn't resist going after the camera.
Andrew bought a juicer and is having fun making us delicious juices every morning. As you can see Merrick just finished enjoy his spinach carrot apple and strawberry juice. MMMM one of our favorites.
Here is a pic in our new house. Andrew is getting back into the guitar and Merrick loves to help sing and play.
We went to Sand Hallow Lake with some friends for a picnic and we set Merrick down by the water and he just took off crawling straight into the lake. Little did he know it would get deeper and deeper. He soon realized and started to panic. It was pretty funny. He had a great time.


Andrew and I had our 4 year Anniversary on the 13th. Andrew worked all day so I tried to surprise him with tickets to go see Brian Reagan at Tuachan but of course he found out but we had a great time and laughed our heads off. My cheeks hurt so bad by the end of the night. It's been a happy 4 years and I can't wait for the next 4 years and many more after that.

This Weekends Adventures

We had a fun weekend with the cousins. Merrick loves playing in the water so he loved all these fountains and pools of water to splash around in. Who better to play in the water with than his cousins Mia and Dane.






Happy Mother's Day to all you beautiful Mother's. I am so thankful for my mom who has always been the best example on how to be a wonderful and selfless mother. I hope someday I can be as wonderful as a mother as she is!

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.