Visitors!

We had our first offical visitors arrive the end of June. By "official" I mean that they stayed longer than 2 days and I had to be in charge of entertaining them. 

It was so fun having my mom and sister around again. Merrick was taken care of, I barely had to lift a finger. If Merrick was fussing, needed a diaper change, was hungry, etc. I literally just looked at my mom or my sister & sat there until one of them got the job done!

Laura made a little book for Merrick with pictures of his 1st year of life & then some of his "favorite things" on the last page. He usually turns straight for the last page because there is a picture of a dump "guck". 

Unfortunately we did have one day in Santa Barbara where it was pretty cloudy & drizzled most of the day, so we ventured over the mountains to Solvang, the little Danish town. Well, over the hills it was HOT & Sunny! I was dying of heat & had to buy a t-shirt so I wouldn't sweat all day. Poor Merrick & his rosy cheeks but he loved pushing his stroller around & walking in and out of all the stores. We did cause a little bit of a scene after leaving a toy store. 

Everyone has to ride these little surrey bikes at least once while visiting Santa Barbara...it's what the tourists do! Merrick had to wear a helmet since he was under the age of 18 and I thought he would hate it but he never really cared or even noticed!

Merrick didn't last too long on the bike before he wanted to get down & walk around so once again I sat there while his Grandma entertained him. 

Of course on the last day we have beautiful sun!

After my mom and Laura left I couldn't understand why I was so tired the next couple days and I finally figured it out...I had to take care of my child again!

*side note: Adam was out of town for a few days while they were here. It may seem like I leave him out of all the fun but we was working.