Our Latest Happenings

I was going through my phone looking at all the pictures of Merrick and realized I should probably upload them before he deletes them, which he has a tendency to do. Since I don't have anything specific to blog, here are some photos of the last few months with Merrick!

I had just bought a bag of dried blueberries and gave the bag to Merrick to snack on while I ran some errands...he pretty much ate the whole bag in one sitting!

 

There's a classic bbq restaurant here in SB called Woody's that we go to and it's obvious that Merrick loves ribs!

We have a season pass to Disneyland but the summer is pretty much all blacked out, plus there is a baby on the way, so Merrick and I did one last Disney trip in May. This is the only picture I took that day/evening, Merrick wanted to ride that carousel at California Adventure all night long, we rode it at least 5 times in a row. Merrick and I also rode the big Ferris Wheel for the first time, he loved it and I had one hand on him and the other gripping the cage - the older I get the more afraid of heights I've become.

It's that time for baby showers! I had two baby showers the beginning of June. One with friends and family and one with my ward. Here I am at the church baby shower being spoiled with wonderful "girlie" gifts. Anytime I'm given a baby gift Merrick starts to open it and says "truck in there". I probably should feel bad that it's never a truck but he has so many I don't think he needs anymore!

My wonderful sister in-law Ann helped so much in throwing both my baby showers. It's so nice having family around that are always so willing to help out and make me feel extra special!

Merrick and I visit the Santa Barbara zoo on a regular basis - it's the best zoo! It's not too big but still has some great animals to see, a train to ride and an awesome play area for kids. For some reason Merrick took a liking to this tortoise which means sitting on it and giving it a hug every time we're at the zoo.

Playing in the egg shell at the zoo.

Another great resource we have here is the Nature and Science Museum. Right now they have a great butterfly exhibit that I went to with a friend and her boys. You walked into the mesh/tented area and were surrounded by all different kinds of butterflies. There were beautiful flowers and water features every where and the butterflies would just land on your shirt or shoes, even some people's heads. 

I definitely had to give Merrick a little lecture before hand about not touching the butterflies and he did a great job at listening to me. Of course the photo is of the least colorful butterfly there.

I was down in Orange County this past weekend and we headed to Salt Creek beach on Saturday. Merrick was not interested in looking at the camera, this is the best I could do. He had a great time playing in the sand, looking for sand crabs, running from the waves and getting pushed over by them!

I actually let my sister in-law snap a photo of me in all my glory at 37 weeks (the next day I actually turned 38 weeks). This is my only photo so far of my belly so I figured I should at least have one to document. Yes, that is Merrick starting his meltdown as we were leaving the beach...no nap + sun = tantrum! Nothing like Uncle Chris' swimming pool to make him feel better. After the pool we drove home and he was asleep instantly and stayed asleep through LA's traffic (sometimes I miss LA, then I sit in traffic and change my mind quickly).

My nephew Caden covered head to toe in sand and loved every minute at the beach...he is completely fearless! Too bad his mommy never gets a chance to actually sit and relax.