just updating

well i havent blogged for a few so heres the update. there not a whole lot new right now merrick is still growing like a weed and refuses to be a baby. he has learned to get on the couch and he loves it so he runs around on it. so i lay a whole bunch of pillows on the floor that way if he falls it wont hurt him and it seems to work out really good. hes been going up the stairs really good for a long time but he just wouldnt go back down the way that i would show him but last night my dad and step mom watched him and they have two steps that go down into the living room and he always crawls up them and then wants to just run down them but last night he stepped down them! he didnt fall of anything so he crawls up and walks down its crazy he just doesnt want to waste time being a one year old. he has also started the lovely tantrums, so if we get mad at him he screams and holds his breath its scary at first but i know hes just mad and he doesnt pass out ir anything , johnny thinks its like a medical problem but he only does it when hes upset and i try and explain that but he still thinks what he wants. i feel like we are dealing with the terrible twos and hes only one so i cant wait till hes two! haha. we went to the comedy night last night at teh Holiday Inn and it was so much fun we laughed out butts off i think we will go more often it was fun. well Happy Fathers Day, johnnys golfing ( go figure) make today a great day!

my hair cut and merrick in his bouncy

ok so everybody was asking me to get a pciture of me with my hair cut so i took a lovely picture of myself. haha. for everybody to see. thats as good as your all getting. haha.
im also posting a video of merrick in his bouncer. johnny teases him and he throws himself all over its funny.its kinda hard to see tho.

Nemo Party 1 Year Old, and 1st Hair Cut!!!

Can you believe my baby boy is 1 year old already? hes getting so big i dont know here this past year has gone! its so sad and happy at the same time. i have loved being able to be home and watch him grow and learn hes such a sweetheart. So merrick is a huge finding nemo fan so on May 31st i threw him a Nemo party with family and a big bouncer for the kids. before the party we decided to get hair cuts and it was merricks first one and let me just say it didnt go well we got one little curl cut and he started shaking his head and screaming! it was horrible! so he didnt get his hair cut, but i did cut mine OFF! i love it! its short but so much better! for his party we decided to go all out since it was is first party and he had alot of fun! he loved the bouncer but the other kids had a hard time sitting still while he was in there so it was kinda frustrating but he still had fun, the only time he got upset was when i was trying to get him to open presents and when i wanted him to dig into his cake i made him, and i will add that i decorated it myself! he hated the frosting all over his hands but at least he tried. all of our friends and family were there to celebrate with us he got alot of presents, johnny and i got him a little bouncer for him to jump around in, a little lion thing he can ride on, a swing, a ball, a bucket and shovel, and a little climber that has a slide and stuff, and a chair that he likes to lounge back in and watch nemo. he got a wagon that is so so cute, a baby pool, swimming stuff, clothes, sunglasses, a little forwheeler it doesnt have a battery its juts so he can sit on it and push himself around,a bunch on other toys and nemo stuff, then my mom drew a picture of merrick and drew significant things that were throughout the year she wanted to add more but ran out of room but i love it! she did and awsome job!!! so overall i think everything went very well and hes growing up too fast! here is one video of merrick when he was first in the bouncer and didnt like it and then one when he did like it but all of the kids wanted to be by him, and my stepbrothers wife, jamie, is filming it for me because i didnt want to climb in there so she was nice enough to do that but i felt bad because the little kids wouldnt listen to her or anybody really but she tried.

forgot a couple things

ok so i forgot to say a couple things in my last post so i will squeeze them in now. ok so merrick is now riding in a big boy seat so he faces forward and he loves it! i cant believe hes so big. well my mom an di made a trip to provo to get the seat and merrick started throwing a huge fit so we started siing old mcdonald and he fell right to sleep so my mom bought him a CD that has all of the kid songs on it and he sings with and gets all excited and most the time he just falls asleep but it works! i recently took him to my dads so he could swing in a swing for the first time i know im a slacker. he loves the swing i think that we might get him a swing set for his brithday! while we were there my step brothers little girl Mallory just got a bunch of little baby chickens and merrick sat and chased them around and he fell on one and i felt bad but the little chick was ok, but he followed them around forever, but i will not be investing in any chickens...haha. but i do have a little video of him chasing the chickens!

Easter,and Durango,and Stories, OH MY!!!

ok so its been forever since i updated this thing i have new pictures and videos to share, i will start with Easter, so it was merricks first easter and of course the weather wasnt too wonderful! we went out to the desert to hang with the family but we didnt camp, merrick likes the dirt tho thats for sure! he is still to young to understand the easter egg finding but he liked to play with the eggs and he keeps a couple in his toy box. he got a some toys and clothes and crayons and candy he had fun ripping into everything. over all we had a pretty fun Easter!

Next, we headed to Durango, Johnny had a mine rescue competition in Aztec NM, and thats only about 45 min or so from Durango so merrick and i went and we stayed a couple extra days so we could visit family, johnnys sister had a baby in Feb. i think and she is such a doll!so we got to see her and spend time with our nephew as well. johnnys dad has been fixing up some property that was his father in laws, and i couldnt believe how many things he had stored away. i mean there was so many shovels, lawn mowers, weed eaters, rakes, ladders, doors, and of course johnny prized posession the Sky Lark. this car was johnnys in high school and he always had stories about it so he took a ton of pictures of it and now he wants to get it back here and fix it up. hes so funny. while we were there johnnys dad found an old wagon and we laid blankets in it and rigged an umbrella over it so we could pull merrick around, it was totally "redneck" but it was cute! merrick sat and played in the dirt that day and i dont know what it is but he likes to rub it in his hair, he had the dirtiest bath water that night but he had fun. one day while we were there we went to the mall and we had merrick ride a barney train, you know the ones that you put the quaters in and it just moves around, yeah well we did that and he really liked it i got a little video of it. we had alot of fun, its always nice to have a little get away!

now to catch up about the family, we are all doing very well, i just had my first mothers day and it was the best. i got a very pretty necklace and johnny got a card and wrote in it with crayon like it was from merrick, it was so cute i loved it! merrick had started being a little fit thrower so its been alittle stressful at times but hes still so much fun, he really cruising now he tries to run everywhere and suprising enough, he can! hes getting so big he will be one year old on the 31st i cant believe it! hes learning his animal noises now so he knows the ducky the cow and the chicken the best we are still working on it. he loves to say hi to everybody, i took him up to Toys R Us and Barnes and Noble and he ran around like crazy i deffinately got my workout in that day, but he went up to a little girl and peeked around the shelf all shy and was saying hi to her and then he started following her around it was cute. right now since the weather is nice he loves it outside he would play out there all day if he could hes such a sweetheart and monkey all mixed in one. i did get some new pictures of him done they are so cute i love them! so i will get them and all of my other pictures on here. and finally im done i think!

He said Dada! Finally!

the other day our baby boy finally said dada! we have been working with him to say it and he did! so now he says mama, dada, baba, hi, bye bye, and yay! i cant believe it! yesterday was a pretty scary day though, merrick managed to get out of his crib and it wasnt pleasant at all! he had a pretty good fall i figured out that he stood on his bumper in his crib so i had to take that out. i was so freaked out though i didnt know what to do i was just hoping that he didnt fall and break and bones or get a concusion so when he calmed down that was the first thing i did was check his whole body and his eyes. he got a bump on his head but hes ok, it wasnt long before he was happy and playing patty cake, but then later that night i had to do a party, johnny and merrick had bonding time but merrick is sick again!...and he was throwing up everywhere but he quit doing that and now he just has a cough and a runny nose which is still not fun. i did get some new pictures of him done but i dont have them yet so when i get them i will be posting them for everyone to see! so theres the update with my little family, not all good news but thats just part of it.

Our Baby Boy Is Walking

on friday the 13th our baby boy took his first 3 steps! i couldnt believe it! he just started standing on his own two weeks ago! johnny and i are so proud of him! he still a little bit wobbly but hes getting better at it everyday.
and the video stop and goes in sections, i dont know why. so you have to help it along.

Catching Up

well i havent written since we bought our house so its time to update. there isnt a whole lot going on but merrick is still getting so big! he is starting to stand on his own but im having a hard time getting a picture so i will work on that. he is eating finger foods on his own its so stinking cute. he still doesnt say dada but mama and baba are popular he like to say bye bye to. he getting more teeth i think hes up to 7 right now and teething doesnt make is finest moments the poor thing. it seems like hes getting louder but thats ok :) we have been busy lately, johnny works like 6 days a week and i have been running all over this state doing parties. ps. mands was so much fun and i got to go to St. George to do it! our baby boy is gettover being sick, when i got home from my trip we was not a happy camper, it was no fun. but he is getting better now so hes being alot happier! well thats all for now!

We Bought A House!!!

well not too much has been happening with our little family since the last post but we are officially homeowners!!! yay! no more rent!!! so thats exciting. merrick is basically into everything, but hes entertaining, i think he will be walking soon!!! its amazing how fast he is growing. he is currently learning to wave bye bye and he trys to say it but it sounds backwards lol i love it! Last but not least hes starting to do little dance moves and he gets a big proud smile on his face, hes alot of fun and it just keeps getting better!!!

my babys first words!!!

so my baby boy just said his first words a week ago and it was mama!!! it was cute i love it! hes getting so big too fast! hes pulling himself up to the furniture and standing its so crazy, i love and hate it at the same time! and he just had his first christmas and new years so that was alot of fun even though he didnt really care about the presents, juts the paper...go figure! it was alot of fun and we are ready to start a new year!!!