ITS OFFICIAL!!!

well most of you already know that im officially prego with baby # 2!!! im due November 25th, we are very excited to start adding to our little family. merrick turns 2 in may so by the time the baby is born he will be about 2 1/2, i keep telling myself that it will be easy to have a toddler and a newborn when in reality i know it will be work but it will all be worth it. im only 5 weeks right now so i havent had an ultrsound yet, but i go back to the doctor in 4 weeks so we will get to see our new little baby for the first time. we are hoping for a girl, well i am....johnny is back and forth but im ready to buy cute little girl things and have a daughter to bond with, even though merrick is a mamas boy its always fun to have a little girl. but i guess we will just wait and see. i feel good about this pregnancy, now that i know what to excpect so i feel more prepared than the first time, so im excited for that, im not looking forward to the morning sickness and currently my energy level is non exsistent, but it was all worth it the first time and it will the second time! merrick doesnt really understand me when i tryu and tell him that im having a baby and he will have a baby sister or brother but im sure eventually he will. he learning and growing more each month but he will always be my baby :)

UPDATE!

well once again at has taken me a while to update. but heres whats been going on with my little family. merrick is still getting big, hes starting to talk alot more, and most of the time i can get what hes saying. everybody around us are getting ready to have baby number 2, and johnny really wants number 2 to be on the way but i need just alittle more time :) nothing to exciting has been going on with us we are just more and more entertained by merrick and his growing personality. the other night he came running down the hall saying oh no mom, so i went and checked things out and he had strung the roll of TP into the toilet..... luckily he didnt flush it lol. speaking of toilets, iu have been trying to get merrick warmed up to the idea of using the potty. he loves to go and stand on his stool and in front of the potty and say potty and he points but if you ask him if he needs to go potty or if you try and get him to go he just says no and shakes his head. but he did use the potty once and i got all excited and scared him so i have been trying to make him understand that mommy was excited and he was being a big boy. lol hes so funny. lately he likes to do things and clap and say good job and at first it was if he threw his garbage away or something but now its for everything but it makes him happy so we go along with it. aside from all of that we are doing good and staying busy, i cant wait to have this snow gone, it makes me crazy but for now i will just deal with it. well bye for now, when i have something interesting to update then i will do that :)

christmas time 2009!!! happy new year!!!

ok so i havent posted anything for a little bit and i need to continue my metal chasers story but for now its time to update about christmas and new years. this year was blast with merrick he just loves all of his toys!!! he loves them so much that he scatters them all around the house :) but its ok because at least i know that he like them, this year he got a drum set, just a little one, a little tykes basketball hoop, a cars battery powered fourwheeler, an etcha sketch, a light bright, a cars couch, hot wheels cars and a rug that has twisty tracks that he can drive the cars on, a miniature harley davidson and that drives around, a big dump truck and truck with a crane, he got books and puzzles, a parking garage for his little cars, a guitar, and i little broom because he likes to help me sweep and it talks while he sweeps, and he got new clothes, and radio flyer worm that he can ride its really cute. i think thats everything he got from santa, us, and all of the grandmas and grandpas. the holidays were alot of fun for us, and merrick threw hardly any fits so that always makes anyting nice. we also celebrated my grandma and grandpa lunds 50th anniversary and we get a big family picture and then som individual pictures so that was also alot of fun, its always nice to have the whole family together. merrick gave all of the grandmas and granpas specials gifts this year, i found this fun website called personalizationmall.com and i got wooden picture frames and engraved into each one it said I Love and then like for my mom it waas grandma kimi and for johnnys mom and bruce it said grandpa bruce and grandma tammy, and then merricks name was engraved all around the picture, they turned out so cute! me and johnny alos exchanged gifts, i got him a vikings jersey and hat and some other little things and he gave me money in a "tear jerker" card so i could go and buy myself some new clothes and stuff so i was way excited for that!!! so we made a day of it and went to provo to do some shopping! it was alot of fun! johhyn got us a game called battle of the sexes and its not a very fair game, all of the questions about girls are easy and all of the boy questions were like history questions, so it dumb, johnny didnt even know most of the boy questions haha. for new years we went and listened to a local band at chicks and it was alot of fun, they played Johnny Be Good so of course johnny had a blast, but we got to see alot of people we hadnt seen for awhile and bringing in the new year was awsome!!! everything went by so fast and im sure im leaving some stuff out but its time to start a new year with my handsome and loving husband and baby boy, right now my life couldnt be any better, im happy, healthy and loved. Happy New Year everybody make it a good one..... oh yeah PS we are planning a trip to the Bahamas and i cant wait!!!!

METAL CHASERS 2

so last time on metal chasers i told you how it all began and i ended with telling you about the so called treasure johnny had hoped to find in our yard which wasnt treasure at all. haha. after that day in the yard playing with the metal detector and hoping to find valuables buried in our grass, johnny decided to start exploring away from the house. he called up his good friend nick and they headed to the desert to find treasure for sure this time. they headed to the Buthc Cassidy hide out to check out if they could find anything. as i sat home and the hours when by i started thinking maybe they found something. johnny came home later with pockets full of stuff, ass he started to pull everything out there deffinately wasnt treasure but he did find a bullet and and a really old can. i wasnt too impressed. a few days later the headed out to the lake. this time they were really excited because you nver know what people lose in the water. by this time nick had gotten himself a metal detector too! so they were really looking forward to going to the lake. again hours went by and johnny came home and this time he had a happy suprised look on his face like he really found something valuable. he called me into the kitchen and said i found some sort of coin, it was dirty and rusted so we cleaned it off the best we could, and as we are doing this johnny had made phone calls telling people to come and see this coin he had found well as people showed up and the coin got cleaned up it was soon discovered to be none other than a Peso. we all sat there and then laughed. so at this point johnny nick have now found pop cans, loose change, metal junk, and a Peso, oh yeah and the Peso is only worth like not even a dollar. so no treasure yet but maybe next me wee could be in for a suprise!!!

METAL CHASERS

ok so most of you are probably like what the heck is metal chasers? lol well its a long story and im going to share it with you.

it all started with my wonderful adventure minded husband. one football sunday as johnny sat and cheered for his favorite teams to win, (which on football sunday is every team and we watch everygame)...ugh, and i sat and pulled the im bored and hate football face, we got a phone call from my dad and step mom saying that they were going to go out to the desert and they wanted us to go. so i was up for anything just as long as i didnt have to watch anymore football. they took us out to a place that is said to be a hide out of Butch Cassidy's so we took the long hike in the heat and not to meantion a got a hole in my pants from sliding on the rocks :( . on our way back to the truck johnny and nick were looking all over for things that might have been buried or hidden or something. so when we got back to the truck johnny said that he wanted to get a metal detector do he could find valuable things i guess. haha so then later that all he could talk about. well a week goes by and i was home cooking dinner and i noticed that johnny shouldve been home by then so i was wondering what he was up to. well i call him and he says that he got a present for me and him to share, so at this point all i could assume is that if johnny bought it on impulse then it isnt a necessity, and it probably cost alot of money. well as i heard him pull into the drive way i noticed a big box, and he came through the door and low and behold it was a metal detector! of course it was a metal detector, thats all he could talk about. so my assumptions were correct. he quickly opened the box and took it outside, now at this point all that went through my head was what kind of treasure was he expecting to find in the yard? well about and hour later he came in with with some pennies, a couple dimes, a metal heart thing, and some other piece of metal. i of course thought it was funny and this is where it all began.........stay tuned for part 2 of metal chasers!!!

Halloween 2009!

halloween was alot of fun this year! merrick was a pirate, johnny was a doctor and i was a nurse. merrick didnt like wearing his pirate hat so we didnt get very many pictures with it on and he wouldnt let me draw a mustach on him so wehn he fell asleep in the car i secretly drew one on him, it looked so cute! we took merrick trick or treating around to family and of corse later he ate more candy than he ever has but once a year wont hurt! after that we went to the haunted forest to help out friends that were putting it on, johnny was in it scaring poeple and i was making sure everybody paid to get in. it was alot of fun, after that my sister and sister in law were haveing a costume party so my mom watched merrick and we went to the party. that night johnny showed off his "amazing" dance moves for me, i never laughed so hard in my life! we had a blast. me and my sister busted out the old school dance moves and music we always made up dances to, it was so funny, you ahd to be there to get the full effect. there was a girl there that was dressed like a gypsie and she had these bells around her waist and johnny was asking her to teach him her moves so he was copying her and oh my heck what a nerd but it made me laugh, thats girl sure had some interesting dance moves! haha. all in all it was a fun night!

New Words

so my baby boy is growing up so fast its sad! he has been learning more words like, hot dog, and oh no, and his new favorite is oh gosh, its so funny, i dropped some salad out of the fridge and merrick came running in and stared at the salad everywhere and looks and me and says " ooooh gosh" it made me laugh. he loves his books right now and hes getting better with learning new animal sounds. he currently loves to climb on the chairs at the table and sit like a big boy but it makes me crazy because he doesnt pay attention very often so i have to really watch him so he doesnt fall off. he started the terrible twos when he turned one and as he gets closer to 18 months the fits are getting worse!!! yesterday i had to put him in 2 time outs by noon!!! but hes is also very lovey and likes to give kisses. johnny is ready to have baby number 2, and im not ready yet but maybe after merrick turns 2 i will consider it! merrick is just such a handful and looking back i didnt have the most pleasant pregnancy so i deffinately need more time!!! so theres my update!

updating and Tennesee

ok so i havent posted anything for a while so now i am going to update everything that had been going on first off merrick is still growing to fast! his new thing is saying please and thank you and its so stinkin cute i love it. he also loves to dance and sing and of course say hi to everybody he also calls people so if you ever get a weird phone call from me it was probably merrick. lol. he is also learning to eat with a spoon and so far he has done really well its just really messy! he is alot of fun but his fits and tantrums are not! but i love him regardless of course!
johnny went to nashville for his mine rescue national competition this month, i was so jealouse! so we are going to plan a family trip back the and of course make our way to memphis where the one and only Elvis Presley lived! if you dont already know, johnny is a huge Elvis fan! so im excited for that, but in the meantime he brought back some awsome pictures! the resort he stayed at was huge! i forgot how big it was exactly but it was huge! he also went to the BB king blues club and to a restraunt that was in an aquarium, i have pictures of that too!
after johnny got back from Nashville we went camping for Labor Day weekend, it was really hot and there was alot of bees but other than that merrick had a blast in the dirt and riding in the Razor. it was fun to hang out with friends around the fire, but i was deffinately raeady for a shower by the end of the trip!
im going to put a could random photos on here to, one is funny...johnny was weed wacking all of our weeds and it was with this machine thing that is different than a regular weed wacker, but anyways...it would shoot the sticks and stuff up at him so he put on his paint ball mask! he looked like a dork so i took a picture! theres a could pictures of merrick too. one is with his football slippers, one he just looked to cute to not take a picture, and the other, he likes to throw the pillows off the couch on the floor and then lay on them while a plays with toys. its funny and cute so we took a picture of that. so now that you have read the novel i just wrote, im finally done!

Another first hair cut!

ok so merrick already attempted to have one first hair cut but all he let katie cut off was one curl so it didnt really count but the other day i took him because his hair was getting so long! so he got his first hair cut and now he doesnt look like my baby he looks like a little toddler boy, hes so stinkin cute though i love it! he did so good, he didnt cry or anything i was so happy and proud of him!

Fun Day!

so this past weekend was alot of fun for our little family, so i figured i would share it. with this stinkin hot weather you dont want to go outside or stay inside so we decided to go out and do some stuff. we went to the motocross races because our friend ty races and he took 1st and 2nd he did and awsome job! merrick loved watching all of the motorcycles and just kinda hung out in his stroller and enjoyed the ride as we hauled him everywhere, afterward we decided to go to the lake since merrick had never been there, everybody was going to go and it ended up just being me johnny and merrick but it was still alot of fun, i forgot my camera or i would have pictures :( but we took merrick out on his little tube and at first he hated it, but then he warmed up to it and loved it! after that everybody had a big BBQ and we played horse shoes and hung out and visited. it was a very nice day and i love spending time with my little family and our friends...very good weekend.