There is my sweet smile on my sweet babies face. He just loves taking a ride on the swing! Its funny, since we moved to California we have so many other activities to keep us busy that we have only gone to the park twice! This particular swing was at a park located at our best friends Marci and Ralph's campground. During our regular visits there, we would always find time to walk down to the park.
Now this might be a side of Merrick that you have never seen before. He definitely plays the baby role quite well. This cradle located at the Imagination Station in the kids area holds him perfectly don't you think? ...next to all of the other baby dolls :) He will always be my baby doll.
Merrick loves to be silly, and so does his Daddy! Merrick was all geared up and ready to be my number one helper during our massive garage sale before our move to San Diego. I like to wear an apron to hold the money during a garage sale, and as you can see he insisted on doing the same.
Merrick is a baseball, basketball, football, soccer ball player in the making. This kid has an arm on him like you wouldn't believe. He loved watching his Daddy get all suited up for a game of baseball, and can't wait for the day when he gets suited up as well!
Speaking of balls, here he is balancing a ball on top of a stream of air that is coming out of the black pipe. This kid is in heaven at a science center. He is sooo good at figuring out how things work, and putting things together. You should see this kid with 10 legos...all the different combinations he comes up with. Boy does he have a plan, and its best not to interrupt him right in the middle of making a creation.
Here is our guy with a baseball bat, yes not only does he have an amazing arm, but a swing to go right with it! He was slamming balls out of the park, one after the other! His Great Aunt Diane gave him this baseball set to play with at our going away party. Of course this bat came with us to San Diego, and he is still swinging away!
With Grandpa Tom, notice the baseball in his hand ;)
Merrick was elated to take a ride on the sky ride at Cedar Point just a few days before shoving off on our journey to San Diego. This seriously was the highlight of our visit to CP. So you can imagine how happy Merrick is that Grandma and Grandpa Nevins gave us a gift of season passes to the San Diego Zoo which has a sky ride that is included in the passes! We try to ride it every time we go! We already know he is the ultimate dare devil, so watch out Cedar Point. Give Merrick a few more inches and he'll be dragging Daddy behind him to all of the giant roller coasters!
Now this ride was just plain FUN!
What is his favorite color?? You guessed it- Green! Merrick was so patient. He waited a long time to be able to have his hair sprayed green. I had bought several bottles of different color hair spray on clearance after Halloween last year, and put them away. He pulled them out one day while I was packing wanting to give them a try. I suggested that we could make coloring the kids hair a fun event that we could do the day we leave for California. They all remembered that promise :)
Our first stop on our trip to Cali was to see his cousin Hailey in Tennessee! Merrick was in heaven playing right next her. He wanted to help her with everything, and show her his boyish wisdom. The only problem, she didn't always want help, she wanted to do it herself, her way :) It was so cute to see the dynamic he had with his cousin. I think he still saw her as a baby up until this day, because she was a baby the last time he saw her. He had always called her baby Hailey, which he does no longer. ...so sweet.
There was definitely an adjustment period for little Mr. Merrick regarding the reduction in square footage of home space. For the first few weeks we lived here, Merrick wanted to use the walkway as our porch! Most recently we have adopted the beach as our backyard, which is working out perfectly!
Merrick really enjoyed watching this skateboard competition at our local street fair this summer. Now you should see him on his new skateboard! He is working on doing an alli, and it won't be long before he has it mastered! Sometimes it seems as if the kid has no fear at all!
I believe the highlight of our move for Merrick was gaining his super sweet younger cousin Eva, who lives only a short car drive away! He just loves spending time with her. When we get together, all of the kids fight over who gets to play with her first. Its a pretty cute sight, and it can get ugly :) As you can see, little miss Eva is already looking up to her older cousin ;)
Merrick and his camo coat, got to love it! He loves this jacket, and even though the sleeves are getting too short on him, we continue to fill all of the many pockets up with sand, shells, rocks, sticks, feathers and any other find we pick up at the beach! He takes after his sister Rowan, who loves to collect keepsakes. Well, I guess Kierce does too ;)
This little guy was made for the playing in the sand! Next to building sandcastles, his favorite thing to do with the sand it get covered in it! I can't count how many times this kid got himself buried this summer! Most recently they built a sand wall on the beach that we play on for hours! Thank you sand for the hours of fun you provide for all three of my children! There, I said it!
Yes, Merrick had a pretty sweet mo hawk this summer! When I asked him what hair style he would like me to cut for him, I guess I left the window open for any number of options. The girls and I had a lot fun styling his hair for the season.
Sweet
Now this is the life, relaxing in the hot tub after a very long day of swimming! We were so excited for Merrick when he began swimming without his life vest! Every step I took further away from him in the pool, he continued to swim to me, until one day when I was gone he swam the entire length of the pool for his Dad! We were all so grateful for our pool and hot tub this summer! We spent a good portion of our summer right here swimming up a storm, and now Merrick is on his way to tearing it up with the girls!
At Home Photo Shoot
Yes, Merrick can throw a good fit ;)
Rest assured, he gets lots of loving.
Handsome
Where there is nature, Merrick is in his element. We certainly live in just the right place for this outdoorsman. Now what new adventure awaits us tomorrow?
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