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I apoligize for the sideways video. My sister sent this to me and I can't for the life of me figure out how to rotate it. Oh well...just thought it was funny! :)

Some Saturday...

So it was a busy weekend as usual around here, but lots of fun. Saturday we were able to take Merrick to a petting zoo they had set up at a nearby mall. There were sheep, goats, llamas, rabbits, and ponies. *Not to mention FREE chick-fil-a coupons for Mom and Dad. Yes.* He loved looking at the animals, and even tried to climb in the cage with the rabbits. We thought he might fit in well, but the bunnies may not have appreciated the extra company. We enjoyed the amazing weather and hope you were able to as well! Here are some pictures from our trip to the "zoo".

Also...as I'm getting close to being 7 months along I decided to take some more belly pictures. Here is me and Tirzah Shae! :)

Miss Barron

We've finally decided on a name for *Little Lady Barron*! We are very excited, and have put a lot of thought into the final decision. Her name is going to be...*drum roll please ;)*...

We have done a lot of thinking, listening to my mother rant, saying it to ourselves, and researching different names before we've finally decided. (Just in case...Tirzah is pronounced: TEER-zə, and Shae is pronounced: SHAY) I've read so much about the name Tirzah that I wanted to put some info about it in here also. Billy found some of the Biblical history for me, if you're interested. I also found a verse in Song of Solomon that I love...Song of Solomon 6:4 - You are beautiful as Tirzah, my love, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners. Also, here is an interesting link to Tirzah in Wikipedia. We think it fits our little lady, and are very excited about being able to call her by name now! *Billy and one of my sisters were already calling her that, trying to convince me to decide :)* The only thing we slightly disagreed on was the spelling of her middle name: I liked Shay, Billy liked Shae, neither one of us liked Shea. :) I liked Shae, also, so we finally agreed on that spelling. We hope you love it as much as we do...and if not *ahem...Mom. :)* we're giving you some time to get used to it before she's here. ;) Thanks again for everyone's input on our poll, it was fun. Have a great weekend!

Just some pictures...

Merrick with his balloon from Red Robin, wanting to take a dip in the fountain at the mall. :)

Grandma letting Merrick put his head into the pot with our dinner...Grandpa not so happy about it in the background.
Merrick at his Dr's office, playing in the toy house.

Frogs and Snails...

Mom and Dad got their GoCart fixed this week, and Dad took Merrick for a ride up the driveway and around the field. Merrick couldn't take his eyes off of it, or anything with a steering wheel for that matter. I've been told by several people that Merrick is "all-boy", and I'm sure they're correct. Here's a video of part of his trip around the driveway.

He wasn't very happy with me when it was time to go inside for dinner. This is a picture of Merrick throwing a fit *much to my dismay* in the kitchen floor post-GoCart. :)