Spray-Lotion Scare

Earlier in the summer I had bought spray lotion for Merrick to use. He is very hard to keep in one spot for very long...so I thought that this would help me get him lotioned-up and out of the house faster if we were going to swim. I didn't plan on him being scared of the spray-on lotion, however. The first time I used it, I was literally chasing him around the house spraying him everything in the house. He has since gotten a little bit more used to the fearsome lotion...but still tries to outrun it. :) Here is a video of Billy trying to get him ready to go down to the beach earlier this morning:

Shhh...

I think Merrick is just a bit confused. I used the *finger over your lips* gesture to tell him to quiet down earlier. Apparently he thought I was giving him the go ahead to pick his nose. :) We gotta work on his understanding of nonverbal communication.

Some Summer

So far this has been an awesome summer. Even though we haven't done much traveling or vacationing, until now: we are on vacation with Austin-Lee's family in the OBX. This week's I Heart Photos Contest is called "My Story in Photos: Summer Edition". So we just wanted to post a little photo story-telling of our trip so far!




Yesterday we road tripped it down to OBX with my sisters...it was quite the interesting trip. Lots of babies crying, sisters singing, sisters yelling, etc. We even got a little loud for Merrick at one point...imagine that! ;) We had a great time though...Abby managed to scare a few other fellow traveler's during a traffic jam. Be afraid: Now that we're here...we really haven't spent much time laying in the sun. More time spent hanging out feeding the kiddos...haha. The vacations of parents of young children are...not always exactly vacations. We are having fun relaxing as a family so far, though. It's great to hang out with all my mom's family...the beach trip is one of our favorite things to look forward to during the year. We're looking forward to getting the hooligans down to the beach for a bit later this afternoon. Prayers would be appreciated. ;)

Scrub a Dub Dub

Early yesterday morning I was rushing around trying to get myself and two kiddos ready to leave for our week at the beach. I hate packing, and packing for 3 was miserable. I was finally getting around to taking a shower, with both hooligans awake this is not an easy task. So I put Tirzah in her carseat in the bathroom, and locked Merrick in there with us. *sigh of relief...so far so good* Merrick was messing around, fighting with me through the shower curtain, having a good old time. All of a sudden, out of nowhere, Merrick is laying flat on his back in the shower. How he got there in a matter of .5 seconds I'm still not sure. He must have just fallen in somehow. :) He freaked out, because water is going right in his face from the shower head. I yanked him up, trying to keep his clothes from being totally soaked, and fling him and gallons of water out of the shower. He wasn't too happy about this, and I'm not too happy about only shaving one leg this morning. :) I had to get out and put his clothes in the dryer so we could leave. Here is Merrick post shower-diving incident:
Merrick can manage to make even the most mundane daily tasks into something that totally ridiculous. :)

Lullaby

Earlier tonight, I was taking a brief pause from packing like mad to hold Tirzah. She is a snuggler, that's for sure, and hasn't taken too kindly to our busy evening. She doesn't like to be put down, unless you happen to sneak away for a second while she's sleeping to give your arms a rest. :) I was also trying to get Merrick ready for bed, so I asked him to help me sing a little song to Tirzah. I caught part of him singing and doing a little dance to help Tirzah get to sleep to. I can tell she appreciates it. ;)