THE MERRELL FAMILY: 2010

Okay, we admit that we are TERRIBLE at updating our blog! There, we said it. Now we can get to the fun part. Noah turned 17 months old on August 6th during his 2nd camping trip ever. He really enjoyed himself!! He got to play in the dirt, eat dirt, and wear dirt for 3 days!

Noah is practically running now (while holding onto furniture) but still refuses to walk on his own so his crawling skills are amazing. He is lightning fast and gets into everything.
He is still pretty small, about the average size of a 12 month old, but we are not worried. Actually, if they ever do a re-make of The Wizard of Oz when he's an adult he may be a shoo-in for a munchkin! So we are holding out for that.

Here's a bunch of pics from the last few months. We have been busy!

Bathtime!

In May, we met a group of college friends in Corvallis for a day of disc golf. Actually, the boys played disc golf while the girls pushed strollers and visited.

We managed to get all the kids posed for a picture and none of them were crying! Top (left to right): Elijah Miller, Joseph Johnson. Bottom: Lucia Johnson, Noah.

A couple weeks later we were back in Corvallis for a family trip to see a Oregon State Beavers baseball game. Here we are in the Omaha room in front of the trophies the Beavers won for being National Champions 2 years in a row.

Noah and daddy watching the game. The Beavers won!!

Yet again another baseball game, this time at the Portland Beavers. The Beavers won this game too. Daddy is going to make sure this kid likes baseball!

Noah enjoys hamming it up for the camera.

In June we met with family at Cannon Beach for a few days of sun and relaxation. This was Noah's first experience in sand and he loved it.

Noah with his cousins, Jonathan and Lauren.

Here's the whole family posing for a picture in the house we stayed in.

We met up with some friends at a restaurant for lunch and Noah just loved our friend Georgene so we had to post the picture. He got a kick out of her when she played "drums" with spoons.

We went camping a week ago, which was Noah's 2nd camping trip. Here he is crawling everywhere.

Playing with the wishy-washy game. We had to give him his own set so the adults could get through a game!

A nice clean bath next to the campfire.

That's it for now. Hopefully we will get a post done for Halloween or maybe Christmas!

Noah is already a 1 year old, can you believe it?? We had a huge party on his birthday, Saturday, March 6th, to thank all the wonderful people who helped us out so much last year when he was born. We had a whopping 54 people show up! Thank goodness it was beautiful outside so people could spill out onto the patio.

His pediatrician said Noah is doing amazing though he is still quite small, even for a preemie. He's about the average size of a 7 month old baby. But there are no concerns as he is still progressing nicely. She actually said he was "perfect"! Of course, he's a big flirt when he goes to see her so I think he was fishing for the complement!

People keep saying that bear just keeps shrinking and shrinking! (Pic on the left taken when Noah was a few days old. Pic on the right at 1 year old)

The picture on the left was taken the day we took Noah home from the hospital when he was 6 weeks old. The picture on the right was taken about a month ago. We thought it would be fun to do a comparison picture and it was extra fun because I was able to find the same outfit in a 9 month size!