me and daddy

hey, arn't you lucky, two posts from me today!
i just couldn't resist posting this photo i took of him and daddy.

one month!

one month?

where does the time go? all little koa and i have been doing is eat, sleep, eat and sleep some more... well at least he does. i try to sleep but i still feel like i have tons to do... oh well... i'm beginning to understand the power of sleep. i just wish that it wasn't so cold and wet outside... koa and i need to get out of these four walls. maybe we'll go for a drive today when daddy gets home.
i love this photo up top, he looks like his head is an orange on a tooth pick! don't worry, he is very proportioned! and once again, take his cloths off and he stops crying...

he is still such a little guy, but i'm guessing that he gained a pound this last week. yay 8 pounds, we'll see...

my little man is just over three weeks old! i can't believe it, it seems like he has been around a lot longer then that! my how time flies... i love being home with him and staring at him just check out the world. i wonder what he thinks?

he had his first big boy tub this week... i tell you what, this little guy loves being naked...
could this spell trouble?
he also on his tummy time on monday surprised us and rolled over to his back!

he was having a fit earlier this week when he was put in his car seat... we were on our way over to kaseys dad's house and the car suddenly fell silent. when we got to the house and lifted the blanket this is what we found. lights out! he was fussing and moving around so much that his beenie worked it way down over his eyes and mouth... good thing he can breathe out of his mouth!

okay, so nevermind that merrick is almost three weeks old, i just haven't had anytime to get online to post about it... i've been having to much fun being his mother, and
spending time with mine.
lifes been a major whirl these past three weeks and i'm glad that i have been right in the middle of it. merrick wakes me at the same time every night... 12am, 3am and 6am. he is a great eater, cries only when he is gassy, and carries my mothers deep dimples and my fathers butt chin. he falls asleep on his own in his crib, but somehow sneaks out and is found sleeping on dads chest watching hunting.

last night we went to the draper temple open house. it was great... the last open house that i had been too was mt. timpanogos. the draper temple was beautiful! i can't wait til it is open for temple work. i'm glad that my mom was able to come with us and that merrick slept the whole time and only woke as we were walking to the car...

thank you mom for coming out and helping me. i really enjoy when you come to visit. i miss you so much and feel jealous of my siblings that have you everyday. i'm sad that you had to go home today.
i love you.

hello everyone

i finally made it!

my name is
merrick kekoa farmer hendersoni was born tuesday night, december 3oth 2008.
i weighed 6 lbs 15 oz and i am 20 inches long.

my mommy cried when she met me.
i don't think that she thought that she could love a 'little' someone sooo much!

my daddy and mommy were so tired when i got here. they had been at the hospital for 26 hours already. my mommy had to be induced cause i was taking to long.

my sister jordan is really cool too.
she likes to hold me and just giggles the whole time!

well here i am! my mommy said that she will post more pictures later...
and that she is sorry that it took so long to get these up...
her internet wasn't working.

love you all, love merrick

well, he is still in there! only two days left!
any advise? besides the obvious?
i have spent about 3/4 of 2008 pregnant....
they are planning to induce me on the 29th if the little man hasn't come by then...
my mom comes on saturday the 27th... is he holding out til then?
whats up... jordan keeps coming up to the belly and
sharply telling him to come out!
i'm starting to feel like i am doomed to walk the earth pregnant forever.
and kasey will tell you that i am grumpy and hard to share a bed with these last couple weeks... potty breaks...
at work i have started keeping score of the many times i get asked...
'what are you still doing here?'
'have you tried...'
'he looks low'
'he's not here yet?'
'maybe this next storm'
and many more...
i just laugh about it... like everything else during this pregnancy, it just seems entertaining.

baby boy henderson...
just come out and play,
i promise that it's not too cold and that we will have tons of fun!
we are waiting for you!
we love you!
mommy daddy and jordy.

santas letter

we went to visit santa at 'this is the place' and to see the zoo lights. both great! i recommend them both this year!
















one thing i remember about christams as a kid was mom giving betsy and i the sears catalog and us looking at every detail on every single page and then writing it down on our long christmas lists.

so that is why i was shocked to watch jord write hers out this year...
it went like this...

to satna

dear santa,
i watn skates and a pilgram costume
i have bin good
love jordan

thats it??? okay if you say so... ha!
me on the other had... i only have about three things as well...

new camera
new pillows for my bed
the boy already!

whats on your wish list?

family stats

well, now counting down the days...

so i thought that i might share some info with you guys so that
if you would like you could put in your two cents on when you think the little man will get here.

kasey
6 lbs 7 1/2 oz
19 1/2 in
4:45 am wednesday
1 day late

molly
7 lbs 6 oz
19 in
2:02 pm sunday
i think i was late... mom?

jordan
7 lbs 8 oz
12 :53 am saturday
2 days late

so what do you think? any bets?

happy turkey day!

hope everyone enjoyed the fattening festivities!

hey, it's not all me i swear, its the turkey dinner! what do you think of kaseys art work? he thought that it might be a bit inappropriate to put a bulls eye on the turkey but you know that if it wasn't on "the boy" he would have! "the boy" was loving it... as the marker would more across the belly he would roll with it and kick here and there. it was cute! that's how father and son bond these days i guess.

love you all!

sorry once again for the lack of posting...
not much is going on here... just getting stuff together
and trying not to over do it like kasey says i do.

but please can any one tell me if they, when nearing the end, just had a bit of a crying breakdown?
i had one the other night in the tub. the doc said that "the boy" could came anytime now and he would be fine, and that it is normal and that just sort of got to me....
i began thinking of the labor... and wished that i could just twitch my nose and i would be holding "the boy".
then i started thinking about my post prego body... i can't even remember what life was like before the belly. am i going to miss it?
and then there is the getting away with eating anything at anytime... i'm going to miss that.
but one thing that i am looking forward too, sleeping on my belly.
i don't know, "the boy" and i just have this special bond already... even so with the daily hickups... i'm going to miss toting him around like this.

sorry no picture... i'm just rambling today. okay?

1 down 27 to go!

jo lost her first tooth yesterday!she had been bugging kasey for weeks now to pull it out... but it was just not ready. yesterday i think the idea of being all grown up and loosing that first tooth was all she could think about... plus
one whole dollar from the tooth fairy... jo went into the bathroom and soon came running out with the tooth in a peice of toilet paper! she said that she just went in, tugged and it was out!
no blood... she was stoked! so were we!