'one tough kasey'

so the other day kasey was over at his friends house putting polymer on the bottom of his airboat when the electric block plane kicked back and 'swallowed' his finger. this is what it looked like after the doctor stitched it up... 18 stitches!

it pretty much ran up his finger, ripped the nail off and left it looking like a canoe! there was blood splatter on the garage wall and blood all over kasey's shoes and shorts. the man never cried or yelled... i think there was a few cuss words thrown out there though... after he got done with the doctors he went back the finish the boat...

merricks 6 months stats

weight 15lbs 5 oz (10%)

length 27.5 in (79%)

head 43 cm (22%)

my fella is growing fast! he is sitting by himself... very talkative (mam, dada)... always smiling... loves tub time and sitting in his pool. is a great sleeper with the aid of his passy. oh and is trying to push out his first two teeth! i'm so in love with my guy. i wish that i could be with him all the time!

these shots yesterday made him a bit sick though. this morning he woke up with a fever of 102.5 but we were able to get it down with some tylenol. when i last checked him he was 101.4... i hope that he starts feeling better. at least this afternoon he ate. i will say though that it was fun to stay home with him and nap. i love my cuddly guy, he wouldn't sleep today unless he could have his had on me... once i moved he was up.

i love this fella.

xoxo mommy

we've been busy!

sorry we have been busy... we have had some visitors!

my sister betsy, kris and little niki came to stay for just over a week.

it was so fun! i miss being able to hang out with my sister, so it was nice to have her and company here for a bit!we did so much stuff...boondocks... oquirrh mountain temple... the zoo sunday afternoon for a few hours... it was fun... but so hot. we thought that we would get there early to beat the crowd and the heat... but still got both...

on the way out we found a hose over by the camels and kasey started hosing us... until someone cried.

we also had the chance to hangout with these two handsome devils... rockwell and ezra my cousin amy's twins. man they have grown up fast! i better enjoy my pint size fella while he is still small... soon he will be crawling and that is a whole new exercise for me!

thanks again mitch and amy for letting us come over to see you guys! we had tons of fun... we should get together again soon!

it was fun to have the kosi's here for the fourth... we had a bbq (kris did carne ascada ) with ben and janzell tutor... we walked over to sugarhouse park to watch the fireworks... and then came home and played settlers of catan (geeky i know... but seriously addicting!)

i love this little munchkin! i love it when she yells auntie from the back of the car... slaps your butt as she walks by... splashes water at the dogs off the deck so that they jump high to try and catch it in their mouths... plays with dora on the floor and thinks that merrick is going to take her toys while laying on his belly three feet away (gogo gadget arms!)... and i love her laugh... singing... and her pickle breath.

miss you guys tons!

and we hope everyone had a great fourth of july!

michael jackson 1958-2009

totally bummed yesterday... the power was out at my house so i had no idea until my mom called me crying... the girls in the moffat family really like this guy and his music. i remember i cleaned the whole house once to earn his 'history' album. i remember standing in line for over 4 hours, with my mom and betsy, to buy tickets to his history concert on new years day... which was the most amazing concerts i have ever been too! we came home with shirts, pins, posters and even a book.

i mean really, who didn't know the lyrics to his songs, the moves to thriller or smooth criminal? come on, this guy had talent... he is the king of pop!

dear kasey,

what kind of wife would i be if i didn't embarrass you on fathers day!

happy fathers day to this guy...

this kid who grew up fishing and hunting...
picking on his brother and sister...
playing on the train tracks...
hanging out with his grandpa...
playing fetch with his dogs tinkerbell and racey kaseys classie cassie...
playing football & soccer & swam

this guy that knows how to do
tile work...
framing...
dry wall...
plumbing...
electrical...
carpentry...
and loves his lawn!
this guy that grew up and married me...
this guy who is a wonderful husband and father...
this guy that is a hard worker and very talanted...
who i am still trying to get out surfing but can't cause he is affraid of sharks...
to a guy that is planning on going to the temple this year...

i love you.

sorry you are stuck with us forever... no if's, and's or but's!

to this guy... who got one of these this year from us...

we love you daddy... we are the reason you get a fathers day!

to my pops...

happy fathers day!

kona,hi 2004

happy fathers day to a guy that is passionate about his family, books, religion and surfing.

a pop that i can turn to for any type of advise. someone that in his... well my old age... has become very interesting. it's amazing how much he knows! to a pops that always took us hiking, camping, surfing, snorkling, traveling...

there is no other guy that could have done a better job with us kids than this guy! thank you pops for all that you have done. for raising us in hawaii and raising us in the gospel...

love you

laie,hi 1984

the best kind of food

is that kind that is all over your face!

is it snot or is it bananas? we'll never know...

even his clothes look like they were gettin some!

merrick loves to hold the spoon when we are done... he continues to feed himself and sucking on it and then drops it as if to say he's full.

now that, i think is snot... yum,
we just got rid of our snotty nose this weekend... sooo happy!

hi friends, merrick here...

just wanted to say hi! it's so much fun being me...

i love to eat... everything! but peas... me no likey. my favorite is prunes, carrots and sweet potatoes.

i love being on my tummy and now doing push ups. mom and dad cheer me on and sing 'in the army now'...

i sat by myself today... it only lasted about 10 seconds before i fell over, but i did it!

and i hold my own bottle now while i am laying on my back.

i love to laugh and go for walks and watchin the other kids run and play.

until next time, love you all, kekoa

growing fast

so lately fella has been so into watching us. watching how we pick stuff up, how we eat... it is amazing... i bet the wheels in his mind are going a mile an hour. i think that is great! he loves to watch his hands, grab things around him, and watch simpsons and for those in utah that watch fox 13 news, kerri cronk. it is hard to feed him when she is on... he loses all focus!

he loves to spend time on his belly lately and has figured out how to pull his knees up under him... i think that i am going to have to baby proof fairly soon here!

he still has to be bundled at night... we tried with out but he put up a fight... and i found that he sleeps better if i take him out side for even a couple minutes right before i put him down... it is his time to feel the breeze, listen to the birds chirping, watch the sprinklers and pat the dogs on their heads.

fella is seriously all laughs! he will even just lay and laugh at the movements he makes with his own hands. last night we had him going for about 5 minutes straight all kasey was doing was moving his stuffed animal back and forth. i love my fella... like kasey said last night, you could have the worst day but he makes it all better. everything is worth it. i think that is true for everyone!

daddy's little cheese-head

"future hall of famer"-daddy

the note

so i got this note from jordan...

it reads:

'I do not want to go to church tomorrow,

but i love you anyway.'

so i don't know, maybe i don't remember being six, or maybe i thought that i would not have to go through this until age 16...

but...

what do you do when your six year old gives you a note like this...

me, i laughed.

i thought that it was pretty clever...

but ended up telling her

'sorry, the dogs don't make good babysitters'

that's an easy one... she hates the dogs.

what would you do? what do you say to a kid that doesn't want to go to church?

yum yum

i eat banana's! and i love them!
i sit one my moms lap somtimes while she eats and i have been totally interested in what she has been eating. i stick my hands in her food and pull the plate to me... i think that she didn't really want to share her big people food with me so she got me this really yummy stuff called bananas and some other stuff called rice cereal! yum! i'm going to try applesauce next mmmmm!