Baby Nathan Has Come

Proud father with his son Nathan Matthew Merrell. He was born at 5:32 pm on November 24th, 2008. He weighed 6 lbs 5 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long.





Proud parents after an 11 hour labor, not bad for a first baby.

Mom and Dad visiting their 9th grandchild.

Todd and John, two of Matt's co-workers, stopped by to see the little guy. Todd brought him his first basketball.

Mom and Nathan by his wagon of flowers from Grammy and Papa.

Dad and Nathan by his balloon from Nanna and Grandpa.

Kayla, Will, and Mom visiting Nathan
when he was one day old.

Nathan's first outift. He loved Mom and Dad dressing him. He was vegged out the entire time.

Nathan's ride home, which he was an angel.

Nathan and Dad watching their first Dallas Cowboys game together on Thanksgiving.

Christmas

Christmas is my favorite time of the year. I love the smells, lights, time of giving, and of course family, family, and more family. Because Matt and I are expecting a little one any day now, I told him that we should put up all of our Christmas decorations. Being the kind husband Matt is even though he thinks Christmas should wait until after Thanksgiving, we decorated our Christmas tree. We played our one Christmas cassette over and over and over again. Look at that big belly.

Ice Cream Cake

Matt and I tried to take on the dauting task of making an ice cream cake together. Matt could live on just ice cream cakes alone. Juli, my sister in-law, made this fabulous ice cream cake for all of the January birthdays this year, and Matt really wanted us to make it. It turned out good, but took us a total of 5 hours to make. It was quite the process. It is supposed to be an igloo with penguins and everything, but I just decided to put some sprinkles on the top. It was fun to do it together. We literally dirtied every single dish and silverware that we had.