Family and Friends

Over Easter weekend we visited Curtis' parents in New Mexico. We were able to spend a few days visiting, watching General Conference, and eating delicious food!

Nathan and his daddy sitting on the couch at Grandma and Grandpa Merrill's

Curtis' sister Nikki and her family were able to come up for a bit and Nathan loved playing with his cousins! He tries to fit in and be one of the big kids.

He wanted to play their games...

follow them around...

and just hang out with them!

Nathan enjoyed playing with the many many toys at Grandma and Grandpa's house



He also had his first experience with grass while we were there. He didn't want to touch the grass with his hands because it tickled, so he would do his best to avoid touching it. It was pretty dang amusing!



(Nathan is learning how to clap, and every time he watches the video above and sees himself clapping he will start clapping...too cute!)

He somehow managed to get into a crawling position while on the grass and had a hard time trying to figure out how to sit back up without having to touch the grass...

On our way home from Ramah we stopped by a duckpond (the very duckpond that Curtis used to take girls to in college when he was trying to find out if they were date worthy...)




It was a fun ending to a fun trip. Next time we will have to actually bring some bread to feed the ducks!


The day after we got back Curtis was off to work again, so I decided to drop by and visit my friend Heidi. Nathan loves playing with Heidi's little girl Samantha...but after a while Samantha got a little sick of Nathan following her around and playing with all of her toys. He wouldn't even let Samantha sit with her mommy alone.


Nathan refused to leave her alone and so Samantha had to resort to pushing him away, every time she did Nathan would get the saddest little look on his face...kinda like this:


I hope that Nathan either never gets rejected by a girl when he is older or else he mans up a bit and handles it better than he does now!

We ended up staying for a very long time and poor Nathan was so exhausted, having missed his naps, he ended up just resting his head on the couch for a bit:

When we finally got home I gave Nathan a bottle, but he was so tired he fell asleep eating. It was too cute.



The next day we went to the park with some friends. We got to try out his new Jeep stroller (that's for you dad!), and play on the swings. Nathan loves the swing! He gets so excited on them that he actually doesn't need to be pushed, he pumps his own legs...kinda

So that's what we have been up to lately. Lots of fun with friends and family!