Owen

Our friends Scott and Rachel had a baby and named him Owen.

Christmas Tower 2010

Mercer and Pop built this massive block tower at Grandpa's house the week before Christmas. It contains anywhere between 10 - 10,000 blocks and features lookout perches for Army men, a flag, and amazing feats of balance and strength. Maximum height and stability was achieved by building the tower on an IKEA table and stool.

It was built in Pop's old bedroom, which is now Sophie and Cooper's room. You can see Cooper in the background of some of the shots not caring about any of it.













Here's what eventually happened to the Christmas Tower a few days later. It withstood some close calls, but was no match for Mercer's bat. You'll also notice the short attention span of a 3 year old at the end of the video when Mercer discovers a new toy to play with.

Christmas Eve 2010

Mercer and the gang went over to Aunt Becky's house for a Christmas Eve party and ate roast beast and opened presents. Mercer got Criss Cross Crash from Aunt Becky - something he's been coveting for a long while now. It only half lives up to expectations because it doesn't crash too much. But it's probably because Pop is setting it up wrong.





Then it was back to Grandpa's house for a bath, story time, and a letter to Santa.

Adjusting the manger scene

Angel chimes.



Mercer and Cooper posing with the tree

Listening to Uncle Quinn read 'Twas the Night Before Christmas

Stockings

A note for Santa

Mom and Dad helped Mercer pick out which cookies Santa liked the most.

Blizzard 2010

Grandpa's house in Manchester got slammed with almost 2 feet of snow the night after Christmas. Mercer wanted to help shovel the sidewalk but in reality, he just made more work for Uncle Quinn.







This was the very beginning of the storm. By morning, all of the shoveling work had been covered and drifts were at least waist-high.

Mercer in front of a Christmas tree

This amazing photo comes to us from Scott of "Scott and Rachel and Owen" fame.

Visiting the Hayes house in Brick, NJ

There's a house in Brick, NJ that decorates its yard with famous cartoon characters every year for Christmas. The yard also boasts tons of nutcrackers, snowmen, Santa Clauses, Christmas lights, and oddly, a vintage car. Mercer was very excited to see all of his friends in a holiday setting.