Merrick has been smiling for a little while now but I kept missing it on camera.  Finally, I got it the other day. He is especially smiley in the mornings and coo’s up quite the conversation too.

Here’s the first of many smiles I’m sure I’ll get

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and here’s Braysen holding him
(when Merrick wasn’t all that happy to start with!)
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and lastly what happened shortly after he was held, MELTDOWN!
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