Birthdays

Hooray! We finally bought a new usb cord to upload pictures from our camera. Porter and I have both had birthdays that we haven't been able to share because we lost the old cord.
Porter is officially a 2 year old! You'd never be able to tell... Matt and I took him to a petting zoo and then we did a little party with my family on his actual birthday. He was sooo excited about his birthday cake, which he calls a "happy cake." It's so cute the way he says it so I had to get a video of it. He got to ride a pony at the petting zoo which he loved as well. As soon as Matt put him on it he starts yelling, "Yah! Yah!" He's a regular cowboy!

My birthday was decent. Matt had to work conference all weekend so it was a little lonely. Porter and I just hung at home during the day and then went over to my parents at night. My mom took my sister, Angie, and me out to dinner at IHOP as some recognition of me turning 25. Porter made it especially exciting by taking us each out into the rain to jump in puddles. He would not sit for a second so we each took our turn. I remember seeing wild kids like him before I had my own and thinking how the parents just needed to discipline better. If only it were that easy... FYI, Matt took me out to dinner and a movie on Monday as a belated birthday so we did get to spend some quality time together.

We went to Lake Powell with Matt's family in June. It was nice to be with family but it was an exhausting vacation! Porter wouldn't take his naps and wouldn't get in the water so there was a lot of crying going on from both parents and child. :) Thank heavens for portable dvd players and Signing Time (even though we were all singing the songs in our sleep by the end.) Let's add Grandma to that list as well....
Since Porter wouldn't go in the water himself he liked to sit on the shore and command Matt to jump off the houseboat for his entertainment. It was like watching a king order his jester around.

I really do have a family and we do really do stuff with them but I never have my camera around. Porter and I went to a cabin in Idaho with them over the 4th of July but the camera died from being used at Lake Powell so I didn't get any pics. Real quick, though, it was a much more relaxing vacation but we really missed Daddy. Porter's favorite thing to do was throw rocks off the balcony and play in the sandbox. It was fun but I wouldn't do it again unless Matt could come. It's amazing how long 5 days can be without him!

We went to California for our 4th anniversary so Porter got to see his grandma and pop pop again. He just loves his grandma so much! Mommy meant very little to him that trip. He likes playing "dog pile" which is what he was doing with his cousins in the picture. We went to Matt's cousin's graduation party and danced the night away too.

I also went in for my first appointment and we were able to see the baby. Since I was only 13 weeks we can't be sure what it is but the Dr. said (and I agree) that it looks a lot like a boy!

Porter Movies

Porter has been learning a lot of new animal sounds (my favorite is the werewolf) that I wanted to get a video of. I only got a few since he was in one of his crazed moods. He's nuts. We have also diagnosed him with what seems to be an acute case of glowormaphobia. We can't figure out where that one originated since he's fine with other glowing, musical, animated toys.

Easter 2008

This year we spent Easter Sunday alone since my parents were in Las Vegas but we did go to my sister, Hollie's house on Saturday for a BBQ, an egg hunt and hot tubbing.

Porter has turned into a candy junkie so when he found out that Easter meant getting a whole stash of it to himself, he was pretty pleased. While I was busy doing dishes and couldn't help him with his candy, he took matters into his own hands and gnawed off the heads of his little Peeps since he couldn't get them out of the box himself. It sure is a good thing that Grandpa is a dentist!

A California Thanksgiving

We went to Disneyland during our week long excursion in California for Thanksgiving. Porter got his picture taken with Mickey and Minney which, as you can see, went very well. And since Matt was forced into taking more family pictures he forced himself to enjoy it.

We also went to Sequoia while we were there and stood next to the biggest tree in the world. We visited the animals at the L.A. Zoo as well. Porter was a lot more interested in the animals than when we went to the Hogle Zoo. What a difference 6 months makes! The week went by very fast for all of us. Porter really loved being with Grandma and Pop Pop and misses them already.

2007 Family Pictures

We just had our friend Sunnie take some pics of the fam and wanted to post a few. Matt barely tolerates this once a year so it's kind of a big deal for us to actually have some recent family photos. Sunnie got some cute ones but Porter was being a little party pooper and wouldn't smile. Luckily a family with a little dog showed up towards the end of the shoot (Porter loves dogs) so we were able to get a few smiles out of him.

Porter's First Birthday

Porter is now one year old. He had lots of fun with both grandmas and grandpas there to celebrate with him, along with other family. Jack has been VERY jealous since Porter got new toys and he didn't. He's been stealing stuffed animals and balls that Porter got and pretends they're his. The poor puppy... Porter also loves to play the piano and sometimes he even likes to take baths.

June 14, 2007

This is 8 month old Porter. We went to the zoo for our 3 year anniversary and found out that 8 month olds don't enjoy caged animals as much as an 8 year old might. His favorite part was eating lunch.

Porter also loves reading stories with daddy before bed. I think he really looks up to him.

5 Month Old

Porter is now a five month old. Here are some new pictures of him.

Christmas

We spent Christmas with my family in California and enjoyed the nice summer weather. We even went to the beach and everything. Here's a few Christmas pictures.

Porter's Blessing

We had our son blessed last week and my family came in from California to be there for it. Here are a few pictures of our time together.