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.

Little Baby Porter

Here are pictures of the newest addition to our family. His name is Porter Joseph and he was born September 21 at 4:01 p.m., weighed 6 lbs 7 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long.