Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Porter Update

I am so many cute picture and videos, and Porter is doing so many cute things, that I had to do another update on him. He just blows me away with his adorableness everyday. Here are some of Porter's favorite things to do. HE LOOOOVES BUGS! I can't even explain how much he loves them. Whenever we are outside, that is the first thing that he looks for. He can search for bugs for hoursI cringe when I see him picking up his 'wildlife', but I have to turn the other way and let him be a boy I guess..haha. I mean, look how proud he looks with the little potato bug he found.
And this day he played with this little lady bug forever!!
Another thing he loves is playing cars and dinosaurs. EVERY morning he wakes up, come in our room and says, "Mamma, Daddy get up. Let's play cars", or "let's play dinosaurs." It is so much fun watching him play. He has such an imagination and is so creative. This particular day, he lined up his dinosaurs all in a circle to read them a story..haha! He is so adorable!


He LOVES water




He loves playing outside, especially at parks. This is favorite park because it has dinosaurs to ride on and lots of sand. He also refuses to ride in the baby swings anymore and has mastered the big swings. I can't believe how fast he is growing and learning.
He loves being creative and doing fun arts and crafts activities. It is so fun to see the fun projects that he comes up with...even if it is getting into my purse and putting on my makeup while I am in the bathroom..haha! Here he is playing with our homemade play dough. He loved it. I found a very simple and awesome recipe for play dough. Let me know if anyone wants it.
And here he is playing with bubble bath paints.
He has a beautiful little voice when he sings, and is the bestest most entertaining dancer any of you have ever seen!

This little guy just cracks me up.


The big news about this post is that Porter is now potty trained except at night. Yippee!! The minute I started being consistent with putting him underwear all the time he did fabulous. He is always so independent and proud when he goes to the potty and washes his hands by himself. He is such a big boy!!!
Porter is such a sweet little boy. A couple of days ago he asked if he could give the prayer. He then put his hands on my head to say the prayer. It was so cute. He must have remembered when Paul had given him a blessing.
Porter has these play glasses. The other day he got them out and put them on. He sat on the couch and said, "now I need a big book". He then went over and got Paul's Physics book from when he was in college. Haha. I guess he knows that smart people wear glasses and read big books..haha! Paul and I were dying. So incredibly cute!!
H Here is a couple more cute pictures of our little Portie.He still rock and cuddles his stuffed animals, and carries around his blankie to snuggle with. He is so good at sharing, and caring about other people's needs. I love how sensitive he is. If I look tired or rest on the couch, he comes over and rubs my cheeks and tells me to rest and close my eyes..how sweet is he!! When I tell him I love him he always says back, "I love you too Mamma." It just melts my heart. He is going to be such a wonderful big brother when our 2nd little guy gets here. He is also such a perfectionist (definitely not from me..lol). We came home from the park the other day, and I kicked off my shoes in the front room. Porter kicked his off, then picked them right up and said, "Mamma..we need to put our shoes away in our rooms." Haha.. the things you learn from a 2 year old. And he is always so good at helping to put his clothes and toys away. I just love this little boy more than words can say. I am so thankful that I am able to stay at home with him and watch him grow and learn. We are so incredibly lucky to have this little bundle of joy in our home. We love you so much Porter.

Friday, August 26, 2011

IT'S A .....


We had our 18 1/2 weeks appointment today and were told that we are having a boy!! YAY!! We are so excited to meet this beautiful little guy!! And how fun to have 2 boys in a row! I am sure they will be the best of friends. It has taken a while for us to get this little boy here and I think he will be one special little boy! It took the doctor a while to figure out that he was a boy because he was completely asleep with his legs together. The doctor had to keep shaking my stomach to make him wake up. He also looks exactly like Porter did on his ultrasound picture and so it will be so much fun to see when he is born, how similar they look. Here's our little guys profile and cute little arm sticking up.
And here he is looking right at us.I feel so blessed to be pregnant and to be a Mom to my little boys! I love this little guy already so much and can't wait for him to join our family! :)

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Bear Lake

2 days after we got back from California, Porter and I ventured for an overnight trip to Bear Lake with some of my family from my Dad's side. Paul wasn't able to get off work to go since he had already had a lot of days off from our trip to California. So that was sad. We missed him a lot, but we were still able to have a lot of fun! Natasha and Colby live in Logan now just about a half hour outside Bear Lake so we picked them up on our way up there and they spent the day with us! It was so much fun hanging out with them. It was so much fun swimming and playing in the sand.

My aunt just bought a new boat (from Ed Smart..haha) and we had fun taking it for rides.
Porter LOVED it. Natasha and Colby even rode the huge tube.

The water was so incredibly choppy and they were flying everywhere! It was hilarious watching them. It looked like so much fun. I will have to make sure and ride it next year when I am not pregnant. Porter wanted to get on so we pretended to ride it for a little while. :-)

Porter loved playing in my aunts camper. He thought it was the neatest thing ever. For dinner we had tin foil dinners...yummy..my favorite!!
Then after dinner we made these delicious treats by the fire called 'cinnamon surprise'. My aunt made them up and they are so yummy!! You get some of those Pillsbury biscuit tubes of dough. You grab a piece of dough and flatten it out a little. You then put some marshmallows in the center of it and some chocolate chips on top of those. Then you roll everything up into a dough ball. You roll your whole ball in cinnamon and sugar and roast it over the fire until golden brown. DELICIOUS! You should try it sometime! :) Here's Porter playing on the cot with the dog while everyone else was roasting marshmallows! :)
That night was Porter's first time ever sleeping in the tent. He fell asleep quickly but didn't sleep so well that night..poor kid. He kept waking up every couple of hours. And then he got up for the day at 6:00. He was a funny boy dancing all around the tent when he woke up..haha, probably lack of sleep. Since everyone was still asleep, we got dressed and headed back down to the beach. It was so relaxing, cool and peaceful in the morning down there. We were the only ones there.


I absolutely love Bear Lake. We have been going every year since I was about 1 years old. It is such a beautiful lake and I have so many fun memories there. So glad I could spend some time with my little guy up there.