Growing

Porter didn't wait long after my last post to start crawling on all fours.  Two days before Christmas he gave it a try, and hasn't stopped since.  In the last couple weeks he has also started pulling himself up, but then gets stuck.  He hasn't figured out how to sit back down after standing up.  He really doesn't like falling down, so he mostly sits there and whine until we will sit him back down.  Won't be long before he's walking though.  He's also started to say some of his first words, "ball" and "uh-oh" are his two favorites though.  He has also started to get his molars in this week.  He's definitely letting more of his personality show with all the growing he is doing.  He lets us know if it is something he does or doesn't want with his so few words.  Lots of fun and lots of laughing we do with him.  He loves to be chased by us as well and thinks its one of the best games.

Porter's 1

Porter wasn't too sure of what to do with his birthday cake, he mostly played in the frosting.  Since he has turned one he has decided he wants to not be quite as passive and to start moving around much quicker than before.  He isn't quite crawling on his hand and knees yet, but he is going to get there soon.  He gets up on his knees often now and will pull himself up to the side of his crib and be on his knees there. 

When the weather was warm enough and the leaves had just fallen, he loved to play in them.  This is one of the fun pictures we were able to get one of the times he was playing.  He's so cute!  I just love his smile :)

Curious Stage

It is so much fun watching Porter develop and learn about the world he is in.  He is so curious about everything and loves to get his cute little hands on whatever he can.  Here is one of the fun pictures of him learning about his surroundings:

Some of the other fun things he is doing right now are:
-He loves to clap his hands.  He get so excited to see people or when he is finished with something he starts to clap his hands and has a great big smile on his face
-Whenever we have a family hug he loves to turn Tyson and my faces together so we kiss, then he will separate our faces and do it again and again.
-He loves to hear how things sounds when he pounds on them or rubs his hands along them.  One of his favorites is to run his fingers up and down the cold air returns he can reach.
-Tyson will record little clips of Porter playing and then Porter will watch those little clips over and over again and giggle at himself and the little sounds he makes.

Summer Fun

This summer we have been very busy with many activities.  Below are just a 

few of the things we have been doing and Porter has been learning.

Porter loves his Johnny Jumper.  

Sometimes he jumps so much he wears himself out and falls asleep in it.

 He is still a very happy baby and just growing really fast!

Porter has learned he can continuously roll so he can get to what he wants.  

This was the first time he found his tub of toys and dumped them all of himself.  

It was very funny, and he was giggling the whole time.

 Hanging out and Granny's house and doing toe touches just because he can.

 Porter loves to kick and splash in the water.  This was his first boating outing.  

He had a lot of fun with his cousins riding on the tub.

Eternal Family

On May 30, 2013 Porter's Adoption was finalized.  We are now "legally" a family

On June 8, 2013 we were sealed as a family in the temple.  We are now an ETERNAL FAMILY!!!

After being sealed in the Temple we went to Tyson's parents house and blessed Porter.  He was a little tired by this time because he had missed a nap. His first tooth had just broke through a couple days before too.

Court Date

We are so excited we were recently notified we finally have a court date set to finalize Porter's Adoption.  After we finalize the adoption in court we will be able to have Porter sealed to us in the Temple and be able to bless him.  So grateful he will finally be able to partake in these wonderful blessings of the Priesthood Power. 

Porter 5 Months

Porter's personality is so much fun!  He LOVES it when Tyson tickles him and plays with him.  He giggles so loud with his Dad and they have so much fun together.  Porter has discovered all the noises he can make with all of the inflections and loves when you repeat his sounds back to him.  It is hard to capture all of what is so fun about him in pictures, but here is my attempt to capture some of it.  He always get distracted when we pull a camera out too, so the smile he had on his face managers to disappear by the time the photo is taken.

 

He loves to snuggle with his blankets when he sleeps

He also thinks he is getting big enough to hold his own bottle (this only lasts for about 2 seconds)