Summer Fun

Porter has had lots of fun playing with friends and cousins, going to the park, playing in water, and going on a family trip to San Diego Zoo, a train museum, and an airplane museum. 

First Father and Son Campout

Tyson just took Porter on his first Father and Son Camp Out. 
Porter LOVED it. 

Sleep tight, don't let the bugs bite!

Wearing Hats

Porter's new favorite thing to do is wear his hats.  He asks for them as soon as he wakes up in the morning and wears/plays with them all day.

Almost Walking

Porter is getting closer every day to start walking now.  He does really well with help, but hasn't quite figured out his balance enough to give it a go on his own.

Some of his favorite words right now are: Car, Basketball, Baseball, Jesus, and "Ruff, Ruff" (that is what he says for dog).

He loves to be outside as much as he can, and doesn't care if its snowing, raining or sunny.  When it is wet weather outside he doesn't like being covered up either, he loves to feel it on his face.

 

Porter constantly reminds me that some of life's greatest joys are the simple things in life.  

Examples below:

 

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.