Porter Antics - October

We started off October with General Conference.  Porter did pretty well keeping himself entertained through all the sessions, but there are definitely a few talks that James and I are going to have to revisit!

We made him a little fort to play in while we tried to watch.  It lasted about 5 minutes.

My fat-lipped little buddy.  Poor kid face planted on our tile floor.

It is just about the best thing when he moves into a new size of clothes so we can try out new outfits.  This one is my favorite in the 18 month old clothes so far!

Porter's first day of nursery was the Sunday after General Conference.  He did great!  He also wore himself out and fell asleep in his chair eating lunch.  Sweet little buddy!

My little helper in the garden!  "Cheese!"

He loves to walk around the backyard with this pot on his head.

One morning we headed out on a walk and got to see this amazing sunrise.  One of the perks of having a kid who wakes up before the crack of dawn is getting to see the crack of dawn!

James put bubbles in his bath one night and now he asks for them every day.  He loved it!

His favorite "seat" these days.

Porter loves to play the "pano" when we are at "Rara's" house.  He always is most interested in playing it while Hudson is sleeping of course.

Sometimes he rocks the pole dance during bath time.  Those buns!!

He also likes to take his washcloth and tie his "tie" to get ready for church.

One night Porter put every one of his books into his crib.  We put him to bed and then quickly started to hear them all hitting the floor.  This was the scene the next morning.

We love fall around here, especially crunching through all the leaves.

He looks like he's in pain, but he was really saying, "cheese!!"

Like mother, like son!  We had steak one night and introduced Porter to A1 sauce. He licked it right up.  He knows a good thing when he tastes it!

We went to Porter's 18 month doctor visit today.  He weights 23lbs 11oz (40%...up from 25%!!) and 32 inches tall.  His doctor was blown away by how much he talks.  He said it is extremely rare for an 18-month-old and especially a boy to say more than 5-8 words.  Ummmm...what?!  I'm pretty sure he was saying that many 6 months ago.  I would estimate he says around 200 words.  It is so fun to teach him new words things and watch him figure things out.  He teaches me new things all the time.  The other he kept saying, "Pete, Pete, Pete" over and over while we were doing one of his puzzles.  I didn't know what he was talking about.  Come to find out, one of the characters on his puzzle is Pete from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.  Now I know!  We are so head over heels for this kid!