Food, Fair, and Football

On Sept. 2, Porter tried his first solids.  He was a little unsure of it at first, but he still gobbled it right up.  It is going to take some practice for him and us.  I think he took about 4 bites, and then we realized it would take all day to feed him all that we had made so we poured it in a bottle and did it the easy way.  Lazy!

Ryan and Kara moved down Labor Day weekend, so my mom was here helping.  It also just happened to be the first BYU football game.  Boy was it a good one!  Hail Mary in the last second of the game for the win!

All ready for game day tomorrow!

Cougar cousins

 

Kyle and Kristen stopped by and we met little Cade for the first time.  He's about a month younger than Porter.  Look at my scrawny kid!

Game day!

Celebrating the big win with some Chik-Fil-A!

Last weekend, I met up with the Schofield's and Tricia for the Utah State Fair.  James had already committed to helping a family moved, so he couldn't make it.  We missed him!  Remember how I'm not very good at being a single parent?!  Thank goodness I had the besties for backup!

Butter sculpture!

Deep fried cookie dough.  It was just as disgusting as it looks.

Little P knows a good thing when he sees it!

We wore this boy out!

That same night was also the first home football game.  Can I just say that I love college football more than most things?!  It was especially enjoyable to not be pregnant this season and smelling ever hot dog in the whole stadium!

There I am as seen from Ryan's seats!

It came down to the wire, but we beat Boise State!

You would have thought we won the Super Bowl!  So fun!

Well, the Cougs can't keep taking these games down to the final minute or I am going to croak!  We are excited for the rest of the season!

August Roundup

Here are a bunch of random pictures from the rest of our adventures in August.

We celebrated the one year mark in our house with a trip to Swig.

James' parents got a ton of pickling cucumbers in their garden this year, so they were so nice to give us a bunch to make into pickles!  Can't wait until November when we can eat them!

JooLin and family came down to meet little Porter as part of their family vacation to Yellowstone.  It was so fun to see them!

Sophie was in heaven having all these new girlfriends.  They were all pretty devastated when they had to leave.

Porter took his first trip to BYU so we could get geared up for football season.  He loved it of course!

That's the face we love the most!

We celebrated James' 34th birthday!!  We sure love him!  Purple cows!!

I surprised James with a trip to Bombay House with some of the fam!  So fun!

We organized our pantry.  It had been on our to do list since moving in.  Only took us a year to get to it!

I realized that I can only flip my tongue one way...right to left.  Can't do it the other way.  So weird!  James can do both ways.  How about you??

I bit weird on my lunch one day and chipped my tooth.  I ended up having to get a filling removed and then refilled.  Half numb lip!

That's about does it for August in the Taylor camp!

4 Months Old

Porter turned 4 months old yesterday.  Time is really flying by!  I both love it and hate it at the same time.  I love it because he is becoming so much fun, but I don't want him to grow up too fast.  I try to make a conscious effort to cherish every day and live in the now.  Here is on his 4 month birthday...

Here are some random pictures throughout the month...

Sometimes he's a Houdini in the night!

He's starting to love his Disney buddies that hang out with him in his crib.

We went swimming for the first time and loved it!

The day after swimming, he woke up around 4am to eat.  I fed him, and he immediately barfed everything up all over the place.  Poor little buddy was sick all day.  He couldn't keep much down and slept a lot, but it was kind of fun to have a snuggly baby for a day!

Sick little guy just fell asleep on the floor.

One Saturday, we freeze dried lots of corn with Brett and Jenny and Randall and Sondra.  Scarlett was so cute and wanted to lay on her blanket by Porter.

Looking so dapper for James' cousin's wedding reception!

I've got this happy face cheering me on while I ride the bike now!

Here are Porter's 4 month stats:
Weight: 12lb 3 oz (2%)
Length: 24.5in (25%)
Head Circumference: 41.61cm (50%)

He's still my scrawny little guy!  The doctor says he is looking healthy and really strong.  He was really impressed with Porter's muscle tone and how well he holds his head up. 

Here are some fun things that have happened in the last month:
Porter has started sleeping unswaddled and he loves it.
He has started rolling all over the place.
He started drinking more and more formula.  I just can't keep up with him.
He grabs for our hands and for toys.
He had his first hair cut.

We love this boy!