We did it! We survived the first year! Porter is more fun than ever! He learns new words almost every day. We are his favorite people in world. He is a full blown walker now, and he's so proud of himself. He is finding his way into all sorts of new mischief. He busy, bright, and the friendliest little guy. He loves to play with other kids and loves to be outside. He makes us laugh every day, and he's starting to get quite the opinion about things. I'm not sure how I feel about that. What would we do without him? I can't imagine life without my little Porter boy!
We started off his birthday with purple cows and waffles.
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| I'd say he was a fan! |
I took a half day at work so Porter and I could do some fun things in the afternoon. Amy, Sophie, and Luke came over to wish Porter a happy birthday and brought him a new book. We spent a few minutes at the park.
After Porter's nap that afternoon, we headed out to Nana and Papa's house. Nana had saved Porter a piece of chocolate cake. He was in heaven! He kept saying, "Mmmmmm, mmmmm, mmmmm!" And he was covered in chocolate afterward!
I love that Porter gets to know all of his grandparents!
James finished work a little early and we headed over to the farm at Thanksgiving Point. Porter was in heaven looking at all the animals. He especially loved the baby chicks. He wanted to climb in and grab them.
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| Nearly lost his finger to the sheep! |
Then we grabbed some dinner, Skyped with my parents, had a birthday cupcake, and opened a present. It was a great day! He even blew out the candle on his cupcake.
We went to the doctor this morning and here are Porter's stats:
Weight: 19lbs 13oz (30%)
Height: 29.3in (30%)
Head: 47.5cm (85%)
The doctor says he is looking great and that the way he acts socially and with his motor skills, he is more like a 15-18 month-old.
Here are few other things going on with Porter in the last month:
- Porter started walking practically overnight. One day he was taking a few steps in between James and I and the next morning he just walked everywhere.
- He folds his hands and tilts his head down when its time for prayer.
- Everytime he eats he says, "mmmmmm".
- He waves and smiles at everyone everywhere we go.
- He loves his binkie during his naps and at night. He sucks on it a few times, rotates it, then sucks on it a few times, and rotates it again.
- He loves cuties and turkey lunch meat.
- He is scared of the vacuum cleaner. He bolts to a different room whenever I turn it on.
- Locks were put on all cabinets that have cleaners or other harmful substances in them.
- He has at least two new teeth coming in.
- He says, "night, night", "ball", "bath", "shoes", "uh-oh", and "amen".
- He's starting to be a little attached to James and I and especially me.
- Since he can walk now, he thinks he can walk down stairs.
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| Prayer face |
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| Some friends in our ward gave us this toy. |
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| Some days are hard! |
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| One day we hiked up to Amy's house. Porter was great! |
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| We bought a keyboard at DI for him to play with.. |
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| Boxed up all the bottles and finished formula! Can I get a hallelujah?! |
I can't even begin to comprehend how it has already been a year since he was born! What a wild, fun-filled, challenging, exciting, full of learning, and blessed year it has been! We thank Heavenly Father every day for sending this little guy to be part of our family! We are humbled by the chance to raise him, teach him, and hopefully prepare him to be the boy and man He needs him to be! We love you, Porter!
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| Here's a picture of me right around my first birthday. Are we twinners or what?! |
