29 Years Old Again!

I still feel like I'm 29....25 even!  It was the big 3-7 this year though!  It was a great day!  James made me a purple cow before he headed to work.  Porter enjoyed his with this lunch.

 Then that night, Amy watched Porter while James and I went to dinner and movie.  I chose In-N-Out.  It just never disappoints!  We saw Inferno, and it was awesome!

This beauty showed up at my door during the day too.  So lovely!

The next morning I remembered I had a present up in the closet from my parents to open.  Happy Birthday again to me!!

 

Yesterday, we had Amy and Kara and the kids and the Schofield's over to James' parent's house to watch the BYU game.  The game was a snoozer, but it was so fun to have so many of my favorite peeps together to celebrate one more day.  I am one lucky lady!!

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!

Halloween

Halloween is much more fun with a little buddy to celebrate it with!  We had our annual Taylor family Halloween party on the 22nd.  Porter wore the same little bunny costume that I wore when I was 1.

Are we twinners or what?!?

 I just can't get enough of him in this costume!  Come to find out, my grandma made it for me.  I love that it is still around and that Porter could wear it this year!

A bunny sitting on a bunny...his favorite thing in Nana's garden.

Wren was a little lamb.

Jenny made all these amazing costumes for his kids...S was a lion, E was a tiger, N was a black cat, and J was a little cheetah.  We had an entire zoo at our party!

My beautiful niece, Hilary!

The Paperman from the Disney short film called Paperman

 I sure love this family of mine!  Nana and Papa did not disappoint, as usual, with lots of fun Halloween games and a huge spread of treats at the end (thanks, Max!!)

 

 Then on actual Halloween, we took the little P master over to trick-o-treat at Dedo's and then around our little neighborhood.  He had the time of his life getting "canny" from everyone!

 

He could barely lift his loot!

And just for good measure, this video needs to be included.  Porter has been trying to jump lately, but he can't quite figure out how to get both feet off the ground at the same time.  It made for the cutest little bunny hop!