Em and Josh

Pictures say 1000 words....

2010-09-08T16:41:00.006-06:00

Most recent Family picture. (Sept. 2nd)

Porter

Porter and Grandpa

Lincoln

Our Family

Em & Kids

Mommy and Lincoln

Porter

Lincoln

Daddy and Porter

Lincoln

Porter

Porter and Lincoln the same age. Who is who?

I will get pics

2010-09-04T18:27:00.002-06:00

I don't have much time to write much. I'm not surprised though. I've been super busy with work, and family. Josh started school this last month and he's gone until about 9 every night. It's rough, but so worth it. I would so much rather he do school now while the kids are young.
Lincoln is growing growing growing. He already weighs about 16 lbs. He's almost 5 months old!! It doesn't feel like 5 months. I seriously feel like I just had him. He is just as chunky as Porter was. I was looking at pictures of the boys (which will come soon) and they are identical! It is amazing how alike they are. Lincoln is rolling over and he wants to crawl so bad. He's doing pretty well sleeping through the night. Some nights are better than others. Porter is so smart! He is always asking questions and never stops talking. He is doing well at school and learning so much. I am so glad he is there. I have been super busy with work. I feel like I got back from maternity leave and haven't taken a breath since. We did get NAEYC accredited!!! That was a HUGE HUGE deal for our center and me personally.
Anyway, my kiddos need me. More to come.....later. :)

Porter knows...

2010-05-18T12:12:00.003-06:00

Porter know his letters, numbers, and can write his name. (This picture was the very first time he wrote his name. April 22nd) He is so good at it now. He is getting really good at puzzles and can do 35 pieces by himself. I don't mean to brag, but my kid is really smart.

Porter says funny things

2010-05-18T11:50:00.003-06:00

I just wanted to remember some of the things that Porter has said recently.

Seeing someone parasailing "Wow, they are flying with a tent"

"Puzzle Puzzle comb down your hair"

Putting his one arm in the air "Mommy? That what superman does?"

"That's a good choice mommy. I'm so happy"

There are a million more. I just wish I could remember.....

Some Pictures

2010-05-18T11:15:00.008-06:00

My awesome aunt did a photo shoot for us yesterday. Lincoln turned 5 weeks.

Porter & Lincoln

2010-05-06T14:34:00.004-06:00

Porter says that Lincoln is his best friend. He always says that he loves Lincoln.

Lincoln

2010-04-20T13:47:00.003-06:00

Lincoln Patrick was born on April 12th, 2010. We went in at noon and they put me on Pitocin. 1/2 hour later they broke my water and 1/2 hour later they took me off Pitocin cuz I was going on my own. I had tested positive for Group B and needed to be on the antibiotics for at least 4 hours. They were really worried that I wouldn't even make it the 4 hours. I did get an epidural. I don't know how people do it without. :) I tried to "tough it out" for a little bit, but it really hurts. Labor was REALLY fast. I started pushing with contractions and only went through about 5 contractions and Lincoln was born at 4:45! Lincoln was completely healthy. Not a problem with either one of us. We got to come home Wednesday morning. I think one of my favorite parts about having a baby is 1. The baby and 2. I love watching Josh be so proud. Josh is a FANTASTIC daddy and he is really good at giving both kids all the attention that they need.

Plus saves some time for me. :)

Porter was so cute when he met Lincoln. He wanted to touch every part of him and did. He would name every body part and get so excited that Lincoln had it too. One moment I'll never forget is when Porter pulled Lincoln's hat up a little and said "oh my gosh, he has small brains"! He would constantly compare hand sizes, and of course gave ALOT of kisses.

Funny Story

2010-02-27T14:48:00.002-07:00

Porter and I were in Smiths just getting a couple of quick things for dinner. I really really had to go to the bathroom and decided I couldn't hold it. I told Porter that we needed to look for a bathroom. The whole way to the bathroom Porter was saying "Mommy is poooopy. Needs to go potty." I was kinda laughing, yet embarrassed. Anyway, I couldn't leave Porter to roam, so like any good mom I took him into the stall with me. I gave him the big task of holding my purse. He did great. He held my purse and was just talking about how we were at the store. I went #1 and was turning to flush. Porter had gone to the toilet, looked inside and said "Wow Mommy, Good job. I'm so happy" Getting praise from a potty training 2 year old is the greatest feeling a mom can get while in a public restroom.

Updates

2010-01-01T17:17:00.013-07:00

We had a great holiday season. Christmas was fun. My favorite part of all of Christmas was Porter opening presents. Even if he wasn't the person doing the unwrapping he was totally engaged. He would say "wha-sis-it?" Super cute! He is talking so much. Using sentences and only getting better. He knows colors, shapes, can count to 10 in english and spanish, and is now super super interested in text. He is always asking what something says. He is really into spelling his name. He spells it...P O R T O R. We are really trying to teach him that it's portEr but then he just spells it P O R T E O R. He's a little confused but for a barely 2 year old, I'd say he's one smart kid!

His birthday was fun. We had family over for cake and ice cream. He didn't really understand why there were Mickey decorations and a whole bunch of people there, but he did have fun.

Back to Christmas, Dave, Veancha, and Kairi were able to come out on the 12th and they stayed until the 27th. It was so nice to have them. I loved watching the kids feed off each other. They were teaching each other things and talking to each other the whole time. It was a sad day when they left. We got to have our whole family together this season. Janae got home from China on the 17th. I was so happy to see her. I had missed her so much. She learned so much about herself and had an awesome time teaching in China. My dad didn't have such a great Christmas week. He went in to the ER with intense pain and stayed overnight. Christmas Eve he had surgery to remove infection caused by an abcess bursting. He wasn't able to come home until the 26th so it made Christmas a little wierd not having mom and dad at home. We were able to go visit them in the hospital on Christmas and we celebrated with the family on the 26th. I am just happy that he is okay. Still recovering from surgery, but doing well.

Work has been super busy, with me being management I feel like I live there. I am always working or unfortuatly always thinking about work stuff. I love my job, but am super busy.

I am 24 weeks in 2 days. I am super excited to have another baby. I love being a mommy and nothing else brings me more happiness. I want the baby out. This pregnancy has been a little hard for me. I feel, I don't know the word...guilty for being pregnant. Well, I don't feel guilty one bit, but when I am around people who have lost kids, I can't help feeling like I need to hide my stomach or something. I don't feel like too many people are excited for me. I know people are, My mom, dad and sisters are super excited, as for the rest of my families, they have had a hard year in losing kids. I feel like I try to be sensitive, but it's hard to be excited and talk about pregnancy around them. So, in turn, I feel like I have been hiding my ever increasing (kinda cute) growing tummy. It is so fun for me to feel the baby moving. I love knowing that soon I will have another little boy to bring us joy. At least both me and baby have been healthy. :) I am happy about being pregnant, I've been waiting for a long time to get pregnant. It's been a struggle to get pregnant, and I can't let people being mad at me make me feel any less excited about my baby.

Anyway, the holidays were fun and even better was to have a little bit of time off work. :) I love this time of year, to see family and to eat good food. Play games and relax. Now it's the New Year, which means back to work...and back to trying to fit any type of exercise in...ha ha!

It's a BOY

2010-01-01T17:14:00.002-07:00

We found out that we are having a little BOY! We are super excited. We both wanted a boy but we both swore it was a girl. In the ultrasound, the doc said it was a boy and we both looked up at her and said "are you sure"? Both of us were VERY surprised and excited. I am happy that Porter will have a little buddy to play with.

Grandma Woffinden

2009-11-23T16:43:00.003-07:00

My grandma Woffinden died this last week. She was 95 and lived a GREAT life. She was loved by alot of people. My favorite memory of her was that she always played alot of games. One time I was over at her house playing a game with her. The game we played was where she thought of a number and we had to guess the number and whoever was closest got a small piece of candy. I remember that almost every number she thought of I guessed it right on! She said "How do you keep doing that?" Grandma was pretty competative when it came to games and didn't like losing. :) She is also where I got my love for music. She played the violin for over 70 years and taught herself the piano and organ. Played for years and years and years. Even at 95 she still played in the Chapel at the temple every week. I love her so much. I am not sad, although I will miss her. I am happy that she got to reunite with Grandpa. He's been waiting for her for over 30 years. I sure love her and can't wait to see her again.

Porter's photo shoot

2009-11-23T16:36:00.001-07:00

Cute New Pictures

2009-10-28T17:03:00.001-06:00

Janae

2009-10-28T17:00:00.002-06:00

So Janae has been in China teaching English to Elementary school kids for about 2 1/2 months now. I miss her. I sometimes find myself getting emotional at how much I really do miss my little sister. But then in the other hand, I couldn't be more proud of my sister for what she is doing than what she is doing now. I am so happy to have her be in China doing something that is needed and something that she can learn so much from. I love you Jonesy!

2009-10-28T16:51:00.004-06:00

We went with my parents and siblings to October Fest and then we went to the site where they got all the granite for the Salt Lake Temple. It was alot fun. Cold, but fun.

Karen's Wedding

2009-10-28T16:34:00.004-06:00

Karen's wedding was on Oct. 8th. It was a great day. I was happy and suprised to see that their sealer was Josh and I's sealer. It was really cool. I don't know if it was just pregnancy hormones or whatever but it was a little emotional for me. Just to see my little sister getting married for eternity and making the right choices in her life in order to do that. It was really cool.

We are Pregnant!

2009-08-27T15:59:00.001-06:00

Porter is going to be a big brother. April time. Yay! All the doctor's visits have finally felt worth it!

Just boring stuff

2009-07-22T17:43:00.002-06:00

There hasn't been too much going on in my life. I have been working and working and working. My boss has been out for a week now and still have 2 more days with me being boss. It's harder than I thought. I don't feel like the people at work see me as a boss, which is hard when they don't listen to me or give me attitude. I don't know how to get over it. Oh well.....
No luck on any babies for me yet. I am happy tho. I am not on so much medication, because my body is starting to work again.
Josh is doing good. Really liking working days! I love it!! Porter is my little stud muffin. He is talking ALOT and loves being with family and he loves going to school. He doesn't like nursery so much. But he's a fun little boy that needs a little brother or sister.
Other than the same-ol-same-old that's our life. Not too exciting, but keeping busy!

4th of July weekend

2009-07-06T16:45:00.002-06:00

We had a great holiday. I love this holiday. It's my favorite. I love that there are men and women who are heroes, and that we get to honor them. I'm not saying this just because my husband and brother served in the military but I respect every single person who can choose to defend our country. I think it takes such a strong person to know that they might die defending our freedoms. I love this holiday.

We spent Friday at the Zoo and on Saturday we went to a parade, and had a BBQ and fireworks. It was a super fun and slightly exhausting weekend.

2009-07-06T16:32:00.002-06:00

We are happy and healthy. Josh is working days now, I am SO happy! He likes it, just wishes that the night shift guys were on days too. But he really likes working days. Porter is 19 months! Wow time flies! Everything seems to be falling into place and working out for us. I can't complain.

Dave and Veancha came out this last week. Porter has a new best friend. Kairi and Porter did EVERYTHING together and had to be with each other all the time. Porter is sad she's gone now. Here are some cute pictures.

Going Private

2009-06-25T16:35:00.002-06:00

We are not going to be able to have a public blog anymore. Sadly, I know. If you are still interested in reading about us, send me your email. Mine is emilychristensen5@yahoo.com It will become private June 30th. Sorry for short notice.

New Car!

2009-06-20T21:35:00.002-06:00

I got a new car this last week! Yay! It's a nice nissan xterra. I love it! It's so cute! I'll post pictures later. Veancha get to come this week with Kairi and Dave is coming next week. Porter and Kairi are fast friends. Porter is always waiting to go see Kairi. It's super cute. I love that he has cousins that he likes! I'll also post pictures later of the two of those cute kids!

Promotion

2009-05-16T11:14:00.003-06:00

I got promoted at work. I have been there for almost 3 months. I am now the assistant director. I am really really excited for the job! I know it'll be lots of hard work, but I am ready.

It's been a month

2009-04-30T10:21:00.005-06:00

It's been a month since I have written, actually over a month. I have been super busy with work. I love it. It's hard and exhausting taking care of 8 kids everyday. Porter moved up a class so he isn't in my class anymore. :( Sad day, but it's okay. I know Porter will be just fine and I'm excited for him to be my "big boy".

Josh still loves his job and has been there for over a year already! Man, time flies. He is getting ready for school in the fall, and trying to get everything ready. A new GI bill came out and it applies to him. We may get more help paying for school and books than we thought! Yay!!

As for baby plans...still working on it. My body is starting to work like it should again which means we are hoping to get pregnant soon. We've also been thinking about being Foster parents. We don't know much about it at all, but are seriously thinking about it.

Here are some cute pictures of our little boy and a new one of the fam.

Updates

2009-03-10T11:14:00.002-06:00

I haven't written for a while. Sorry. Things have been going good for us. I started my new job and love it! It's more like a preschool than a daycare. We have to come up with lesson plans and have a curriculum to abide by, even at Porter's age. I am a co-teacher for the 9-18 months. We get to do art projects, discovery tables, we go outside twice a day to play, we do singing and counting, and Porter is loving every minute! His behavior has changed as well, he doesn't whine nearly as much as he did at the other place. I love this new job!
Josh has been working and working! He is wanting to start school in the fall and getting ready for that is alot of work. He needs to take the ACT, which he's been studying for, and get all his military credits transferred....he's a busy man! I am so proud of him though. He is such a great daddy and an even better husband, and such an awesome example. I love him so much.
Porter is a walking machine. He is never still and has a TON of energy! He is starting to say some words (although hard to understand) like......Josh, Jesus, Grandma, Whoa, Wow, and the ones he's been saying for a while now sound even more clear.....Mom, Daddy, Cool....It's awesome to see the growth and love from such a little boy. :)
We are hoping for another baby soon. (no, I'm not pregnant) We are working with the doctor (for me) and hope that we can get pregnant soon. Just started Clomid this week. Hopefully that helps the problems I've been having.
We love our primary job, teaching CTR 6. There are 9 kids who come every week! It's sure a handful, but we love it. We are so happy with our choices in life right now and are mostly happy that we are together.

The lollipop

2009-03-10T11:06:00.003-06:00

Porter loved his lollipop! It was way too big and turned into a drooling mess, but it sure made for good pictures. :)

Cooking

2009-02-27T15:19:00.003-07:00

My mom watched Porter for me the other day. He is in his pj's cuz he had a baby blowout! My mom was cooking and Porter wanted to help. She gave him and apron, a fathers day gift for grandpa from us. He is so adorable!

Happy Birthday Josh

2009-02-08T22:48:00.002-07:00

Josh's birthday was on the 4th! He turned a quarter of a century this year! We had a good day. I gave him a small over night trip to Wendover. The morning of his birthday I made a little treasure hunt for him to find out that on Friday we would go on a little trip just the two of us. His birthday night we had family over for cake and ice cream. I made a cake that was decorated like a quarter. His birthday was fun but I couldn't wait till he could get his present in two days! We had a really good time in Wendover. Josh is amazing at blackjack. He loves playing and would love to have enough money to play the high rolling tables. He started with $40 and walked away with $110! We got a hotel and had a king bed. We decided that those beds are way too big, we probably won't ever get one, you can't snuggle cuz they are so big! It was a fun time to just be alone. Happy Birthday Josh!

Porter is the cutest baby ever!

2009-02-08T21:24:00.009-07:00

Here is a super cute picture of my little guy. I also have a video of him walking. I can't upload it...sorry.

Some things that Porter can do:

says cool, mom, dad, more, hi, and some things we can't understand.

signs please, doggie, touchdown, (working on thank you)

can walk

tries hard to put his shoes "on"

knows what my parents house looks like and loves hanging out with aunts and uncles

very happy baby

gives hugs and kisses when asked

loves to brush his teeth

can dance when asked

destroys all organization in a few seconds flat

and....

my favorite, holds the phone like he is talking to someone saying "hi"

Porter is walking

2009-01-29T22:11:00.002-07:00

Porter has been walking for about 2 weeks now. I have been super busy with alot, but I wanted to tell everyone that my baby is walking! I'll post more later along with a video of the toddler!

Saint George visit

2009-01-11T20:12:00.006-07:00

Josh had a job interview on Friday down in Saint George. Jer and Lacie were so sweet and let us stay with them Thursday and Friday night. I loved getting to know Lacie. She is a really cool person. I hope that we get to be better friends as time goes......I'm so glad that we got time to talk.

Josh did great on his interview. They offered him the job!! He couldn't accept though. They wanted to pay us $5.00 less than what we get now. The guy is a new manager and said he would keep Josh's resume if anything changes. We just feel so good about moving there though. We are hoping that something comes up. We know that the Lord will do whatever he needs to for our family to be able to move there if it's right for us.
I loved seeing little Jac. He is such a cute and always happy baby. Probably the cutest nephew I have. It sure was fun!

Auntie Janae

2009-01-05T22:40:00.003-07:00

Janae got to come home for the holidays. It was really fun to see her for more than just a short weekend. She's grown up so much and I love the person she is becoming. (Jones, I loved you before too). I'm so proud of the choices that she is making and what she is starting to think is important in life is awesome. I look up to my little sister in alot of ways. We love you Janae!! Also....Happy Birthday (on the 8th). :)

New Picture

2009-01-05T22:34:00.002-07:00

We have a new family picture. We just posed real quick, It didn't mean to be so cute....but it is. :)

Christmas time

2008-12-26T21:48:00.008-07:00

We had a great Christmas. We stayed home and had our own christmas until around noon. I gave Josh a guitar. He has been wanting one for a long time. He gave me my long awaited coat rack and an expensive gift card for an expensive store. I got great things with it today. :) We gave Porter a whole bunch of toys. He loved opening the presents. His new word is "cool". All day long was full of little Porter saying cool to everything. Every rip. Every toy. It was really fun to see it!

Then we went to my parents house. We gave them a game that we had a BLAST playing! They gave us all books and a really cool family book. My mom had designed her own book, with our wedding pictures. I love the book! I am so glad that my family lives close and that we can spend holiday's with everyone. Dave and Veancha couldn't make it this year. (I totally understand). I really miss each of them. ALOT! Then we went to Christensens house. We played some guitar hero, gave and got some gifts. They gave us a couple of games and Porter got a nice learning book. They really went over board. :) It sure was fun though. Jer and Lacie were able to come up. I loved seeing them! They are such a cute family. Little Jac is sure a cute boy! We didn't get to play much with him. He's trying to stay healthy for his open heart surgery in a month. But I can't wait till we can give him loves. I wish they lived closer. I really enjoy their company. We also celebrated Cody's birthday. He is the big 21! Christmas day really was a fantastic and busy day.

Workin out

2008-12-15T22:13:00.003-07:00

So I am posting to remind myself how much I really want to lose weight. I gained alot while I was pregnant (because of the preeclampsia). And now, I think it's all turned into fat....Anyway, Josh finally got a gym membership with me. I had a hard time getting anyone to go with me. (At the same gym anyway). It's so much easier to work out with someone even though we don't talk while we run and sweat! Josh and I went today together. It was great. I worked out harder than normal and feel wonderful. I really want to lose the weight but more importantly I want to be healthy. I just gotta keep telling myself that. :)

Porter turns 1!

2008-12-08T19:05:00.004-07:00

It was Porter's birthday on the 5th. I haven't got to posting yet because we have been super sick at our house. We had a really fun party. We just invited family. It was really fun getting ready for the party. We decided on a cowboy theme. We got one of those wall art things (covers like 23 feet of wall, top to bottom) it looked like a desert. I made some western swinging doors out of cardboard. It looked totally cute. Porter loved the cake! It was so cute. Really fun day.

Daddy and Porter reading a new book

This wanted sign was part of our decoration. Everyone got their picture taken. Here is Uncle Colton.

Utah vs. BYU

2008-11-30T14:23:00.002-07:00

We had my family over for the game. I have to say that I am SO happy that Utah won!! It is my and Josh's tradition (since we've been married) to decorate our Christmas tree in the color of who wins this game. The past two years it has been blue. This year it'll be RED!!

Thanksgiving

2008-11-30T14:05:00.005-07:00

We got to go to Josh's side this year for Thanksgiving. We went to Ed and Linda's house. I had a really good time. I didn't take too many pictures, I'm mad about that, but I did get one cute one of me. (Josh got cut out...oops). It was fun to see everyone. They played basketball, had a pie eating contest, and played some flag football. We left a little earlier than everyone else because Porter was too tired. Everyone loved the little man. He was a ham all day. Just being a funny guy.

Here is Ed bringing in the turkey. He deep fried it. Barb and TriciaPat was tired after basketballSuch a sweet picture. Brittany and Dominic

Brandi

What a big boy!

2008-11-18T22:31:00.003-07:00

This picture was too cute! He looks like such a big boy. He is such a silly, fun baby. He is already starting to get a personality of his own. I love it!

Crazy Eights

2008-11-16T18:06:00.003-07:00

8 places I like to eat:
1. Home
2. Olive Garden
3. Ihop
4. My mom's
5. Dell Taco
6. Robintinos
7. Papa Johns
8. Applebees

8 TV shows I like to watch:
1. The Hills
2. The Hills aftershow
3. C.S.I
4. The office
5. Worst Week
6. Americas next top model
7. American idol
8. Extreme Makeover: Home edition

8 things that happened yesterday:
1. Hung Christmas lights
2. Watched UFC
3. Returned jeans
4. Looked at dogs at the Humane society
5. Had families over
6. Cleaned house
7. Dyed my hair (brownish red)
8. Changed Porter (a few times)

8 things I love about fall:
1. Football season
2. Smell
3. Cold weather
4. Leaves
5. Thanksgiving
6. Pumpkin pie
7. BYU vs. Utah (go utes)
8. Jackets

8 things on my wish list:
1. Excersise every day
2. Another baby
3. Get a nissan Titan
4. Have all bills paid off
5. Josh get a raise
6. Porter to walk
7. Happiness for our families
8. A toilet made of solid gold (for you Josh)

8 people that I am tagging:
1. Megan
2. Becca
3. Emily :)
4. Bekah
5. Janae
6. Missy
7. Melissa
8. Anyone who wants to. I can't stop anyone from doing it. :)

Two years married

2008-11-07T19:22:00.002-07:00

Josh and I got married Nov. 9th. It's already been two years! I am so happy that I met Josh. He makes me whole. He and I talked about it the other day and without words, we feel like we help each other reach the potential we know we have. I love him MORE every day! I am so happy that we can be together for eternity. I love him so much.

Cute pix

2008-11-01T14:14:00.001-06:00

I love these pictures.

Porter is almost 11 months

2008-11-01T14:04:00.000-06:00

Porter will turn 11 months old on the 5th! I can't believe it. He is growing so fast. There are a few things that I want to remember about him at this age.

has 5 Teeth and getting more
takes formula but still nursing
can crawl on hands and knees
is starting to Cruise
he gets into everything
whenever he wants to make you happy he will look at you and do touchdown and then clap
he says mommy and daddy
he is a VERY happy baby
he is starting to sleep through the night. (two nights in a row so far)
very interested in dogs....from a distance
opens and closes drawers
play play play is his motto
he does this annoying thing that when he knows that he is in trouble (like when he plays with the DVD player) he will look at you and laugh and then ignore you. It's a little funny, but not good
can drink out of sippy cups
talks/babbles all the time

We love our little man and we are so happy to have him in our lives.

Halloween Fun

2008-11-01T13:58:00.000-06:00

We dressed up this year as Voldemort, Bellatrix and Harry Potter for Halloween this year. Porter made the cutest Potter. Josh had spent weeks on making his costume for Volemort. If you ask me it looks fantastic! It was really creepy.

Snow already...then gone

2008-10-15T15:57:00.000-06:00

This last Sunday we got plastered with snow. Our power was out almost all night and then came on just enough to get ready for church and then was off till we got home from church. It was really COLD! It's already melted though. Crazy weather.

Hunting season

2008-10-15T15:53:00.001-06:00

Josh has started hunting this season. He is really into hunting ducks and has been waiting for weeks to start. I think this is his first year....anyway, he went last Friday and got two ducks! His dad went with him and got one of his own.

Porter learned TOUCHDOWN

2008-10-15T13:11:00.001-06:00

These are some cute videos of Porter. We taught him to make the sign for touchdown. SO cute!

The picture says it all

2008-09-29T23:41:00.000-06:00

Josh and Porter decided to have a relaxing Sunday and watch football together after some vitamin church. This is what happened......

Porter insisted

2008-09-15T00:03:00.001-06:00

I was feeding Porter baby food the other day. He was being such a ham. :) I wanted to try feeding him baby lasagna. He really liked it. Especially after I figured out that he wanted it warmed up a bit. Hey, I am a new mom..... Anyway, he just insisted on feeding himself. I couldn't do anything to get him to eat off the spoon if I were holding it. So, I let him at it. These are the cute pictures I got of him in between me laughing my head off at my little oompa loompa. Needless to say, he really needed a bath.

Camping

2008-08-21T10:45:00.000-06:00

We got to camp with the Christensen side of the family this last weekend. It was really fun. I found a place on the Wyoming-Utah border called Bridger Lake. It was a beautiful lake. Lily pads covered most of the lake with tons of fish! It wasn't too long of a drive, about 2 1/2 hours, but turned cold really fast. The warmest I think it was the whole time had to be only 55 or 60 at most. It was super cold. I'm really glad we packed like we were paranoid. :) We got to use our little 4 man blow up boat. That thing is really great! We did some fishing, although it wasn't much because Porter hates fishing. It was like every time we went Porter started yelling something like "Hey fish! My dad is trying to catch and eat you. So run away!" Fishing was impossible with an 8 month old. :) Pat was the only one who caught a fish. He was pretty excited about that. We got to see Moose up close. Male and Female together. It was AWESOME. Slightly scary since they were only like 50 yards close. But really cool! Porter loved to eat dirt, every time I turned around I had to hurry to wipe dirt out of his mouth. We forgot our snuggle. It's like a little strap-on holder for the baby. Made for babies. So we had to make our own. We just put Porter in a backpack that luckily we brought. It was actually really funny. Allot of our time was spent visiting around the campfire because it was so cold. It was a fantastic trip.

We Moved!!

2008-08-12T11:09:00.001-06:00

We finally moved into our own place last weekend. We found a little place in Bountiful. We sure love it! It's a duplex with two bedrooms and one bathroom. It's so cute! I love that it looks like my own little house. The other duplex is behind us, so it just looks like my house. We take care of the yard too. I can' t tell anyone how much it means to me to have our own place! I love it!!

24th of July

2008-08-12T10:36:00.000-06:00

So much has happened in the time that I haven't posted. We had a family reunion with my dad's side of the family on the 24th of July. My brother and his family were able to come visit from New Orleans. It was awesome. They got sealed this trip too!! It was fabulous. They asked me to hold Kairi during the sealing too. Very sweet. I was really glad that they got to come out. I have actually really started bonding with Veancha. I am glad that we are finally starting to become friends. It's really important to me. They family reunion was really fun. Very hot, but super fun. The whole family was there excluding Blaine and his wife and Joe, and Tracy. But it was really fun. We went to a parade, ate tons of food, played in the yard, and just hung out. It's been a tradition for a long time to go on the 24th to Grandma Martindales and sleep outside and wake up to the sirens of the city.

These are pictures from Dave's sealing. It really was an awesome experience. It just made me glad that I didn't have to wait for it. I mean, that I got married in the temple and that porter was already sealed to us. It sure makes me happy to know that we can be together as husband and wife for forever. Plus the kids. :)

Shotgun Shooting

2008-07-16T22:40:00.000-06:00

Last Saturday we got to go to the west desert and shoot Josh's shotgun. I had a blast! Although it was freakin hot out!! It was Josh, me, Porter and Josh's little brother Colton. We got a whole box of clay disks as our targets. And yes, we used them all. :) We also got ear muffs for Porters little ears. Adult size. He looked so darn cute!

He was asleep for the first part of the shooting but when he did wake up he liked it. Josh is a really good shot. He saw someone online throw 10 disks into the air and shoot them all before it hit the ground. That is his goal. Although he only got a couple. :) He still had fun and now has something to work on. Colton was obsessed with firing at a tree. Up close and personal. He said that he wanted to shoot it down. Crazy boy! I had an awesome time. I have only shot one other shotgun and a pistol. So this was pretty new for me. I love shooting. Nothing takes away stress like shooting into the open air. Since that is where most of my aims ended up. Our shotgun is a semi automatic. So it gets 5 shots in a row if you want. That was my favorite part. Shooting at a target 5 times in a row. Really super fun day!

Swimmin' in the backyard

2008-07-16T21:50:00.000-06:00

The other day Porter and I hung out with a friend. She has a little girl who is almost one year old. It has been super hot the last couple of days, no wait, weeks. We decided to put up the splash pool for the kids. These are some really cute pictures that I took of the kids. McKenna didn't really want to be in for long....but Porter could have stayed all day! He cried when I took him out. It had already been an hour in the pool too!

My shots

2008-07-08T21:09:00.000-06:00

In no way do I claim that I am a photographer or even know anything about it. But I sure love these pictures of the Idaho Falls that I took.

4th of July

2008-07-08T20:44:00.000-06:00

First of all, my thanks to all who have and are now serving in the Military. I am so grateful for my freedom we have and the sacrifice that has given us the freedom. A special thanks to my sweet hubby, my older brother, my father in law, and to all those who I am friends with who are serving.

We had a fantastic holiday. We got to go visit some friends in Idaho and see the fireworks there. We stayed with Will and Emily. I loved seeing Emily. She looks like a model prego. :) I love it. They have such a cute little house. We left around 7 pm Thursday night and didn't get there until like 11! Normally it shouldn't take that long. We decided to GPS the address on our phone. Needless to say that was the first time the GPS had failed us. We were like 12 miles west of their house and finally Josh decided to turn around once we hit the dirt road! Em lives in Firth Idaho. I thought that Firth was a little town out in the boonies, but once again was I surprised! She lives in the middle of NOWHERE! But, I still loved every minute.

We went to the parade Friday morning. It was pretty fun. I saw some people I hadn't seen in a while. It was fun to see them. Porter loved it! We taught him how to wave the flag. So cute. He did get tired though. Totally zonked!

That night we went to the falls for the fireworks. We waited forever. Just took pictures and walked around the green belt a little ways. I loved the fireworks. Josh did too. Porter was so tired from the heat and the long day that he only could enjoy the finale. Then, back to sleep. For what he saw he loved it. :) It was a very hot, and fantastic trip. Josh and I had so much fun! Maybe next year....

Just Life

2008-07-02T21:48:00.000-06:00

Lately I have been so busy with all the little business of life. Not that it's a bad thing, I love to be busy. Porter is growing fast. He wants to crawl, but is still working on figuring out how to do it. He is such a joy and happiness to us. He seems like he is always so happy. I love that. A couple weeks ago I took him to his first time in a public pool. After he got rid of the initial shock of the water....he loved it! I have a little floaty that he sits in with a built in umbrella. It's really nice. It amazes me that he is so smart! He figured out very quickly that if he just kicks his little legs he can move. It was super cute.
Porter is growing teeth! There are two little cute ones on the bottom. I wish there was a chance that I could get a picture of those little things but Porter won't have it! He will just squirm and go in for the painful bite! But they are cute.
I got to go to one of my closest friends wedding. It was wonderful! I just love being in the temple. It is such a beautiful, sacred place. Nothing is better than being there with Josh. I can't wait for Christ to come again if I get to feel that way all the time. :) Cool thing was that Megan and Cory got married in the exact same room Josh and I did!! It was awesome!
My friend Emily is having a little baby girl. I am so so happy for her!! I remember when we would babysit the Gardners together and dream of having our own kids and letting them play together. And that maybe one day we would live next door to each other. Both being homemakers and helping each other out (okay, enough of remember game). I got to go to her baby shower this weekend! I am so happy that she is having a baby! She makes such a cute prego.
I am also starting to plan the camping trip for the Christensen side of the family. I can't wait! I have so much fun with everyone and camping thrown in the mix will be awesome! If anyone has any advice on planning a trip with about 15 people let me know. We are going to Bridger Lake, so any info on that would be awesome!

Jac Danger Christensen

2008-06-18T16:43:00.000-06:00

I have a new nephew! He was actually born on June 11th. He was 7 lbs 2 oz. Super cute little boy. I don't know much about the delivery except that everything was very smooth and healthy for both mommy and baby. One funny story is when Lacie's water broke, Jer didn't know what to do! The first thing that he did was called his dad and said "Lacie's water broke what now?" Pat told him to get the hospital bag and go to the hospital. Isn't it funny what new daddy's do? Jac sure is cute and I can't wait to meet him. And, yes, his name is JAC DANGER!

Need help

2008-06-04T22:57:00.000-06:00

I know that the person that I am writing this about will probably never read this. I have written about this friend before. If you remember she was dating a jerk. Well, she called off the engagement. I am so proud of her. I am so happy that she realizes that he is a jerk. Today he wrote an email. It was his response to her email (if you remember he is overseas). I didn't much understand why she was so upset. I mean, afterall she was the one to call it off. Then I read the email. I am sitting here alone crying myself. It was honestly the nastiest email ever. He was so mean. Using language I don't approve of, calling her a slut, telling her to return the ring to his family, stay out of his life, don't talk to him ever again, and most of all, telling her she is not worth anything and stuff like that. That he has always been faithful and he is overseas and she should be supporting him and stuff. Like he never looked at other girls and that she did this all at the wrong time. I feel so sad for her. I don't know how to console her. I just don't know what to do...

My dad is home from China!

2008-06-03T21:22:00.000-06:00

My dad is almost done with his Masters in Business. Part of his program was going to China to learn about different business approaches and different countries. He had a BLAST! Not only did he learn tons he got to bring home some gifts. The best part of a vacation if you ask me. :) He brought back tons of pictures and books to share. It's so interesting to see and hear about things that go on there. He said that they are so polite and kind. What would America be like if that were the case? One of my favorite stories that he told us what that the little kids wanted their pictures taken with the Americans. They went to this little town, the people were so interested in the Americans that they would just stop and stare. They even stopped traffic by walking through town! He said that he felt like a celebrity. :) The kids of the town just followed them all day long wanting picture after picture. My dad said it had to be at least 50 pictures just with the same kids begging and wanting their picture taken. The kids even cheered to each other after the pic was taken. So cute.
The BEST thing about my dad going to China is that he brought back pearls for us girls. Oh my gosh, how I love my pearls. I guess I have been spoiled because this is my third real string from China. I won't even wear fake ones. :) I don't care about having fake diamonds (no my wedding ring is real) but when it comes to pearls....they better be real baby! I love love love my new light pink beautiful pearls. My dad brought back some ties for the boys. There were so many to choose from. Josh picked 4, Jacob picked like 8, mom sent a couple to Dave, and dad is keeping the rest. So many ties!
Before dad left for China Porter wanted nothing to do with his Grandpa. Sad I know. But now my little guy prefers his Grandpa. So sweet. I am so happy that he got to experience China but I am so glad my daddy is home.

To my Marines

2008-05-29T13:06:00.000-06:00

I know the post is a little late but I wanted to give the Marines in my life some respect on Memorial day. I am so proud to be married to a Marine. Once a Marine, always a Marine. Even though he is out of the Corps, I am so proud of him. I love the fact that he was in the Marine Corps for 5 years. I think it takes someone so special to give their time and effort for something that they know might take their life. He was a spectacular Marine. Fulfilling all his duties and more. He served a year in Japan, 3 years in Colorado, and a year in Twenty nine palms, CA. I am so proud to tell people and to know that my husband is such a great person to give of himself so much to join the Marine Corps. He had an honorable discharge as a Sargent in January with 3 years inactive ready reserve.

I don't know much about my father in laws service in the Marine Corps, but I know that he served for 4 years. He was also a Sargent when he was honorably discharged as well.

Being a Marines wife and learning of all the sacrifice and things that go on in the military and what type of amazing people give of themselves makes me feel honored to have close family ties to such a cause. I am so happy to be in this amazing country and give applause to the people who are serving now and in the past and to those who have lost their lives serving us Americans.

Turned down the offer

2008-05-21T15:18:00.000-06:00

We put an offer on the Condo and they counter offered us. Then we countered them. Playing the offer game stinks. Well, we finally turned them down. They counter offered the first time with a higher price than the asking price!! So obviously we sent it back. The second counter they gave was only about 500 above the asking price. Who does that?! Puts the asking price for advertisement and to get people there to see it. THEN when they offer, bump up the price. I didn't even know that was legal! So, we are still lookin around for some place to live. It's getting so irritating and almost hard on our relationship to live with parents. I love my rents and so does Josh but I think we just need our own space. :)

Dominic turns 1

2008-05-15T14:56:00.000-06:00

Dominic turned 1 year old on April 30. (I know the post is old news, but it's for posterity) We had such a fun party at Jungle Jims in Salt Lake City. It was a fun little place with small amusment rides, and tons of video games.

Brittany did a cute pirate theme and everyone had pirate masks, eye patches and little tresure chests to take home.The tables were decortated so cute and there were balloons everywhere! It was just family and a couple friends who were there. Jasons family, our family, and a few of Brittany's friends and their kids. It was really nice to see everyone. Porter had a good time. When we first got there he just cried and cried. So I took him into the bathroom to see if he needed a diaper change. He just stopped crying. He was just so overwhelmed with the noise and lights, plus everyone saying hi and wanting to hold him. He just needed his mommy to help him get comfortable again.

He was fine after a while. Porter and Josh went on a little airplane ride and the Josh climbed all the way up the jungle jim just to take Porter down the slide. He loved the slide. Just giggled the whole way down. :) They gave Dominic his own little cake with one candle for him to blow out. I love that little kids have no idea how to blow candles out. SO cute! He got a little messy. :)

Porter is growin up

2008-05-15T14:43:00.001-06:00

Here are a few pictures that I had taken last week. I love that his personality shows a little bit. He smiles and giggles all the time. He sure does love his mommy and daddy. I am so happy to have him in my life. What a cute little man!

Finally

2008-05-15T14:37:00.000-06:00

We have been looking at house after house and decided to look at condos. They are cheaper and a little smaller, BUT we aren't going to be throwing our money away at an apartment. Well, today we are signing the offer on a cute little condo in Salt Lake. I can't wait to get into my own place. Decorate in my way. Have our own space. It will be great. I hope that they take the offer. I will for sure be crossing my fingers for a while.....I love the vinyl lettering and want to do that all over the house. I have a few ideas on what I want on the walls, but I am open to tons of ideas!

Need some advice

2008-04-30T20:08:00.000-06:00

My friend is dating the wrong person. He is addicted to porn. I am SURE he isn't faithful. He hates his family. He doesn't want anything to do with the church but my friend says she wants to get married in the temple. She says that he makes her happy, but every time they talk they either fight, or just sit there. She treats her family so poorly whenever he is around or even on the phone. I think she feels obligated to him because he proposed and she said yes. He is all wrong for her. I don't know how to help her get rid of him. Any ideas?

ABC's about my Husband

2008-04-28T21:50:00.000-06:00

This was something cute that one of my friends did. I hope Josh and I can look back at this when we are old and smelly....

A-ATV of choice? Motorcycle, although he almost crashed his dad's

B-Born on? Feb. 4th

C-Cookies or Candy? Candy!

D-Date of Choice when you go out? Well, we are the window shopper type. Just walking around the local walmart hand in hand is nice

E-Essential Item? Hope it's me :) (prob wallet)

F-Favorite Foods? Mashed Potatoes, Calzones, and meat...any type!

G-Gas or Diesel vehicle? Gas but he wants to build his own electric

H-Hobbies? Shooting, SPORTS (anything but soccer), golfing, outdoors

I-Ice Cream Flavor? Chocolate, Vanilla and Strawberry (Neapolitan)

J-Job? X-ray calibration technician at GE (general electric) health care

K-Kids? Porter

L-Last Vacation as a couple? Alone? Our honeymoon to tiny town in Colorado

M-Morning person or night owl? He does work 10pm to 6 am. Night owl!

N-Number of Siblings? 2 sisters and 3 brothers

O-OCD or sloppy? not really either

P-Pet Peeves? People who have attitude problems, and over react

Q-Quiet or Loud? Mostly quiet, except with sports

R-Restaurant? Any Chinese

S-Sports? EVERYTHING but soccer. He is super athletic and loves to play and watch it all.T-Tight wad or spender? Spender mostly, but can save

U-Unknown Fact about him? He knows the craziest trivia questions with allot of things. Mostly sports. Names, places, teams. Even from the older teams. Also, he was an instructor in the Marine Corps for shooting! He is a VERY good shot.

V-Vegetables? Potatoes, Corn, and mini carrots

W-Worst Habit? closing himself off to me when he is frustrated

X-Xtra Curricular activities in high school? Football!! missing class for Wendy's and making up classes with those silly Packets

Y-Your favorite things about him? The way that I am around him. He makes me the person that I know I can and should be. I love that he is such a good daddy. And he always makes me laugh.

Z-Zodiac Sign? Aquarius

I tag anyone who wants to write about their hubby. I would love to read it

Survey

2008-04-28T21:45:00.000-06:00

So, lately with the job change and the "no pay" period that comes with changing jobs I have felt like I should help contribute to the families money situation. It's not terrible, but we need to get the bills paid. So I am into this silly "habit" of actually doing the surveys that are asked to be done on the bottom of the receipts from any store. I know it won't really help us in the next two weeks but I have actually had some fun doing them, and hope that one day.....maybe one day.....I will get rewarded with free money! I know...silly me.

Visit from Dave

2008-04-25T22:19:00.000-06:00

My brother and his wife Veancha came to visit this last weekend. Dave is in the Navy and stationed now in New Orleans. They just moved there and still had all their stuff here in Utah. So, the point of the trip was to pick up their stuff from storage and show the baby off. :) It was am interesting trip. I haven't ever gotten alone with Veancha, just major personality differences and different thinking and opinions on alot of things. Well, I was dreading them even coming for that reason. But, thankfully, Veancha and I actually bonded a little bit. Don't know if it was that we both have babies now, or what. But we really connected and I don't really have hard feelings for her as much anymore. I am so happy that they came and that I could let go of some of those feelings for my family. It's so relieving.

They got to bless their little girl while they were here. It was nice. Dave blessed her at the house with all the family. This is little Kairi belle. Oh my goodness, she is so tiny! She is like 7 ish pounds now and Porter is double her size. It was fun to hold and snuggle her but I am glad I have my little big boy. :)

Hair cut

2008-04-22T22:06:00.000-06:00

I cut my hair like a week ago! Just a silly whim that I just followed through on! I cut it about 11 inches and didn't like the back and I went the next day to complain......so, they cut it another inch and a half! I like it now though. I really miss my long hair, but this is so easy. I will post a better picture soon. It's all I have now.

House Dreams

2008-04-22T22:00:00.000-06:00

We have been looking for a house for a while now. We went to talk to the lender and got all excited about a new house. We can't afford much (since we don't want to be house poor) but having our own place is so important. We feel like renting is a waste of money. Paying for something that will never be yours is silly for us, since we plan on living here for a long time. :) Anyway, we have got the lender and realtor. We spent all last Friday looking at a whole bunch of houses and found the one that we liked. We tried out the ward and totally loved it! Everyone was super nice. So we were going to offer on the house this week. We also wanted to show our parents to see what they thought. Well, we made the appointment with the realtor and......the house was made an offer and they told us they were going to take it! I was so sad. I really liked that house. Josh said something super spiritual and insightful like "well, we know that's not where the lord wanted us." It's true but I was still sad. So, the hunt continues. There are a million houses for sale right now so I am not too worried. :) We are going to look in Magna now (it's super close to where Josh works.....). Wish us luck!

Sr. Prom (for the little sis)

2008-04-19T21:44:00.000-06:00

My sister asked me to do her hair for her Senior Prom today. I thought that I did such a fantastic job! :) She looks so beautiful! She is going with a really nice guy, so I am super happy about that! I have tons more to write about. Cutting my hair almost 12 inches, my brother and his family are in town, and we found a house we want to buy.....so much to come.

NEW JOB!

2008-04-04T22:12:00.000-06:00

Josh got a new job! That is our most exciting news!!! He interviewed with GE (general electric) on Wednesday and they wanted him to come back Thursday morning and have another interview. The Thursday morning interview lasted 15 min. All they did was offer him the job. He will be working at GE health care calibrating the x-ray machines before they are sent out. He will (sadly) be working the night shift. 10 pm to 6 am. It sucks for me but I am so happy to know that he has something that he likes to do, and is good at. Maybe he can move to day shift after a while....who knows. :)

To the Doctor today

2008-04-04T22:04:00.001-06:00

So we went to the Doctor finally! CHIP went through. I am so grateful! The doc checked him out and said if it weren't for the vomiting he would think that he is such a healthy boy! I couldn't believe it! Porter hasn't had blood in his poop for a while, at all, but I did mention that to the doctor. He said to watch the vomiting and then call him in a week. Nothing else! He said it may just be that his reflex is bad. He mentioned that allot of babies don't know how to catch it and that the little "flap" doesn't know how to completely close. But, I guess I'll be watching it. Other than throwing up at least every day, my little guy is so fun and cute. As you can see. :)

Frustration!!

2008-03-27T15:43:00.000-06:00

I am so frustrated with the way things are going right now. I mean, there are many blessings that we have right now too, so I don't want to forget those. Porter has been having blood in his poo since he was born. We took him into the ER when he was 2 weeks old really freaked out about it. They just said that it was probably my milk that was making him have the blood but not to stop breast feeding. They said that I should stay away from milk and cheese and that should help. So, the bleeding had stopped. Then we moved to Utah and Josh got out of the Marine Corps and we didn't have health insurance anymore. He had another episode with lots of blood in his diaper again (at about 2 months old). We didn't take him into the doctor but waited like 2 or 3 days and it went away. Well, lately (like the past 2 weeks) he has been throwing up (like vomit) at least once a day. He has also been acting strange. (trust me, I know him best). It's almost like an hour after each feeding (which is increasing) he has this massive fit! Like something is not digesting or something. You can surely tell that he is in pain. We have been trying to get CHIP ever since his second bleeding episode. They need the dumbest papers and take forever!! Well, last week Porter wasn't keeping anything down all day so I finally just went to the doctor. (without insurance). She said that the vomiting should stop but she is concerned about his bloody diapers. I didn't study his poop before but now I see it, he has been pooping blood all along. Just a little tiny bit in select diapers. Well, the doc tested the diaper for blood and it was positive. So I guess I am so frustrated that my son is obviously sick. He has something wrong with his little tummy. He is in pain. I can't afford to run to Primary Children's for testing that he needs. I call CHIP like everyday and try to explain to them that I need insurance for Porter and that I need the financial help now! I don't know what else to do than to just wait. If anyone has anything to say especially advise, please comment. Hopefully Josh will be getting a good job soon. He has applied to many places and is in an interview now. I just hope that we can get insurance through a job or that CHIP can help us out soon. Thanks for the rave.

Porter

2008-03-21T17:56:00.000-06:00

I really don't have anything to write. These cute pictures I just had to share. This is Josh's hat and sunglasses that Porter is wearing.

Kairi

2008-03-19T19:52:00.000-06:00

Here is one more cute picture of little Kairi. My brother (those who know him) is so excited!!

New Niece

2008-03-19T10:29:00.000-06:00

My brother and his wife had their baby today! She was 6 lbs 13 oz and 19 inches long! Look at that hair! All was well with mom and baby. This is the only picture we have so far and it's from a camera phone, so it's not that great. They named her Kairi Belle White.

Growing up

2008-03-13T22:52:00.000-06:00

I am convinced that the reasons babies grow up so fast is for their mommy. :) It is so fun to see him grow and develop and not be just that cute little blob that you love so much. I love the blob stage and the snuggles I get from it, but I love the starting to smile and recognize things stage. He is starting to know his own body. Like eating his hand for example. :) I love that Porter can hold his head up and look around. He drools alot! Mostly because he blows so many little spit bubbles. :) He focuses on things close and far away. I love all the many cute dimple faced smiles. I love being a mommy.

New shotgun

2008-03-03T16:00:00.000-07:00

Josh just got a new shotgun with our tax money. (this is not his new gun pictured) His new shotgun is semi automatic. I haven't ever shot it. I have only shot his other shotgun, one time. That was our first date, hunting rabbits. He is an amazing shot. Trust me! He used to teach rifle shooting in the Marine Corps. He must be good enough to ask him teach people how to aim and feel good around and about the guns. Hopefully we will be going soon and he can teach me to be super amazing. Then when we go with his brothers, they will all be impressed. I am so happy that my husband has such awesome talents, this is one among many. :)

Friends

2008-03-03T15:26:00.000-07:00

I am just so glad that I have such good friends. There have been friends who have been there through thick and thin. (and I'm not talking about my weight) One of them, Emily, just came to visit me and meet Porter. Em, I love ya! Emily and I have know each other for 10 years! It's more like a sister connection than anything. I was so proud to show my little boy off to her. I can't wait till she has her little lady. (still think it'll be a girl) It was so good to see her and it wasn't even a bit awkward. I am so happy to know that my personality is cool enough to keep friends for over a decade! :) Anyway, I am so grateful for the relationships that we have with our friends.

(That means you too Becca, thanks for scrapbooking with me last week.)

Long day

2008-02-22T00:00:00.000-07:00

Today has been one of the longest and almost worst days ever. Porter has just been super fussy all day long. I think it's because of his shots he got last week. I don't really know though. All he has wanted today is mommy to hold him. He just finally went to sleep and it's midnight!! I have been so frustrated all day long.

I was just rocking him to sleep and I looked down at him and started to cry. Not because of the frustration I have felt but because he is so perfect. I looked at his little fingers, his soft and chubby cheeks, his perfect ears, and his little binki slowly falling out of his mouth. He is my baby. My responsiblity. Heavenly father trusted that I could handle this little precious guy. I got to thinking it is so rewarding that he trusts me enough to be completly relaxed and love me so much that he wants to sleep in my arms. Just that little thought changed my whole attitude about the entire day. Although Porter can't tell me he loves me with words, he does every day by wanting to snuggle his mommy.

Porter's Blessing

2008-02-20T10:17:00.000-07:00

We just had Porter's blessing this last Sunday. The blessing was supposed to be 2 weeks ago but church was cancelled because of the snow!! Crazy. So it was rescheduled for this last week. It was silly because hs outfit didn't even fit anymore. He had grown so much in just the short two weeks. We made him wear it anyway. It wasn't too bad, but you could sure tell that he was too big.

It was so nice to have family with us that day. I am so glad that I married such a worthy guy to be able to bless his family any time he needs. It was short and sweet. Just the way I like it. :)