Grandma Camp 2011

                                                                                                                               07/18/2011

For 4 glorious days and 4 peaceful nights Eve and Jack went on their summer vacation to "GRANDMA CAMP 2011." Since Porter was not the minimum age requirement of 3 years old (Grandma, we need to negotiate this in the future), I got a week of bonding time with him- which I absolutely LOVED!... and some much needed time to catch up on projects, house cleaning and rest! While I was thus in my week long getaway from real life, Kole's mom opted to make her life more stressful by inviting the hurricane force of little kids to invade her house for a week. I know, I know... what was she thinking? And since her personal horde of grandkids is not growing quite as quickly as she hoped ('cus I can only do so much on my own here), she decided to be super ambitious and invite a few "adopted grandkids" too. We all say, "Thanks Deb! You rock!" Eve and Jack had a blast and everyone survived (including the innocent bystanders like Grandpa Dave and Kole's stay-at-home brothers) so I think we can consider it a success and hopefully a YEARLY (huh huh?) tradition. Deb was good enough to take some pictures of the fun and chaos. I'm wondering just how many bonks, bruises and bloody body parts she had to edit out of these pictures before she gave them to me. Obviously I was not there (I'm sure I was lounging somewhere quiet and tidy at the time instead. Can you feel your jealousy bubbling up right about now?) so my lack of first hand knowledge does not allow me to comment on the pictures. But I'm sure you'll get the gist.

                                                                                                                                                    7/19/2011

                                                                           7/20/2011

                                                                                                                        7/21/2011

I'm sure we're all looking forward to next year.

 

Porter is 6 months old today

Time flies by unfairly fast.  Our little Porter is now 6 months old.  It seems like just yesterday that I was holding my teeny 5 lb 10 oz baby boy and now suddenly he is a 6 month old little chunk. He had his 6 month check-up at the doctor yesterday- he now weighs 15 lbs 7 oz (20th percentile), he is 26 1/4 inches (50th percentile) long and his head is 16 1/4 inches round (4th percentile).  I think he has grown faster than my arm muscles and it is getting increasingly harder to lug him around in his car seat.  

He is such a happy, easy going kid.  He is content just to chill as long as he gets to be around everyone.  He doesn't even care about trying to keep up with the other kids... he doesn't seem to want to crawl or start scooting or anything.  He can roll over (but never wants to) and he's getting to be a pretty good sitter but he likes to just lay back and take in all the excitement.  I could tell even before he was born that this was his personality and he seems to be sticking to it.  He still couldn't care less about his solid foods because he's still too much into his "booby snacks"- as they're called in our family.  He is an awesome sleeper- he goes to bed at 9 and sleeps ALL NIGHT LONG until 9:30 in the morning!  Good thing too because a morning child would not survive in our family. 

Waking up from a nap is rough no matter how old you are.

Now, for the change... this is the day he was born...

and July flies right on by

 6/30/2011

Just Porter's natural cuteness.

 7/1/2011

We had a BBQ at a friend's house and then headed up the street a few blocks to watch the fireworks.  I love that we live within walking distance to the University.  It makes it so much easier to go do stuff without having to fight traffic.

 7/2/2011

Hanging out at Grandma Wendy's and finally big enough for the Jump-a-roo.

Grandma bought a swing set and the boys got to set it up.

7/4/2011

Lounging in the backyard hammock.  It can be quite relaxing when the kids are not using it as a swing.

7/4/2011

Sparkle, sparkle, boom and fizzle... that pretty much sums up our fireworks.