Gobble Gobble!

So we are finally home from our Thanksgiving weekend in St Johns. It was a lot of fun, but very tiring at the same time. Porter decided he wasnt going to sleep...not even nap, which made the trip a little rough on mom and dad. We went up wednesday afternoon and was there through sunday. We made wreaths, played Mafia (and everyone is still alive thank goodness), played white elephant gift, and watched lots of movies. On Thanksgiving day I was able to have the best of both worlds. My parents were in Pinetop all by themselves because all the kids were with the in laws, so they drove up to St. Johns and spent the day with the Lee's. It was so fun to have them there for the day. Porter of course was the main entertainment. That kid is seriously going to have the funnest personality, he is always laughing and making faces. I just love Thanksgiving because it reminds me all that I am grateful for. My husband, my family, my little Porter who bring so much happiness into our lives, for our health, and for the gospel. Kameron and I were just talking about how much joy a child brings into our lives and that we shouldnt have waited so long to have him, and that we cant wait to have another. If every one knew the feeling of being parents, people wouldnt wait to have them. They are the funnest and most rewarding thing in this world. And I am so grateful for the gospel and the opportunity that Kameron and I are able to have an eternal family and that we are sealed for all eternity. And as Kameron said yesterday in the car "We are just so stinkin blessed" and its so true!

We got home about 6pm last night and I for some reason was motivated to start my christmas decorations. I thought that Kameron and I could just get the tree up and I could decorate it today along with all the other christmas stuff...well I was wrong. I know myself better that I shouldnt have even started. Because I worked non stop until it was all done. Its so fun to be in a house this year and be able to use ALL of my christmas decorations, and not have to pick and choose what I want to use, like I had the past couple years in the condo! And its looks absolutely fabulous if I may say so myself. I will have to post pictures of them later. But to go along with all my other decorations, I had my wreath to hang up that Karen, Kamarie and I made this past weekend. Thanks Karen for getting all the stuff! (If you want to see Pictures of them, you will have to visit Kamarie's blog, she is going to post them I think)

So since I have been out of town for almost a week, I havent been able to blog stalk like I usually do, so I had to catch up this morning. Porter was entertaining himself out in the living room in his Jumparoo, but that didnt last long. Since we have been with so many people the past week he has been SUPER spoiled and wants attention non stop. So I took him out of the jumper and put him on the ground with LOTS of toys in hopes to keep him away from my christmas tree. Well I was popping my head around the corner to check on him as I continued to blog stalk every few minutes. Well I guess I got sucked into the computer and realized that I hadnt checked on Porter in about 10 minutes. I can hear him as I walk into the main area of the house....but he is no where to be seen. Not in the kitchen, not in front of the couches where I left him, luckily not by the christmas tree, but in the corner of the living room......
This is a picture of what our living room looks like. Note: in the far left corner is a small table with a lamp on it by the sliding glass door...And I had left Porter in front of the entertainment center in the middle of the room. This is where I find Porter!! Please pay no attention to the dirty curtains...Rex's doggie door is right there and with no landscaping in the back yard...its impossible to keep that corner clean! Hopefully we will have a back yard soon so I can have clean curtains again!!
Notice the dark marks on the legs of the table! They are a result of this.....
So Yucky!! This kid licks EVERYTHING!!! SO anyways, I couldnt help but laugh...the kid isnt even crawling yet, but he is all over the place. I am in BIG trouble.
And this is a picture of my incredibly weird dog Rex watching me blog upside down. What a weirdo!

So that pretty much sums up our Thanksgiving weekend. I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

Finally progress!

Porter is finally sitting up all by himself. He has been for a little while, but usually fell over almost immediately after setting him down. But now he will stay for a long time. We are always having our hands there to catch him if he does fall, but he is getting so good at it. I took these super cute pictures of him finally sitting up now that his belly is starting to get under control. Porter is even handing me his toy in this picture. He wants to crawl very badly, and I would say in the next couple weeks for sure, but his belly has always been so huge that it just gets in the way of him sitting down and crawling he is just airborne...almost like an airplane. But we are making some progress on this new chapter of his life and thought I would share. We are so excited for our little Po-Po!
TIMBER!!!!
YEAH!!! for puzzles!
And last but not least...this is a face he was making every time I would put the spoon in his mouth. He would get all excited and start breathing hard like he does...which resulted in carrots spraying everywhere, but it was pretty funny I had to take a picture. He makes really funny faces all the time. He is definately an animated kid. I already did a blog of his many faces, but he makes new ones every day that I am sure I could do another blog of them easy. Porter is so fun and everyone he meets just loves him...look at that face..how could you not?!

New kicks and a Calling!

I bought some converse shoes for Porter a few months back when I found a lady on Craigs List selling a bunch of boys clothes for super cheap! They were too big at the time...but check'em out! They fit him and are so dang adorable I couldnt help but take a picture. I also found the hat at Once Upon a Child a second hand clothes store for babies, so that we can keep his little head warm at the St Johns football game we are going to tomorrow night. And I have come to the conclusion that Kameron and I are in trouble...girls are going to be knocking down our door for this little Lady Killer! =)

On another topic, tuesday evening I recieved a call from the second counselor in the Bishopric wanting to meet with me last night. Which only means one thing....I got a calling. I guess I could only slip by for so long without getting a calling in such a large ward. I play volleyball every thursday with the primary president...so I should have seen this coming! But she snatched me up and I am now over the CTR 7 class. I have never been in primary, and I am not sure how to teach kids this age. I have only taught Relief Society and Nursery and everyone knows that neither of those classes pay attention. LOL So I am slightly nervous, but I am sure it will be a lot of fun. So if any of you have any advise for me, the more the merrier!! Another thing that makes this calling even funnier....Kameron gets to have Porter EVERY SUNDAY!!! We usually take turns because he likes to fuss for me the whole 3 hours. But Porter is always an angel and perfect for Kameron. And the last words Kameron said to me as I walked out the door to the meeting were "I support you!" And support me he will do. haha. Needless to say I am very excited to start and be part of primary, and learn from the kids...and hopefully teach them a thing or two while I am there.

Who are you?

Hap-BEE Halloween!!

Porter was seriously the cutest little Bumble Bee on his first Halloween! Our good friends Justin, Cara and Chunky Monkey Ryken came out to Maricopa to hand out candy at our ward Trunk Or Treat. We parked next to our other good friends Meagan and Abe. And can you believe it, but I forgot my camera. As soon as Meagan can send me the cute pictures of Porter on his belly in their grass before we left for the church I will post them. But Kameron being the wonderful husband he is went home and got my camera so that I could take some pictures of my own. It was so fun to hand out candy to all the cute little Trick or Treaters! One little boy even hissed for me (he was a dragon, and he said "That is how they talk!") haha.

I didnt know what Porter was going to BEE (pardon the punn) but I found this really cute costume at a Yard Sale for $2. WHAT A BARGAIN!! And it turned out super cute. I hope everyone had as great of a Halloween as we did!
Me and my little BEE
Anyone care for a BEE sandwich?!!
BUZZ BUZZ!!!
Looks like Ryken did a little TOO much Monkeying around!!!
Our busy little Bee all Buzzed out!!!

I am so excited for Halloween next year when I get to take Porter car to car to trick or treat!!! And I have already decided what he is going to be!! I am sad I didnt think of it this year. But next year he will be Elder Lee! C'mon Cara...Porter needs a companion! Elder Buchberger would make a cute one! =) Happy Halloween everyone!