Like father, like son...

We have been having really crummy weather here in Oregon, but we got lucky with a couple very nice days last weekend. We took advantage of this nice weather. I think Porter only came inside the entire weekend to eat and sleep! Dad and Uncle Tim were playing football on one of these nice days and Porter thought it would be fun to join in (he loves balls). He would stand right in front of Brandon and wait patiently until Brandon would give him the ball (he can't catch it yet) and then he would throw it back to Brandon. One of the times Porter had the football, he tripped over it and got high-centered on the ball! It was the funniest thing I saw all week! Then Brandon decided to teach Porter how to hike the ball. We will have to get a smaller football for Porter if he wants to learn how to hike!

Easter 2008

Porter really got the hang of Easter Egg Hunts. We took him to a community Easter egg hunt on Saturday. We had one at our house on Sunday, and then Grandma and Grandpa Hoopes had one at their house! He loved to pick up an egg and open it up, but he didn't ever want to put his eggs in the basket. He was content with whatever he had in his hands!

Exciting News!

It is true. Porter is going to be a big brother and we are adding on to our family! The blessed event will take place around the beginning of November. I told Porter he has a lot of growing up to do from now until then!

Let them eat cake!

Porter did not know what to think of us putting a whole cake in front of him. We actually had to urge him to eat it! Brandon wanted to stick Porter's whole face in it! I wouldn't let him! Porter finally thought it was a yummy thing to eat!

Porter's 1st Birthday!!!

We had a blast at Porter's Birthday party. It was fun to have friends and family join in the celebration. I don't know how excited Porter was about opening his presents. He just enjoyed all of the attention he got!

ABC's

We're going to make sure that Porter learns his ABC's anyway he can!

Christmas Morning

Christmas is a lot more fun when you have kids that get so excited. Porter didn't know what to think at first, but he saw some of the toys Santa had brought him, and he liked playing with them. When it was time to unwrap presents, I think he had more fun playing with the wrapping paper and the boxes, than the actual gifts! Porter got his first taste of a chocolate bar. I think he thought it was good!

Porter didn't know what to think of all of the snow! This was his first time to see the white stuff.

Christmas Vacation

This year was our year to have Christmas in Utah with my side of the family. That meant driving for about 12 hours! We were worried how Porter would do in the car, but he was a gem! He made the travel easy on us. We are so lucky to have him!

Picking the perfect Christmas card picture

Some pictures had too much sun in the face... Some pictures had too much brown wall in the background... One was almost perfect with the rock wall but Porter didn't want to look up this time... Finally... We think we got the perfect one.

Our Musical Boy

Porter playing the keyboard...while standing on mommy's violin. He loves making his own music. Already musically talented...at least in our eyes.

Porter's First Halloween

Anyone that knows Porter, knows that he is a little monkey. He just goes, goes, goes! So we decided to make him a monkey for Halloween!

Our Little Pumpkin

Pumpkin Carvin'

Porter was not sure about the OOOEY GOOEY mess. The final result..... Can you see the resemblance between Porter and the pumpkin... It's gotta be the two teeth.

Pumpkin Pickin"

We went to the Rolof Farm (from Little People, Big World) and picked our favorite pumpkins. We even saw some of the little people. Porter even picked his very own pumpkin. TOO MUCH FUN!