Porter's Big Day

Today is my baby boy's 1st Birthday!! I love this guy! He has been so much fun in our family. He has such a peaceful, sweetness to him, everyone can feel it when they are around him and mention it to us, often. He loves to be held, to be sung to, he loves his brother and sister to play with him and make him laugh. He is not a picky eater, which I love because it's impossible to get my other two to eat anything. I am so thankful he is part of our family and here with us. He gives the sweetest looks and the most fulfilling glances of, "I love you, mom." He makes me smile, tear up at the looks he gives me, laugh, love and feel so thankful that we are a family forever. I love you my little Porter Pounder, Happy Birthday, baby boy!!My sister-in-law, Ashley made all three of my kids beanies (sp?) and scarves for their B-days. This is Porter's - they are way cute. Porter pulled his hat off before the camera would snap. Ash did a great job!!

New Do's and stuff . . .

So, it's been a while - I don't feel like catching up right now, so just giving the latest. We got some new do's and wanted to share the pics. Mason LOVES his and always wants to spike it up himself, or get it spiked up. He's a funny kid. Everyone thinks it's great and that it fits his personality so well. Either that or enhances his personality. He's a wild one, but I love him to death. Charly begged for a hair cut. So I took her in - I let her pick everything she wanted - it's not too terribly different, but it's the first time she's had bangs, except for when her hair was growing in when she was a baby.

And to wrap it up, some of my kids finest sleeping moments. Porter does not like to be left alone to sleep. He wants to be held, but I'm trying to break him of that habit - this is how I found him after he whined and whimpered for a few minutes. Porter was being extremely fussy on New Years Eve, we tried everything and could not calm him down. We reverted to a bath and he fell asleep on Dustin's arm.Mason will basically crash anywhere, if he's tired enough. We were busy doing things in the house, cooking, cleaning, what have you and found Mason like this - thankfully his little glass there was only water.
And this is the best, we put the kids to bed the other night and a little while later went in to check on them and found Charly just like this: It was not staged or planned, she is really asleep like this. SO CUTE - funny little kids. It would be so interesting to know their thought processes some times.