I have feet!

This may be a more exciting discovery than his hands--or maybe he just laughs more now.  Whatever the case, he is enjoying them.

La Cocina!

The mexican restaurant we are loyal to has been mostly Harden-less since Porter was born.  We went when Porter was about 2 weeks old, and again without Porter several months ago, but that's about it.  We used to go at least once a week, but usually more.  Our mexican night group got together again last night.  Now we have to have a table for 9 instead of 6.  Morgan is considered a regular, but Jennings and Porter are newbies....

Jared and Porter.

Porter and Jennings.

Morgan enjoying his "Mexican" french fries.

Daran and Morgan.

Sissy and Jennings.

Exersaucer time

Porter's really started to figure this thing out.  He turns around and around touching all the toys, and trying to see how they work.  He looks at the little things hanging, but until yesterday he couldn't figure out how to grab them.  He always tries while I am putting him in it because then they are right in front of his face, but once he's in there he doesn't seem to see them.  Yesterday he started to see them and was reaching for them.  Here are some pictures.....

Fairhope Earth Day

Saturday morning we went to the Fairhope Pier for their Earth Day Celebration.  It was just an excuse to get out of the house and stroll.  They had lots of Earth friendly boothes that we didn't really care much about.  We did have fun walking around, and the weather was really nice.  It took us about 15 minutes to cover everything there, so then we went up the hill to downtown Fairhope and walked around there for about an hour.  Porter slept through most of that.

Honk Honk!!

Porter found Jared's nose.  His new favorite game is grabbing your face.

Vicki Stuff

Here is the latest Vicki creation.  These are his 3 month portraits.  He was actually almost 4 months old when they were taken though.   I can't wait to actually get the real thing.   We are going to get a few more individual pictures too.

"Off-roading"

Porter went for a ride in his jogging stroller this morning while I was at work.  Apparently he likes going off-road, and laughed whenever Jared went off the pavement.  It might be his new favorite activity....  He slept for 4 hours when they got home!

I can roll over!

It's about time!  We found him rolled over Saturday morning when we went to get him out of bed.   He's doing it all the time now.  We no longer have a stationery baby.....

His other new trick is  to "motorboat."  He does it constantly.  We have tried multiple times to get his picture when he's doing it, but as soon as you put a camera in his face, he does this.....

Just stops and stares at you....

Skydiving Practice

Porter would be the captain of the FBC Daycare Skydiving Team if such an organization existed.  That's what he looks like he is doing every time you put him on his tummy to play.  We've been trying to get him to roll over, but he would just rather skydive.  Like so.....

And then he sees his hand, and remembers how cool they are to look at.....

Tonight he actually made several good attempts, and got rolled over on his side before he rolled back onto his tummy.  This is the best I could do for an action shot....
And this is what he looks like right before he's decided he has had enough tummy time for the night....

Easter Weekend

This was a much needed weekend off and away for me. I've been working a pretty random schedule for the last little while at work, and last week I worked a week of nights to end it all. I don't do well with working nights--to put it mildly. Any extended period working nights calls for medication. So Friday morning when I got home I was very excited and ready for the weekend. This is what I came home to.....
Porter always migrates to this corner of the bed. It doesn't matter where you put him in the bed, he will end up here. We've started him with his feet touching the other end, but it doesn't matter. And Thursday night, we had an escapee arm.....
He played in his exersaucer while I packed his stuff. He has started to figure the thing out, but this is the only toy he plays with right now.

He had to visit the ducks when we got home. They've grown so much since last weekend. I don't think he really cared about them one way or the other. He was staring off into space most of the time. We just put the duck in front of where he was looking to make it look like he was looking at the duck.
Saturday morning we took Porter, Catherine, and Caroline to the Easter Parade and Easter Egg Hunt at FBC.



And Saturday afternoon, Porter "swam" in the hot tub at Nana and Papa's. I think he enjoyed it. He didn't cry, so I count it. He will probably enjoy it more when he can float in one of the little baby boats. He can't quite sit up well enough to handle that yet.


The Easter Bunny came. Porter was still a little sleepy and trying to wake up. He got 2 outfits, a bib, a crayon holder and crayons, sunglasses, and lots of chocolate (I worked a deal with the Easter Bunny).

He looked very handsome in his Easter man-suit. It's very masculine and shows off his muscles. (His Daddy was worried about gender identity issues--he doesn't even know what we could have dressed him in.....)

This little piggy

Porter's been a little unpredictable lately with his eating and sleeping habits. Like, not eating or sleeping. This evening I guess he finally got hungry. He ate a whole bowl of cereal, a jar of prunes (should be fun later), and drank a 4 oz bottle. That look on Jared's face is him thinking he's going to get some good sleep tonight, and the look on Porter's face is him thinking he might puke if he moves.....

Porter week in review

Pictures of Porter from this week.....