"Is it poop?"

Quote of the day from yesterday.
One of my friends gave us some books about having a new baby in the house. We have been reading them and talking about being a big brother a lot lately so that maybe the transition won't be a huge shock to porter's little world. Last night we were looking at one of the books that is more "graphic" and "scientific" than the others. No nudity or anything, but there is a picture of a newborn with its umbilical cord stump still attached. The book addresses it, so I did too. We haven't been just reading it because the language is above a 3 year old level. I just told him that baby Stella would have a little brown thing on her belly button when she first came home, but that it would fall off. He pointed at the picture and said, "That?" I said, "yes." He said, "Is it poop?"
Also big news at the Harden house.... Our elf has returned. Last year he was essentially unnamed and went only by "elf" but once he made his return this year Jared read him the book that accompanied our elf. In the book it talks about naming the elf and has a long list of names. When Jared asked him what he wanted to name our elf, porter pointed at one of the names in the book and said, "That one." Jared said, "You want to name him Markel (the name that porter had pointed at)?" Porter said, "Yeah, Markel" in a matter of fact voice. Like he had read through them all and picked that one. So Markel watches us and tells Santa every night if Porter was good that day. And porter watches Markel. He is constantly cutting his eyes over to see what he's doing while we are watching TV. One time he cut his eyes over at him and then looked at Jared and whispered, "He moved!" He also likes to talk to Markel and tell him what to relay to Santa. Things like he ate all his supper and he wants a jeep or gator like nana and papa has at their house. He looks for him in the morning and is so excited about finding him. Now I know why some people's elves show up around Halloween, or hang around after Christmas for a little while to get a head start for next year.


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