Let's Not Forget Kayla

My mom brought my twelve year old(nearly thirteen she'll have you know) niece up from Portland as well.

Four Generations

Hot on the heels of Kathy's visit my mom was back in town again, this time with my grandmother in town for the all important four generations photo.  In all our glory, the oldest and youngest members of my mom's side of the family, three and a half months up to nearly ninety six years.

That's One Christmas Down

Owls, the kid is surrounded by owls.  On the walls, above his bed, printed on his bed and now this giant plush one.  He seems to sure love them, as you can see here, but let's be honest for a second, owls are creepy.  They're predators of the night, stealthily and silently killing all sorts of little creatures.  Oh well, it's cool, I kinda like 'em too.

 Anyway, Tuesday was Kathy's last day with us, Porter and I dropped her at the train station and she was off.  In about another four hours from now she'll be back in Canton.  If you're struggling with the math, that's 53ish uninterrupted hours of Amtrak's finest service.  I'm glad she was able to visit us this year and got to meet her grandson.  We'll miss her and look forward to her next visit, likely to occur somewhere other than Seattle.

Porter Meets His Other Grandma

Michele's mom, Kathy, has made the trip out from Ohio for Christmas.  She got her on the 21st and will be here until the 28th.  On top of that, Michele starts a nice four day weekend today so we'll all get to play together for a while.  Merry Christmas everybody!

Flying Solo

So, Michele's been back at work for a couple of weeks now leaving me to care for our kid on my own.  I don't mean to blow my own horn or anything but I think I'm pretty damn good at it.  Anyway, to help with the transition, my mom came out from Arizona for a little bit to help with the transition.  The most important part of her being here was as a safety net as I found my routine, what I need to be thinking about at different times during the day, how I get my normal stuff done without neglecting my child too much, etc.  As an added bonus, mom made dinner every night while she was here, dinners that conformed quite nicely to my diet no less.  She left yesterday just before noon and I'm feeling pretty good about how it all went.  Smooth sailing from here on out, right?

Thanks mom, I got it from here.

Updates Away!

Things are starting to get exciting(like they weren't already) with the boy.  He's regarding his hands all the time, he'll turn them over and clasp them together right in front of his face, looking a little cross eyed the whole time.  He's smiling all the time and Michele and I are starting to figure out things we can do to trigger those smiles.  Just in the last couple days he's started to grasp things that are within his reach, still not the easiest thing for him to pull off but it's pretty cool nonetheless. 

Also, Brandon came over Sunday and graciously took a bunch of pictures for us, I'm still in the process of sorting through them but I'll put the best ones up somewhere soon.  On a related note, Brandon's wife Crystal is at the hospital right now in labor with their own kid.  Is it just me or is everyone having kids right now?

2 months old

Porter is 2 months old now. He had his well child check today and everything seems to be great. He is fatter and taller than most kids his age. His head is so big that it is off the charts compared to kids worldwide and in the 94th percentile compared to american babies (I think he has his dad to thank for that...). He got his first set of shots, and it was most definitely more traumatic for his mother than for him. He cried for maybe 2 minutes. I know that will change as he gets older. And we still have the whole night ahead of us.




I go back to work tomorrow. Sean also goes to work! He'll be taking care of Porter full time, which we both agree will be a tiring but fulfilling job.