Four Months

Porter hit the four month mark today.  He's doing well and has a new cousin just around the corner(literally) as of a week ago.  That's right, Jeff and Kate had a baby boy as well.  He showed up two weeks early and his name is Axel. 

Look Who's Doing What

 We were in Port Angeles for a couple nights so Michele could go to an interview(a story for another time perhaps since I'm really tired at the moment). This is what happened the night we got there:

Porter started rolling over for real.  He rolled over once before but Michele thinks that was a fluke since we were all on the bed and she believes that I somehow manipulated the mattress to make him roll over.  This time it counted for real, I don't think I'm quite heavy enough to manipulate the hotel floor like that anyway.

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.