Porter Eats!

Here are a few videos taken with my cell phone of Porter doing stuff.

The first is Porter talking. Well, mostly me talking. The first 8 seconds are the best part- he makes some adorable faces.

Here is the 1st time we fed Porter rice cereal.

And here's a more recent video of the eating phenomenon. As you can see, it is harder for us than for him.

Porter is doing great. He had his 4 month well child check and is still quite a robust guy. He had no troubles with his 2nd set of shots. He is rolling over both ways right now and has slept through the night a couple of times (of course, not on work nights, but I'm not going to complain too much...).

In other news, Sean and I are considering job offers. We had a lovely time in Port Angeles and have a few more interviews next month (in Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane, and Portland). We are going to make a decision in April. We'll keep you posted!

Starting on Solids

The P-Monster's nearly 5 months old now and he's started hitting the rice cereal every couple of days.  So far it's going pretty well except that he really wants to grab that spoon so I find myself trying to pin his arms with one hand and hit his constantly moving mouth hole with the other.  Pretty funny stuff.

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.