Christmas Morning!!

Here are some belated pictures of the kids on Christmas morning. We have so much going in December-January. From Christmas to Porter's birthday to Cambell's birthday on January 11th-I told Jed that it was wearing me out and causing me some anxiety because it is so busy. I we can always count on it being chaotic EVERY year at this time. He said he would just mark his calendar every year that his wife will be a little crazy starting the middle of December and ending the middle of January. I believe it is true!! So sad but soo soo true. We did have a great Christmas morning. Cambell was so fun this year and suprised, hence the look on her face in the 1st picture. Every time she would pull something out of her stocking she would follow it up with "This is EXACTLY what I wanted". That Santa must be super amazing!!! This was the look she gave us when she realized that Santa ate all his cookies and his chocolate milk that she left for him. He even left behind some crumbs on the coffee table. She looked at me and said "That messy Santa!!"

She is teaching Porter all about his new toy. He was very interested in his new stuff!!

Cambell is showing Porter the in's and out's of his new toy! He is very curious and eager to see how it all works!! She is such a great big sister.

The Party!!

We had Porter's Birthday party on Saturday night. We had 30+ people over for this little tikes big day. We made dinner and then the fun began. Porter had a great time digging into his cake. He didn't hold back and ended up grabbing fists full of cake and tossing it into the air. We all had a great laugh. He thought it was very delicious and became a little upset after I took it away due to the large mess he was making!! The cake is my very first attempt at making any sort ofdecorative cake. You can't tell by the picture but it was HUGE. I used 4 1/2 cake mixes and 4- 2 1b. bags of powder sugar (for the frosting) . I think all in all it turned out pretty cute. When it was time for him to get his first shot at his cake, I removed this catepillars head and gave it to Porter. Thanks to everyone for coming and spending a few hours with us to celebrate. We had a great time and love you all!!

More Pictures of Porter!!

Watch him grow!!

I just thought I would post a few of my favorite pictures and reminisce the past year of our cute baby!! I love this little guy so, so much. He is such a happy little thing and makes me smile every time I look into his cute face. I can't believe how quickly it goes by. I remember when Porter was a newborn and just a couple months old, I would think to myself how I couldn't wait until he stopped spitting up so much or until he stopped pooping every 5 minutes but now that he is growing I would give anything just to hold him once more when he was so tiny and snuggly. If only they could stay in the newborn phase just a bit longer. I will say though it is a lot of fun to see him interact with us. He loves to dance, play tug with our dog-Dax, and he loves to EAT!! Tonight he learned how to suck out of a straw and he was very, very proud of himself.

One years old!!!

WHAT? Porter turned one on December 29th!! Where does the time go? These pictures are on his birthday. Needless to say, we didn't do much since we are having a birthday party on Saturday. I will post more after the party. Happy Birthday little bubba!!

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Our Christmas Tree!!

Cambell loved decorating the tree this year. It was so much fun watching her find spots for each ornament. She got behind the tree and placed SEVERAL ornaments in one spot. It took some convincing that we needed to spread them out but I managed to move them without her losing it!!

The finished product!!! We love Christmas at our house and it gets even more exciting as the kids grow. Porter CANNOT leave the tree alone. I can't tell you how many times I have had to fix the ribbon and put ornaments back on the tree. He now has learned to leave it alone, most of the time. He sometimes can't resist and just has to touch it and remove at least one thing, little stinker. Although Cambell also takes ornaments off of the tree and does some sort of imaginative play with them!!!