Many Updates

Porter and Ty, you are both growing so much.

 

Mommy felt Ty move for the first time on Friday, January 23.

After work, I was sitting in the recliner with Porter in my lap

and I felt you move. And then you moved again and again.

I thought it was awesome that your brother was part of that too.

 

Daddy felt Ty move for the first time on Sunday, March 1.

He tried to feel you many times before but you never wanted to cooperate.

After church, I was sitting on the couch

and told your Dad to please come over and try to feel.

And this time you kept moving a lot.

It is always a joy to see that smile stretch across your Dad's face.

He is so excited to meet you.

 

Porter had hernia surgery on March 3.

It was a small, very simple operation

but of course Mommy and Daddy were still very nervous.

However, everything went great,

and you are recovering extremely well.

 

Porter at Oschner's Hospital in New Orleans for hernia surgery 3.3.15

Porter talks A LOT.

At 18 months, you say more than 50 words including
milk, cheese, banana, moon, ackygator (alligator), oh no!, alright!,what's that?,

nigh night, NOOOO, I love you, I'm a good boy, see the birds and many more.

You talk and talk and talk even when we absolutely do not understand you.

I really wish I could get inside your little head to know what you were saying.

It's so good to see you communicating so well.

You also know sign language for more, bath, dog, shoes, bath and milk.

You are so smart, and it makes me so proud!

 

You are also very hardheaded and demanding (like your Mom).

I know I will appreciate this about you one day,

but right now it is very hard.

You are starting to throw some tantrums.

And I want you to know that we try to ignore you,

and you actually get over them pretty quickly.
 

 

Overall, you're usually very fun to be around.

You love to laugh and make people laugh.

Lately, you have been doing this really funny, deep, hearty laugh

that makes your Mom absolutely crack up.

And that just makes you do it more.

Porter's first hair cut by Dewey 2.14.15

 You LOVE balls. Any kind of ball.

If you see a ball you yell "ball, ball."

It could be on TV, outside, in a picture, on your clothes.

It doesn't matter. We hear "ball, ball" all the time.

You love to kick balls. You set the ball down, step back, run and kick.

You're very good at it!

The neighbors two houses down have a basketball goal in the street.

Every time we get home and get you out of your car seat,

you start shouting "ball, ball" and run down the road to play basketball.

Many times we have to carry you back home kicking and screaming.

You also play with tennis rackets, golf clubs,

baseball bats and mitts, anything to do with sports.

When sports are on the TV, you yell "go, go, go!"

Yesterday, you were running through the house

carrying your football yelling "go, go, go!"

 

You also love music.
Right now, your instruments of choice include
the piano ("pino"), guitar ("tar), ukulele and harmonica.
You are very good at strumming a guitar with Daddy's pick
(until you drop it in the hole).
And you go around the house all the time playing the harmonica.
I really feel like you are very drawn to music.
Not in the sense where you dance and move to it
because you really don't do that a lot.
But when you listen to it, I can tell you are very intrigued.

Right now you are very into Thomas the Train,
and you always ask to watch "choo, choo."
Every time you hear a train, you say "choo, choo."
You are also starting to watch some Sesame Street too.

You are well aware that there is a baby in Mommy's belly,
but you also think that everyone else has a baby in their belly.
You point to your belly and say "baby"
and Daddy says "no, belly button"
and you say "NO, BABY!"
I really think you know that your little brother is in there though.
You always want to lift my shirt to look at my belly,
and then you hug and kiss it and give it zerberts.

Everything you do amazes us.
We love you so much and can't wait to see you become an awesome big brother.