6 months

rolling

drooling

bouncing

eating

sleeping

smiling

growing

giggling

peek-a-boo-ing

almost waving

almost sitting

babbling

swimming/floating

learning

being ADORABLE!

21 lb, 3 oz
29 inches tall
off the charts (above the 95th percentile line) . . . again

happy 4th

Clearfield Parade (July 3rd):

hesitant parents, loud sirens . . . chill Porter

Whenever Porter is exposed to something new, he goes into a trance. He doesn't look at us or smile or do anything. I used to think that meant he was bored or didn't like it. But I soon discovered that his weird "trance" is just him studying and taking in everything around him. Anytime we go somewhere new- a grocery store, an auto shop, a park- it's the same reaction. But after about 10 minutes, once he's figured everything out, he usually goes back to his normal self, babbling & playing. The parade was like this-- but his trance lasted for an hour straight because everything kept changing. It's fun to watch him learning so many new things!

unnecessary precaution: we thought he'd be scared of the sirens. he wasn't.

Clearfield City Fireworks (July 3rd):

hesitant parents, loud fireworks . . . chill Porter

Porter goes to sleep around 7pm each night and sleeps for 11 hours. We were scared to mess up this heavenly sleep schedule, but we really wanted him to see fireworks. So we woke him up at 10. Luckily, he woke up happy & alert. We took him out to the lawn in front of our condos. The city firework show is just a couple blocks east, so we had a pretty good viewing spot. We gave him some glow rings that I'd bought beforehand and he played with those until the show started. He loved it! He stared intently, watching all the fireworks for the 20-30 minutes until the show was over. He wasn't scared at all by the loud fireworks like we worried about. Right on cue, he started yawning at the end of the show and went straight back to bed without any crying! I can't believe we lucked out on getting such a good, happy  baby!

Funniest picture of the day!

Daddy's Boy

I am completely amazed at how great a daddy my husband turned out to be. With me, Porter is usually pretty calm & cuddly and I can get a smile or laugh every now & then. But the second Brian walks in the door, Porter doesn't stop smiling and giggling.

 

Daddy can play peekaboo for 20 minutes straight. He can make up songs & rhymes right on the spot. Daddy can make Porter laugh just by showing him a silly face.

Daddy spoils Porter with big bottles of milk (more than I usually give him-- maybe that's why Porter's so big!). Daddy spoils Porter with cartoon-time (Porter loves tv- but Mommy doesn't let him watch it very much). And Daddy spoils Porter with new clothes anytime he comes back from a store!

 I am in love with my boys.