It's A Wonderful Life!

Life is good! Here is a re-cap of some of the things going on with the Porter Family:

Jacob (or AJ, whatever you prefer) is two months old! At his check-up he weighed in at 10 lb 9 oz. which is only in the 25%! I've been meaning to compare all the kids 'stats', but haven't put them all together. I do know that Christopher was 3 lbs heavier at his 2-month appointment! It will be interested to see how they compare when they are teenagers. He is 23 1/2 inches long, which is average (55%). He is a wonderful baby and so much fun. When I change his diaper or get him dressed, he likes to coo and 'talk'. Bryce was so excited when Jacob did it for him!

I noticed Rachel wasn't playing with the other kids downstairs in the playroom so I went into the boys room and found her on the bed, just playing with lego! She'd climbed Christopher's ladder and having a great time. She just went to her 18 month appointment (at 19 1/2 mos) and she weighs 22 lbs (only 20%) and is 31 inches long (50%). She is talking and talking - which is much better than when she's screaming - and it is fun to listen to her. She is a sweet girl, but I can't find either of her last two binkies, so we'll see if I have to make a late-night trip to the store! She didn't take her nap without it (I tried to give her Jacob's and she looked at it and put it up to her mouth and then gave it back!) so we'll see.

We went up to my bro-in-laws campsite for Father's Day where we ate with his family and Aaron's parents. It was really nice and the kid's had a great time. There was a heavy rainstorm while we were there, but luckily we had just finished eating and they had a canope for the adults and the kids went into the trailer. Rachel climbed on a little rock and fell face-first and ended up with scabs all over her face, poor thing!

I'm rarely in any of the pictures, so I took this self-portrait. Aren't I gorgeous!!!

We went to a Family Reunion - The Charles Otto Peterson Reunion (my dad's side) - in Kaysville last night. Anyone can go camping at the Cherry Hills Campsite, but luckily they had the big dinner at a pavilion nearby - there was a huge rainstorm, with lightning, too. I guess Logan had lightning and one of the 'old-folks-homes' got hit! This picture doesn't do it justice, but it was pretty cool! We went to SummerFest at the Tabernacle and the kids LOVED the cotton candy! Christopher must have loved it the most - he ate his as fast as he could and lots of the other's, who didn't finish their's!

The Last 2 Weeks...

We have had a busy two weeks and there are so many pictures I want to share, I'll try to control myself!

Sunday the 24th - We went up to Preston and went to several cemeteries with Aaron's family. I saw a friend from growing up and one of my Young Women Advisors and her husband at one of the cemeteries. It was really fun talking to them. The kids had fun and fell asleep on the way home. Wed the 27th - Because of the rain, we didn't get our garden planted until Wednesday. The kids really enjoy helping. After, Aaron tied up Bryce and Christopher with the hose!

Thur the 28th - Bryce's last day of Kindergarten!

Wed the 3rd - We (OK, Aaron) finished painting the girls' bedroom and while we were picking out carpet for their room (green just didn't look good with the pink and purple walls), we decided to finally get new carpet for the hall and livingroom, too! It came on Wednesday and it looks, and feels so good!

Thur the 4th - Christopher's last day of 2nd Grade!

Saturday the 6th - I took this cute video of Jacob cooing. He was 7 1/2 weeks old.

Sunday the 7th - Aaron Jacob Porter was blessed by his dad, Aaron Burrows Porter, today. We had a lot of family support and had a great dinner after, with Aaron's wonderful dutch oven potatoes. We wanted to eat outside the church, but as it was pouring, we ate inside! We finally did it right and made the potatoes ahead of time and just warmed them up today, instead of thinking we can get them done the day of! Luckily, I had changed Jacob out of his blessing outfit when he decided to explode all out the front and back of his diaper! It was a good day and we are exhausted!