memorial day milestones

may 23rd 2009 - 18 mos old

porter is eighteen months today! i can hardly believe how fast he is growing up. he is such a delight to be around and i consider being his mother one of my greatest blessings. porter has "grown up" so much the past month, i am amazed at how much he communicates with us. if he gets frustrated, all i have to say is "what do you want?" and he will tell me or take my hand and show me. i love the mommy/porter time we have together- cuddling, laughing, and playing. here are some updates on porter:

fav foods- chicken nuggets, bananas, apples, grapes, hot dogs, fruit snacks, eggo waffles, capri suns, chocolate milk, string cheese... and anything we're eating if he can have the spoon

words he can say- mama, daddy, banana, apple, cheese, snack, chips, drink, juice, please, thank you, more, get it, this, outside, car, truck, knock knock, where are you?, book, baby, shoes, socks, hi, bye bye, show, again, go, okay, hands, toes, eyes, nose, chicken, airplane, keys, pop, balloon, ball, hoop, cow, moo, duck, pig, dog, kitty cat, jeff, kyle, ashlee, zach, grandma, come on, here you go, ice cream, water, stairs, stars, fan, uh-oh, yeah, no, open, shut, fall down, hello, hat, pants, bite, spoon, hungry, eat, blankie, binky, bus, stinky, tree, sun, moon, flower, bee, sheep, choo-choo, whoa, hot, bath, clock, bonk, candy, couch.... + more

fav things to do- play outside, basketball, balls, jumping on the trampoline, playing with cousins/friends, books, splash in the water, push his lawnmower, watching the Backyardigans

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may 24th 2009 - anniversary #6

jared and i celebrated our 6th anniversary this weekend. we hit another milestone and left porter overnight for the very first time. we went up to park city for the weekend just the two of us- we shopped a ton, had a yummy dinner, watched the playoff game from our jacuzzi tub, saw a movie, slept in, and relaxed! it was so wierd to go places and not have to worry about porter or keeping him quiet or entertained... i felt like my brain was on vacation, it was wierd.

so... happy anniversary jared! its so crazy that 6 years ago we were a newlywed couple starting our lives together in the basement apartment next door to our house now! who would have thought.... and here we are 6 years later, multiple jobs later, one business later, one child later, one happy family, and many more years and memories to come...i am so thankful to have you as my husband and appreciate all that you do to make our family happy. i love you