Despite all the bad rep that age 2 gets, I actually really enjoyed this stage with Preston. He was very silly, and so much fun at this age. I feel like Porter hit this stage a little sooner in life but I am excited for his silliness to really shine during this next year. Yes, since the night he turned 2 he has refused to take a nap or even go to bed at night. I have spent the last couple of days staying up late with him and then listening to him scream for a good while until he falls asleep. But I am hoping that will come to a quick end. Or my opinion of the terrible 2's will change. (ok, so I wrote that about a week ago and this boy has officially confirmed all proper reports that 2 is a horrible awful stage. He no longer naps, he cries when we put him to bed and he wants to do EVERYTHING by himself.)
Porter is a very busy boy. I usually spend my days picking up one room and then another and then another. He is so sweet, but can easily make your life awful if you do not do exactly what he wants. I don't know how I ended up with the 2 most stubborn children in all of creation. Porter likes to think that he controls this family and he also thinks that he is much older than 2. He will try to do anything Preston does, and a lot of the time he succeeds. He is a very determined little boy and i really hope that characteristic stays with him throughout his life.
Our Porter-boy is a very enthusiastic animated little guy. I think this is both mine and Matt's very favorite Porter characteristic. Matt gets an amazing send off from Porter everyday when he leaves for work. It begins with several kisses on the cheeks. A couple of raspberries blown on his cheek, some great big squeezes and about 500 bye's that are said in a very loud voice. He chases Matt out the door and says "be safe, have a good day," and "bye!", he waves all the way until Matt drives off and then he runs back inside to the window and looks out waving and saying "bye daddy" until he can no longer see his car. Then he gets a sad face and says "oh, where daddy go?". Everyday. I love it!
Porter is a very physical boy. I guess that is nice way of saying he hits. Preston was not a hitter, but Porter, he winds up and takes a smack. He can be so happy and then you tell him he cannot do something and he flips so fast and he reacts so physically. He throws things when he is angry and now he tells me after he throws something that he is the Hulk. And then he can totally flip and he will be saying sorry in this sweet little mild voice. Porter also likes to make a grand entrance when he enters a room. This means sadness for my walls. All doors are slammed open causing big dents from the knobs hitting the wall. It's his way of making it known that he is in the room. Again, very physical.
Porter Stat's
LOVES Curious George - When he watches an episode if George does something silly Porter can be found laughing hysterically and then he will walk over to me and tell me the silly thing that George did.
Favorite Book is Little Blue Truck, Duck on a Bike, and The Truck Book - he actually can name almost all the trucks and tractors
Loves to dance. And his moves are hilarious.
Porter can pretty much say any word and this is absolutely the best thing in the world for me.
Rides his bike as much as possible and is currently working on riding his big brother's old bike, he is so close!
Loves Tractors and every time we pass one driving he yells at the top of his lungs to get everyone's attention and then announces that he wants to ride in it.
My favorite Porter saying: "Where are you mommy?"
The doctor said he is slowing down on his growth as he only came in at 88% in his height and 87% in weight 36 in tall and weighs 33 pounds.
He can climb into just about anything, and he is very mischievous.
Porter's birthday celebrations included: a visit to the fire station, eating lunch with daddy, opening awesome presents, and having a Curious George cake.
Happy Birthday Mr. Porter we love you!
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| We had a little Porter photo shoot that was a little more difficult than I had planned. And I sure wish blogger would allow me to organize my pictures better. Since I cannot figure it out here is the long line of pictures that you get to see with every post. |
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| Giving daddy some kisses |
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| sitting in every vehicle he could find. |
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| eating the dots off the cake. |
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| one of his favorite things to do. Get out all my pots and bang on them so hard that he cracks the wooden spoon. |
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| swim goggles - always a fashionable accessory. |
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| His favorite toy, unfortunately, we will not buy it for him so he gets his fill from friends. |
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| One of my most favorite pictures of this boy. |
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| brotherly love |
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| loves to play choo-choo. when he is done you will hear loud banging and things hitting the wall because he is throwing all the pieces everywhere out of frustration. |
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| our daily adventures. After I finish vacuuming the house I find play doh in the living room. |
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| his favorite spot in the store. |
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| I love this nugget. |
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| look at that super hero smile! I love it! |
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| seriously, I just love this silly boy. He is really getting close to riding this thing. If Preston would just let him. |
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| Climbs into everything. |
