Thunderstorms!

Last night while our home teachers were over, we all noticed that there was no light peaking in our apartment anymore. Out of no where, dark clouds had overtaken the sky!! haha....then within SECONDS it was POURING down rain and then the thunder came....and as expected, it was soon followed by BEAUTIFUL lightning:) The storm lasted probably about an 1 1/2 hours. SOO Long! We enjoyed watching it...FROM OUR WINDOW of course. Poor home teachers had to walk home in the POURING rain though.

New Upcomings...

So...The couple who were going to buy our contract, they bailed on us:( They went for another 3 bedroom in the complex instead because management gave them a better deal. Oh the frustration! We were getting so excited! We had looked for about 5 weeks at probably EVERY apartment in Rexburg under $630 in the city and it is now down to TWO apartments we love around the same price range.


"Funny" news: I was talking with my mother-in-law on the phone when I hear Porter "fart-poop." Now, usually this is no big deal right? Well, I look down 2 minutes later as he is curling his legs towards his mouth to do some chewing, and there is POOP ALL THE WAY DOWN HIS LEG! Ahh! I get off the phone so I can clean it up, my mother-in-law found this a bit entertaining, who wouldn't? So I wipe down his leg to get the poo off, then I change his diaper, expecting a "butt load" of poop. (No pun intended). NO POO AT ALL! The only poop that was even TOUCHING the diaper was on the outer edge....the rest of it had shot down his leg and was completely covering the whole left side of his pant leg. EEK! Fun times though.


New STROLLER! Yesterday, Deven and I took a trip to Idaho Falls late afternoon. It was SO hot! 89 degrees and beautiful! It was overcast so luckily we didn't feel the heat nearly as bad as we could have. We were already in Idaho Falls when we realized we had left the stroller in MY trunk. OOps! This wouldn't work out, the whole plan was to go walking around the Green Belt next to the river and a few parks as well. We've been wanting a jogging stroller for a while now anyways so I could go running outside again and enjoy the weather....so...what the heck?! We bought one! Yes! We've already used it for a max of probably 4 hours?? Oh I love it! We figured we couldn't go wrong with Wal-Mart so we went there to purchase our Baby Trend Expedition Jogging Stroller.

Last night we took our new jogger to the Chucker's Baseball game! Porter's first ball game with mom 'n dad! Yay! He was actually watching the majority of it too! Shocking! haha...Deven was SO stoked to take his son to a ball game. We met up with a couple friends, Ty and Sheena. Sheena just ADORES porter and held him for the majority of the game. Oh Porter just loves her! It was sweet watching him smile and flirt! After the game, they allow the kids to go out on the field and run the bases. Deven decided it would be fun to take Porter out, so he put Porter on his shoulder and when coming upon each base, he would take him down and touch Porter's feet to the base! SO sweet! (Of course he was the only one taller than 5 feet there:)

We SOLD our CONTRACT!

Yippee! We've JUST sold our contract to our 3 bed 2 bath VERY EXPENSIVE apartment!! We don't quite have another apartment picked out to live in but we are thinking about finding a cheaper place in Rigby. This way we'll be closer to Deven's work. It makes us 15 minutes from school rather than 7 but we've decided it's best. Wish us luck in our hunt for a new home!

Sick Baby...Sick Mommy..

2 days prior to heading back to Idaho, Porter came down with a chest cold and since then has had a mucus(ie) cough. It's been a tough few days, he's been extra fussy and I've had a hard time nursing him because it's been affecting his ears as well. Yesterday I've started to feel nauseaus (sp?) No fun! Oh how badly I wish my energy would return to my body. I took Porter into the doctors yesterday and he is now a whopping 17 lbs. 6 oz! WHEW! Almost a 2 pound gain in ONE MONTH! Crazy right?!? Well, if anyone has any suggestions of what I can do to make my little AND myself feel better ... PLEASE let me know! It's been tough taking care of a sick baby while mommy is sick as well.

Washington with Porter and I

This is our first trip away from Daddy:( A full NINE day trip! Ahh! I knew I'd miss him lots, and I have. He'll be excited to see how much Porter has grown and changed physically and mentally with his new milestones reached and mannerisms. So fun! Since we've been here, Grammy Terry has taken us to my new FAVORITE baby boutique..."Sugar Babies." They've got the CUTEST things! Tutu's, jogging strollers, sweet stuffed animals, sport themed socks, little sailor suits, soft n fuzzy baby blankets, sweet little shoes etc. Oh how I love it! This would be the best place for window shoppin!


We bought a few cute items for Porter and oh how I wanted that jogging stroller. Can't quite afford it right now so I may just have to dream:D heehee! I was pretty shocked though with one sweet little shirt I saw, it was a 6-9 month baby boy t-shirt, pretty basic but with a fuzzy football cutout on the front; when I looked at the price tag, I just about fell over! It cost a whoppin $44!

We also received and invitation from my cousin Danielle to go to the zoo with her and her two sweet kids, Taylor and Wendy girl:) (my nickname for her). Porter is still a little young to really understand what is going on, so basically...the tiger, elephants and the sharks didn't phase him. haha, it was fun though. While observing the elephants, it started to rain on us and apparently this makes elephants more active and playful. We had a fun time watching them interact with one another and kick a box around. Thanks Danielle! We had a really fun time!

The main reason I came down at the time I did is because my old dance team's concert was this weekend! Go PBD! They did such a wonderful job and have really come a long way! There are about 168 dance team members now! CrAZY! There were only about 50 when I started. It was so fun seeing friends again!

Porter's First Flight

Mommy took me on my first flight! We were travelling to Seattle to visit Grammy and Grampa Terry's.first leg of the flight I was a little fussy, mommy thinks it was my ears and the air pressure change. Luckily, I had great Aunt Miran there to distract me. :D We stopped in Boise and waited for about an hour for the next plane to come in, pick us up and fly us to our final destination. I was laughin and laughing for the first few minutes of the 2nd leg,then *snap,* I was out, asleep. While I WAS awake, Mommy was showing me things out the window that really just didn't interest me...I kept looking elsewhere; this was almost like a game...mommy would point and get excited, then I would look in another direction. This is probably my new favorite game to play. hee hee! We had the stroller which made it so much easier to get around. (Mom looks pretty awkward with her funky waddle while trying to carry me around in the carseat). I think Mommy's favorite thing was having the opportunity to cut ahead and get on the plane ahead of the crowd. All in all, my first flight was pretty fun!