First time Crawling!

Yesterday as I was packing our home away into boxes for the move...my friend Lynn) who was watching Porter for me called out "Jenn, come here! Come here quick!" Porter was starting to "crawl." For the longest time now, whenever he wanted to go anywhere, he would either scoot himself backwards or roll over..and over..and over. Now...FINALLY, he starting scooting forward and even doing somewhat of a bear walk but on his tippy's! YAY! What she was doing was holding her charm bracelet out not too far in front of him and encouraging him to get it. IT SURE WORKED! My little guy is becoming more mobile each day!

6 month check-up (at 7 months) ;)

Today we had Porter's BELATED 6 month check-up. I was extra excited to go today because Dr. Edwards would be seeing Porter today! (Dr. Edwards was my Doctor in the Hospital) He said that Porter is strong and healthy and even hitting a few milestones EARLY. For one, he is up on all 4's and rocks back and forth and also he already is ANXIOUS around others when mommy is not around...aka "stranger danger". As for his stats...he is weighing in at 19lbs 9oz and is 28 inches tall! Yay! Only 7 oz away from legally being able to sit in a "forward facing" carseat!! He actually sat in one for the first time yesterday. Grandma Munns invited us to go lunch with her and cousin Reegen Price and sweet little Evelyn. We didn't have Porter's carseat because I had left it in Deven's car the night before and Deven was at work in Idaho Falls. So, she bought a forward facing one for future usage with grandbabies. We couldn't figure out how to seat it facing the seat so we justified our needs and just took the easy way out. He really liked it too! We may just use it on our drive to California in a couple of weeks.

Oh yeah! We are moving in 8 days! Whoopee! Finally sold our contract, the buyers just need to finalize it by faxing a paper to the front office tomorrow but it's basically final. Can't wait! HUGE 2 bedrooms. HUUUUGE kitchen! Tiny TINY living room (but that's okay). A walk in closet in the master!! YES! So moving date is August 20th! We might move in a day or two earlier because my mom and little brother Bryce will be visiting the 21st through 26th til we leave for Cali for G.G. Bell's 100th Birthday!!

Bustin my bum to get into shape again

Yesterday my neighbor Heather invited me to join her on some hard core "interval training" at the University's track. Deven wasn't home and it was earlier in the morning so I didn't want to call someone to watch Porter...I ended up bringing him with me...and thank goodness I did because it was a nice break from the "OUT OF BREATH" sprints! WHEW!

We only ran a total of about 3 miles overall but with sprints...whew! Am I out of shape or what!?! This would be the first hard core workout since having found out I was pregnant (other than the run to the temple and back/UPHILL THE WHOLE WAY!) and it's taught me a good lesson....don't slack off JENN!

Running in the morning completely set my day off on the right foot...ha! no pun intended. I felt so much more productive, got so much more done, had much more energy, only ate ONE oreo...I caved okay? I wish I loved to run EVERYDAY!

THANKS HEATHER!

Separation Anxiety

For the past few days or so, Porter has become extra clingy. If I leave him alone with ANYONE else, he starts to scream and I come back to find him with a terrified expression on his face doing the "heavy breathing" type sobs. :( These sobs just BREAK my heart! Oh I feel horrible now leaving him alone to play with toys for even 5 minutes. It's been much harder to get a sitter or get anything done...is this normal at 7 months? I hope it doesn't last too long..:/

I can't lie though...I am enjoying the fact that he recognizes and missed mommy.

On a happier note...Porter has been starting to walk....SPEED walk (while holding my fingers) down the hallway, in the grass...he LOVES it! It's all he has been wanting to do lately. SOOO fun! He's going to be walking before he crawls!

Wal-Mart...no good!

So, very sad to announce...our jogging stroller is no more:( When we were walking back from the blue angels performance at the I.F. airport a couple of weeks ago, the front wheel and the all the attachments just ...came off. Luckily Porter didn't get hurt but it made the 1 mile walk MUCH more difficult to handle. Deven had to balance the stroller on it's back wheels with camp chairs, a carseat, and a big diaper bag on the seat of it. What a man! GO baby! We returned it to Wal-mart and got store credit for what it had cost us.

Now that I've gotten a good vent in...
Deven and I finally got the opportunity to go on a fun outdoor date ...I surprised him by going to Rigby Lake and going Kayaking!! SOOO much fun! We had a blast paddling around the Lake. Deven threw his flip flop overboard at an attempt to build some muscles in my arms and let me paddle in our "tandem" kayak to go rescue it...haha, when I turned around to hand it to him after my long journey (40 ft) to retrieve his beloved flip flop, I learn that he had also thrown is paddle overboard to add to the "humorous" occasion. Ha! But, get this....he threw it in the opposite direction just for kicks.. I love my man! After a good time on the lake we decided to go towards the beach area again....well, Deven thought it would be funny to ram into the bouyes sp? first. This idea freaked me out, I thought we would FOR SURE go overboard...and I wasn't quite ready to dunk into the water. Sure enough, I was overreacting and NOTHING happened. lol

So before we head back home to our sweet little guy Porter, we take the kayak down the river/canal that runs right alongside the Lake...beautiful!! We had a perfectly strong current, a nice breeze and a great view. All in all, it was a very fun date!

After paddling alon