It's Raining It's Pouring

"The old man is snoring, who bumped his head and fell out of bed and couldn't get up in the morning!"

When I was a little girl my Grandpa Bruce used to grab us up in his arms and dash outside in the rain singing this tune dancing around making us giggle so hard our tummies would hurt.

Aaron left this morning for training in Maryland. Today the sky turned gray, the storm clouds gathered round and soon we had a down pour on our hands. I am mesmerized by the sound of rain on the roof and thunder echoing off the mountains. I like this kind of weather. Even though Aaron doesn't travel often and he's only gone a week I hate him not being home! So, I'm enjoying the weather even more because it fit my mood...dreary.

We'll have a good time I just need to snap out of it and get my two hands busy. Then I wont be bothered so much.We Love & Miss You Daddy!

Speedy Quick Update

It's been a crazy busy week for us and it wont be slowing down soon. I didn't want to go a week without posting so you get pictures and captions. You'll have to use your imagination and know that every thing we've done has been exciting, fun, and made us very happy!

Aunt Annelie came to visit for the holiday weekend.

Our little family attended the USA vs. El Salvador World Cup Qualifier with Coup & Kal! To read more about it click HERE.

Remember the baby soccer jersey from Germany? Well we pulled it out for the game and did the matching family fan thing. Porter will fit perfectly when the World Cup comes around! It's large now but still cute.

We had a great Sunday including dinner with the Gelter's.
Love That!
Then all day Monday was spent at Lagoon. Judy and I enjoyed visiting while everyone else who can stomach roller coaster enjoyed the short lines. Only pictures of the babies hope you don't mind.

Annelie went home Tuesday and that evening it took us 3 hour to attend a wedding reception for 15 minutes...long story.

Last night we got to go to Steadman's first birthday party! He completely trashed the cake! Love that boy!

And today we're getting ready for a 4 hour + feeding time road trip for a big family reunion down south. We're living up the last bit of summer...where art thou fall? I'm getting tired!

Just Thought You Should Know

Soon you'll be able to pick up a burger from here on your way to visit us! We're excited to have one in the neighborhood!

How Disappointing

Meg and I are huge Dave Matthews Band fans and one of us buys tickets for the other every time they come to town. Last year the show was canceled due to the passing of their saxophonist, Leroi Moore. Needless to say, we've been anticipating this year's show ever more! Tonight was the big show, so we made plans for a babysitter for Porter and put on our Dave paraphernalia and headed over to USANA and arrived to a deserted amphitheater! Luck would have it that Dave pulled muscles in his vocal chord so they canceled the show last minute. They told us that they are going to reschedule, but USANA closes for the winter in two weeks. Looks like the Dave withdrawals will go on for another year...

We didn't let it spoil our night, though. We had a babysitter, so we went to the District and saw The Proposal. Good flick!

In the Blink of an Eye

Our Baby is 3 months old!!!
(a tear)

from this:

to this:

Yesterday Porter was exactly 3 months old. He had a great check up and has grown a ton in the last month. Here are his stats:

Length: 22 3/8th inches
Weight: 11 lbs 3.5 oz
Head Circumference: 39 1/2
We normally don't pay much attention to head size but his head more than doubled in size from his last visit! The nurse thought she had made a mistake.

We love our little guy so much and are so proud of him! I'm leaving you with the many smiles of Porter. I'm so grateful for pictures but they don't do his smile justice. We've talked about how when Porter's really happy it makes us tear up...probably just a parent thing.

Emily you and Porter must be kindred spirits because his favorite song is "Come What May" that's how I got the rest of these smiles. I love it, every time I sing "I Love You" he just gushes!

As soon as the leaves change...

...we're headed to Logan for the weekend. My little bro is on canyon patrol for us so we know when to book the hotel. It will probably still be a few weeks but can you tell I'm excited?

Rally Round Our Boy

Buddy Walk 2009-Sept 26

We are excited to invite you to participate with us in this year's buddy walk. This walk is a way for our community to build awareness for Down Syndrome and to show off our amazing children and adult members who have Down Syndrome! To register for the walk as an individual costs $7. If you have 4 or more people you get the family rate which is $5 a person.

We know that not everyone will be able to come but if you can make it work we think it would be a lot of fun to get together as a team of people who love and support Porter! By registering for the walk you will receive a t-shirt and a Red Robin hamburger for lunch. We have put together TEAM PORTER RAY and would love for you to join our team! To join please visit our team page by clicking THIS. There is a link on the right that says join this team. This page also has a place where you can sponsor Team Porter Ray if you can't be at the event or would like to donate to the cause. Note: it's a charitable donation, pretty sure, you can write it off on your taxes. We hope to see you there!

Thanks for all that you've done for us and for loving our family, especially Porter! For entertaining the thought of joining and/or sponsoring us we now present you with the most recent pictures of Porter{Bath time a few weeks ago}

{Bath time last night. He loved it!}

{Porter waking up--goofy kid}

{still sleepy}

{night time story with Dad}

{Dad's favorite PJs. Porter had a growth spurt so he's in 3 month old clothes, except for pants. He's in 6 month pants, the boy has got a belly!}

{His game face}

{This is the beginning of his laugh...so cute! Sorry it's blurry, I took it with my phone.}

There is another picture on our team page of Porter in his Sunday best so go visit it!