3 Months and a Blessing

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I took these photos underneath our tree in our front yard. Porter was very serious faced as he was enchanted by the rustling leaves overhead. 

 

Porter at 3 months

• is more in a routine.  Likes to be in bed by 8 and sleeps mostly through the night.
• eats about every 2 1/2 hours except while taking his long 3-31/2 hour nap during the afternoon. 
• is a very social/smiley baby. With Brooke, she was smiley but we had to work to get a smile out of her. With Porter, all you have to do is say "Hi bud!" and he will give you the biggest, sweetest grin. He will fuss if he is in the other room and can hear us nearby. If we move his bouncer chair into the same room as us so he can watch what is going on, he's fine.
• giggles whenever I change his clothes. 
• uses his feet to push himself backwards
• is very close to rolling over

We blessed Porter on May 6th and what an event it was! We were so blessed to have lots of friends and family come celebrate with us. Most of our family live at least 3 hours (or more) away and it was so great to have them drive all the way out to see us.

Saturday night we had a fun BBQ. Brooke was in heaven having all her cousins around to play.

Brooke and cousin K. (aka "Yabba") spent a lot of time pulling each other around in the wagon.

 Sunday was the blessing. Even though Porter was pretty fussy in the morning, he was perfect during church. He was wide awake during his blessing, staring intently up at Blake, listening to every word (Brooke did the same thing during her blessing). Blake gave Porter a truly beautiful blessing. Blake and I have a lot to live up to! During the testimony part of the meeting, I got up to share mine and Brooke comes running up to the stand. The whole time while I am talking (and trying not be emotional) Brooke is standing by my side saying "mom!....mom!...." I had to do my best to ignore her and I am sure my thoughts made no sense because I couldn't concentrate. Afterwards, Brooke shared her testimony for the first time. It was so cute. We definitely do not have a shy daughter!

Blake with his sister Steph

Sunday afternoon we got together again and had a great lunch. The lunch was the cause of much stress Sunday morning as I was cooking the entire thing. Thankfully my mom and Blake came to the rescue to help me out. My mom transported food from our house to my inlaws house (where we had the luncheon) and Blake became an expert chicken enchilada maker (he filled probably 50 enchiladas).

Everyone from Blake's side of the family came out to support us

Brooke and Yabba

My friend Andrea came over to take some pictures of Porter. Here is one she's sent me as a little preview. I love it. I already can tell Porter's 3 month photo shoot will turn out better than Brooke's 3 month photos ;)