Bikes and Scrapes

These were taken last week. The boys were riding their bikes and Ella did not want to be left out. We pulled out Porter's old bike and Ella sat on it while the boys rode up and down the sidewalk.

Porter took a tumble off his bike and scratched his lip and nose a tiny bit. There was a tiny tiny drop of blood coming from his nose, but Harmon was quite concerned. Blood=tragedy. I tried to get Harmon not to say anything so that Porter wouldn't freak out. Harmon disappeared into the house and the next thing I knew he was doctoring Porter up. Pretty sweet. Of course Porter then had to come to me to find out if he was going to live. I think the cowboy boots might have played a role in his wreck.

And this is just a funny picture of Ella. When you ask her where her nose is she scrunches up her face like this.

Retro Outfit

A few days ago I put Ella into an outfit that my mom made for me with I was about 6 months older than Ella is now. The elastic is a little shot in the legs, but it sure was cute on her! My best memory of this outfit? Putting it on Matthew (my youngest brother) when he was a baby. It has a matching bonnet that he wore also. HA HA HA HA!!! Oh he'd kill me if he read my blog. Should I mention the mascara too???

And this was just a cute picture of Ella and Harmon.

Pool Time

Harmon came and asked me if he and Porter could play in the backyard in the water. I said sure. Two minutes later I walked outside and miraculously the pool was already filled! Ella escaped while I was making dinner and I found her next to the pool trying to get in. At first I didn't let her because it was only about 80, windy, and the water was FREEZING. But she insisted and in she went. She was in heaven. All three of them had a great time in the water..

**I figured out that if you "click" on the collage it should enlarge.

Happy Birthday Porter!

Happy Birthday Porter!! Porter is a big four years old now! Here are a few of my favorite pictures of him.


Vocal from the beginning. The nurses asked us to keep him in my room at night because he screamed so much that all the other babies would start crying also.


Porter is very strong. From birth he could lift up his head, he rolled over at 2 weeks old!! and was walking by 8 1/2 months.



I've always liked this little sweet face.


Porter was about 3 1/2 to 4 months old here. He couldn't crawl but he managed to maneuver himself about 3 feet over to Harmon's french fries. We had been having a "picnic" in the living room. I left the fries while I put Harmon down for his nap. This is what I found.

For a long time we couldn't get a good picture of Porter. He always shut his eyes.



Porter's greatest love?? His train blankie that he packs around no matter how filthy it may get. I've started calling it "Frankenblanket" because it has so many random stitch tracks on it now. One day it will just *poof* disintegrate.

At the beach in Florida at 16 months old.


Matching mustaches.


Caught in the act! Hiding under his blanket while he pretended to be asleep so that he could eat his Halloween candy.



And....the big 4 year old birthday cake. He wanted a Transformer cake. I was pretty sure I lacked the necessary time, skills, and patience to create such a thing. Harmon and Porter like to pretend they are at the beach. In one of their favorite Backyardigan episodes the backhooligans (as micah likes to call them) go looking for Tiki beach to surf. So we created a Tiki beach cake. Thank you dollar store! They had all the accessories. tHappy Birthday to Porter!! We sure do love him!

Ella's First Piggies

She didn't feel like having her picture taken. But this is our first attempt at piggies. What an ordeal!

Porter was trying to help her look forward.

She doesn't look convinced, does she?