Thursday, December 18, 2014

Porter is 4 Months!

Where did the time go? This month has once again flown by, which is sad because December is one of my favourite months! I love getting ready for Christmas! This past week we celebrated Matt's birthday with my family, we had a cake and some presents and it was just awesome (his birthday is the 22nd). Then in the week to come we are celebrating together and with Matt's family. We are going out to eat at the Lake House (which looks amazing) and then to see the Hobbit! Matt and I both love the Hobbit so I am stoked! We also decided to see the Nutcracker (well I hinted and Matt figured it out and bought tickets!) It was amazing. The dancers were superb and it really made things feel more Christmasy! Alright, on to updates :)

Porter Maxwell Whiteley

Age: 4 months

Weight: 15 lbs 7 oz

Height: 26.1 inches

Wearing: 3-6 month old clothing, his pants are still 0-3 month size. He clearly has short legs like his mamma.

New developments: He has rolled over a 2nd time. Still from front to back during tummy time. This time Daddy saw it and Mommy didn't! He's also started grabbing everything. I put him in his little chair so I can shower and have him close and I didn't realize that he was so close to the straightener cord. He pulled it down on top of him. Luckily it missed his noggin and was turned off but it still gave him a scare! (Mommy fail moment!) He has also started talking to himself. When he is in the carseat we have a mirror that faces him (so we can see him in the rear view mirro) and recently if he's wide awake and not sleepy he talks to the mirror (very nicely). It's cute. Last but not least, he moves in his crib. Like from one end to the other in the night! I will put him down close to one end and in the morning he is at the other end of the crib! I am scared he's going to hit his head, but the health care system tells you repeatedly not to put bumped pads in. So I'm at a loss. He's also decided he hates bottles, which is rough for me, even milk in a bottle, so we're trying to figure that one out!

Favorite things: Still smiling and baths with daddy. He kicks soo much in the bath, it's a little crazy! He likes new people too, definitely not shy unless it's a ton of people all at once! He also loves to drool, much to my dismay, which ends up in outfit changes at least 3 times a day. He has just recently decided that he loves his striped monkey from his Gramma. It's adorable and he's so cute with it!

Favorite clothes: He has an adorable striped long sleeve shirt with elbow patches that I just love!

Now for the 4 month photos!








Wednesday, December 17, 2014

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

I love Christmas! The lights, the music the smells. Everything about this time of year makes me oh so happy. Our Christmas decorations (minus the tree) were all up in November! Having a baby makes this time of year even more fun. I've bought a few too many Christmas sleepers and that's what I put him in all the time. Matt loves Christmas too, but I don't think it's possible to love it as much as I do.

This year we have the Whiteley Christmas. I'm so excited to take our family onesie picture with Porter. He will fit his Christmas onesie perfectly by the time he needs to wear it. We also get to have Cooper Christmas on Boxing day. Having family close really is a blessing!

This year I really feel in the Christmas spirit. I've been able to go to a few mom and baby Christmas parties, I've made numerous cookies and treats and all my Christmas shopping is done! Last year was difficult for me at Christmas time, I was exhausted and had terrible morning sickness so I didn't really enjoy the food or smells.

We caved and bought an artificial tree. I figure next year we won't want pine needles all over the floor where Porter is walking/crawling and I don't want him to eat them off the tree so Matt went out and bought a 7ft/9ft Christmas tree and it has a million lights. I can't believe how easy it was to put up. Decorating took half the time! I love that it's pre-lit and I don't have to go through strands of tangled up Christmas lights before getting to the fun part of hanging ornaments!

Now here are some of our latest adventures.

Just hanging out with 17 other babies!

Kissing my little man under the mistletoe.

It's a diaper changing party!

Matching onesies :)

Porter wasn't used to all the noise.. he may have been a little unhappy.

The reindeer and elf :)

A little smaller party.. Porter is checked out!

Babies!

Last year we had a New Year's Brunch and sat in this exact same place but none of us had babies yet! Crazy how quick life goes.

Merry Christmas!

We had 2 criers and 2 content babies.

Porter and Auntie Em

My smiley guy :)

Love him!

He fell asleep like this...

Best Friends and Cousins :) Tucker and Porter!

I love Tucker's face in this one!





This one is blurry.. but these two are awesome!

Kisses from Mrs. Claus

Our first Santa visit was a success!