Porter is 9 Months!

Are you kidding me! 9 months has flown by! How on earth did this happen, my little baby is growing into a little boy. He can now crawl, sit up on his own, go from crawling to sitting and from sitting to grabbing something and standing! It's actually crazy. I'm pretty sure he'll be walking in a few months. Even though he can crawl he still prefers his army crawl. And he's quick. He knows there are a few doors that open in the house to places he doesn't belong and as soon as those open he is on the move as fast as possible. I love his little personality. We have very few bad days, but those bad days are rough. He's working on another tooth and it's almost through. It's crazy, I kind of miss his toothless little grin. He has started eating foods fully solid, bananas, bread, watermelon (which he absolutely loves - just like his mamma).

He's also grown, again. His sleepers are now 9-12 months and his onesies too, but this boy has the smallest little waist! His 6-9 month pants are still loose, you get them to the thighs and getting them over the thighs is hard work, then his little waist won't hold the pants up! Anyway, here are his stats!

Porter M. Whiteley

Age: 9 months

Weight: 18 lbs 14 oz

Height:  29 inches

Wearing: 9-12 month clothing mostly, 6-9 month pants

New developments: Going from crawling to sitting and back again, climbing over everything and everyone. He finally said Mamma! It was the cutest thing in the world. He now says Dada, Mama and Babababa. He can say hey, which is awesome and a few other mumblings. He pulls himself to stand up, on everything and everyone. He has started to hate when I feed him and he only wants to feed himself, quite the independent boy. 

Favorite things: Puppies. For real, any puppy he just loves, real or stuffed! Baths he loves too. He started to cuddle again, which he hasn't done since he was a newborn! It makes me so happy. He also loves to be read to, like really. We started reading to this boy at about 3 months and so he now enjoys his stories (which makes me so glad since both Matt and I love books!)

Favorite clothes: I would have to say his green checked dress shirt that matches Daddy's!

Porter is 8 Months!

So this month has been hectic, you're lucky I'm even posting! Here it is.


Porter Maxwell Whiteley

Age: 8 months

Weight: 17 lbs still I think, maybe 18.

Height: Don't know.

Wearing: 6-9 month old clothing

New developments: Sitting really well on his own, starting to stand while holding things - like the stairs, trying to sit up on his own. Sleeping super well, just one wake up at 6 and then back to bed till 8:30. Chomping on everything as well! He now has one tooth!

Favorite things: His puppy, real puppies, this toy that makes a lot of noises and his rings!

Favorite clothes: His green dress shirt that matches Daddy with a little blue bow tie.

Now for some pictures!

Crawling his way over to get the camera...

And he is such a poser!

Out for a walk.

Fun at Auntie Bre's

First time on a carousel!

I think he might be too big for this!

He takes a bottle people!!!

Uh Oh.

Porter is 7 Months!

Its been a crazy fast month again! This little man is growing so fast! He's started to "crawl" around to get his toys, it's more of an army crawl but he can get up on all fours sometimes. He's also started talking so much, he chatters all the time with a variety of sounds and noises. He's doing great with his sleeping habits (most of the time) with a few exceptions. He sleeps through the night now which is a huge relief for Mom! He's also now eating 3 times a day, and really misses it when we forget his snack! His favourite is rice cereal, but he also loves oatmeal. We've tried sweet potato and turkey which went over pretty well too. 

We've had to baby proof the house now, he's started to find outlets, heating vents and baseboard corners. It's awesome to see how interested he is in everything, really cool to see him learn new things! He's a super happy little boy, always excited to wake up in the morning (unlike mommy) and happy just to be crawling/rolling around on the floor. We also bought him an exersaucer/jumper that he loves! He's also sitting much better, unaided some of the time. It's crazy how many changes can happen in just one month!


Porter Maxwell Whiteley

Age: 7 months

Weight: 17 lbs?

Height:  Who knows.

Wearing: 6-9 month old clothing, and things are fitting really well now.

New developments: Army crawling, sitting pretty well and eating lots of food! He's such a chatterbox as well. Sleeping through the night (amAzing!) and sitting in the bath! He also has started chewing on his amber necklace, which I'm trying really hard to stop him from doing!

Favorite things: His exersaucer/jumper, his stackable ring toy, rolling balls around and chewing on clothes!

Favorite clothes: His onesie with the sunglasses on them and his bright blue pants! It's super cute on him..

Now for some pictures!

I love his cute little face!

90% of the pictures I took, look like this!

Porter is 6 Months!

Well this month is a month of big changes. Our little man decided one day that he wanted to roll, so one Sunday that is ALL he did. It was ridiculous. He would roll from his bak to his tummy and then be stuck. So that meant there was a lot of putting him on his back just to have him roll to his tummy. Well he's got the hang of it now and rolling is a breeze for him! Such a big boy! We also started solids! Crazy for me that he is already there! We've tried some rice cereal, applesauce, carrots and cantelope (lovingly given to him by his cousin). He's like it all so far so hopefully his eating habits continue to be good!

We also started a sleep training program (which was incredibly difficult) but it's made life a bit more manageable. We tried it out the first night and he cried for almost an hour but then slept for 10 hours straight. Not every night has been as good as that but he's definitely figured things out now.

Well we took him for his immunizations this month (this is our first round, I wanted to wait until he was out of his colicky stage and every other time we've tried he's been sick!). He took it like a champ. Luckily Daddy was there to hold him because Mommy would not have been able to handle it herself! He cried for a minute or two and then the nice nurse had a bell that she rang which completely distracted him. 

Porter Maxwell Whiteley

Age: 6 months

Weight: 16 lbs 14 oz (apparently we thought he was heavier than he was last month!)

Height:  28 inches

Wearing: 6-9 month old clothing, the odd 3-6 month piece fits, but really he's in 6-9 month stuff.

New developments: Rolling around is a breeze now, he also manages to move even when he's not rolling. He will end up on the opposite side of a blanket without rolling at all! He loves looking at himself in the mirror and makes more and more cute sounds (like da-da-da-da). He's also eating solids! Bah make time go slower! He also sits! Not very well, and not for more than a few seconds but it's getting there!

Favorite things: Anything that sings/plays music, Mommy singing to him (makes me happy), playing with daddy, eating anything he can get in his mouth, still loves water bottles, grabbing faces, his jolly jumper and sticking out his tongue!

Favorite clothes: His green and white baseball shirt and grey sweats. It's adorable.

Now for some pictures!

Our trip to Banff!

All bundled up.

Such good Daddies.

I'm the paparazzi 

Look at those cheeks!

:)

Chillin in my Bjorn.

Don't I look cool Mom?

Gramma and Porter

Family Day!!

Daddy gave little man his watch.

I love him..

Out for a walk!

Little man :)

This teething toy is really good.

Just watching some Ellen..

Instead of jumping, someone chooses to eat the straps instead.

Nanny was watching little man and was playing in the crib with him.

New Hair… yup super short.

What?

Crazy boy.

Little man.