Orange County Zoo

Last Saturday we took Porter and his aunt and cousins to the Orange County Zoo. It was a small zoo but my favorite part was the petting zoo part. Porter loved brushing the goat's hair. He wanted to walk all over the zoo by himself.

Here is Mimi and her kids Marley and Te'a.

Porter and Daddy looking at some animals.

Porter pretending to be some birds. I was teaching him to flap his arms.

The mountain lion.

The black and brown bears.

The bald eagle.

The billy goat.

These next couple are from the kid's petting zoo area.




Porter walking around the zoo.

A New "Do"

Here are a few pictures of Porter getting his hair cut. We gave him a piece of chocolate to help distract him and he ended up getting hair on it but eating it anyways. With all the hair on him he ended up getting a bath, which he did not mind at all.

Cousin Ethan

Last night we had Job's cousin and his family over for dinner. They have a son that is a couple months younger than Porter and the two boys had so much fun together. The followed each other around, ran up and down the hall laughing at each other, threw balls around and took turns throwing a sticky ball at the window and getting it stuck higher than they could reach. It is so cute to watch Porter grow and develop and play with other kids. He is getting to be such a little man and soon he will be a big brother 24/7.

Table Top Fun

The other night we had Job's brother and his wife over to make pizza. Porter thought it was so cool when we were rolling out the dough on the kitchen table that he climbed up on the chair and started playing with the dough. Because he was having so much fun I let him play with the rolling pins after we pulled the pans and bowls off the table. He loved it, probably because he never gets to play on the table. He was dancing and rolling the pins off the table. As you can tell by the pictures, he was covered in flour.

Christmas

These pictures are a little late, but they are of Christmas morning. Porter didn't really care about opening presents. Once one was opened he wanted to play with it, until the last present ... he grabbed it off the couch and sat down with it on the floor and opened it all by himself. It was a train from his Grandpa and Grandma Brooksby and once he saw it he said "choo-choo". He loves his new toys, which were only a few thank goodness because otherwise we'd be picking them up all day long. Christmas was nice and quiet and very relaxing.

"Draw"

Porter loves to draw, especially when he has company. Here are a few pictures of him coloring with some of his cousins.