Stradlings in San Diego

Last Sunday we went down to see some good friends, the Stradlings, who were vacationing in San Diego. We hadn't seen them in over two years, so it was fun to catch up and meet each other's kids (some for the first time). We talked and walked down to the beach. Porter had a BLAST playing in the sand. He even decided to try it out. It must have tasted good because he went back for seconds, and thirds, and fourths.



Jarom, Jonny, Job and Porter

all the boys: Jonny, Jarom, Travis, Job and Porter. Porter found a little kite in the sand and so we tested it out. To our amazement it flew really well. The boys took turns flying it. It stayed in San Diego so Jarom could enjoy it all week on the beach.





Our family on the beach

The whole gang: Job, Porter, Brittney, Annie, Emilee, Travis, Jonny, and Jarom

Emilee and I were playing matchmaker. As you can tell, Travis is enjoying himself and Annie is NOT. Maybe she feels like he us getting a little too frisky. What do you think?

Cute Kiddos

Just a few cute pictures of my two cute kids.

Memorial Day Weekend

Over Memorial weekend we went up to Job's parent's lake house in Crestline. Job's brother Joseph and his wife Kelly joined us and my sister Christina came down from Manteca as well. We enjoyed the weekend with lots of yummy food, movies, games, geo caching and playing ball. It was a very relaxing weekend, one worth needing.

Two Years Too Fast

I cannot believe that two years ago my little baby boy was about to be born. I remember lying in bed with contraction pain, unsure of what was really happening, only to find out that my body was preparing itself to bring a child into this world. We had called the hospital multiple times during the 24 hours prior to Porter's birth, only to be told that if I was not at least dilated to a 4, then I would be sent home. Well, that was not in the birthing plan, so I waited and waited. I tried a bath, peppermint tea, night time Tylenol (or whatever it is called), only to be rejected by all attempts of a more relaxing night. Between contractions and bathroom visits, I waited watched the time go by until I could not take it any longer. I woke up Job at about 2:30 in the morning and with contractions 6-7 minutes apart, we headed to the hospital. During the 20 minute drive, they turned into 2-3 minute contractions and I could not walk to the delivery room. The nurses hooked me up and when they checked me I was at an 8. Whoohoo! We were not leaving the hospital. I received some pain medication through my IV and less than 5 hours later and after over an hour of pushing, little Porter entered the world. He seemed so small at 20 inches and 7 pounds 11 ounces.

That little boy is no longer. The once quiet, still boy is now a rambunctious 2 year old. Porter loves the outdoors, balls, playing catch, eating yummy food, helping mommy and daddy with anything and everything and "taking care" of his little sister. He is so grown up and talks all day long. He is so smart and remembers EVERYTHING. Some of our favorite Porterisms are flirting by batting his eyes, smiling super cute and blowing kisses; saying "hhmmm" when he is thinking really hard about something.





He loves to "find treasure" through geo caching. He learned about true geo caching from his Aunt Christina when she would take him out after Annie was born.


Porter LOVES his sister Annie. He has to kiss her ALL the time, give her blankets or toys or whatever else he has, and be next to her. He is always wanting to play catch with her, even though she doesn't catch with her hands (this we found out several times). He loves to mimic the sounds she makes and she loves to watch him be all crazy.


His days are spent mostly with Mommy and Annie, but he can't wait to hide from daddy when he gets home from work. He is so fun to watch as he learns new things. Life would not be the same without Porter in it,


Even if he can be a little on the crazy side!


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Playing with the IPad

Today we took new pictures of ourselves. Tell us who has the best picture.











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Poor Little Miss Annie

Dear Little Annie,

Your nose is running, your are congested, you have a cough. You are drooling, you are fussy at times and sometimes you feel like you have a slight fever. I'm sorry to tell you this, but at three and a half months, your first 2 teeth are coming in. The doctor said that they should break through by the time you are four months old.

So I will hold you, and kiss you and when the baby orajel and Tylenol doesn't
seem to work and all you can do is cry, because your little body hurts and you don't know why, I will hold you and kiss you even more and longer.

Love, Mommy

Locked Door

Naptime and bedtime have been extremely off in our house in the last month and a half. Porter cannot go to sleep without someone with him in his room and at nighttime he wakes up at least once. Since he is now in a "big boy" bed, we find the little boy in our bed in the middle of the night and if we are not too exhausted, take him back to his room, only to do it all over again. As you can tell, no one in our house has had a full night's rest in over a month, even little Annie, who probably gets the most.

At naptime today little Porter would not stay in his bed and would not settle down. I would forgo the naps but I know that it is not time yet because he would fall asleep in the middle of the living room if he didn't, which he has.

Annie was crying in her swing while I was trying to get Porter down, so I told him that I would be back and that he needed to stay in his bed and that if he didn't I wouldn't come back in with him and that I would shut the door. Usually, if I needed to leave to check on Annie he would stay, but today he didn't. I found him in the living room with me.

I guided Porter back to his room and then when he was at his bed, I shut the door. I was only going to shut it so he knew I was serious and then I would open it after about 20 seconds (with yelling of course). Well ... when I went to open the door, it was locked. Now he cannot open the doors, but when he had tried to open it by climbing on his toy box, he had accidently locked it. I was able to calm him down but at my first attempt at talking him through unlocking it, I had to call his father.

Before I heard Job's voice on the phone I began to laugh. Between laughs I asked him how to unlock Porter's door, only to hear "you really can't". I then told him what had happened and that Porter was locked inside his room. He told me to try using an old credit card and if that did not work, to call him. I tried my Ralph's card, CVS card and Food for Less card, which did not work. I should have known because I had never needed to use the old credit card trick. I had to call him back. Good thing he was only two minutes away from home.

While waiting for Job, I tried to get Porter to unlock the door, which failed. We then laid on the floor and touched eachother's fingers until the hero came to rescue us. Good thing the credit card trick didn't work for him either because then I really would have looked stupid. Job was able to get the door open with a screwdriver. As a payment to him, he took one of my birthday candy bars, definately worth it.

Thanks Hero Daddy. We love you