For the Aunts

Snow Day!

Porter is 2 weeks old now. I sure think he is super cute. (The above 2 pix were taken mere hours ago for Jen and Jennette's delight)!

Porter Leonard Rice

He is here! Our sweet baby boy weighed in at 7 lb 8 oz. He is 20.5 inches long. He made his debut at 6:54 pm on January 5th. We finally decided on a name. Porter (because we like the name) and Leonard (after Tyler's grandpa who is the sweetest man alive).

(the above picture is one that only a mother would love ... but I wanted to post one of him right after he was born)

Here are a few more fun facts:

Porter was born on our 4th anniversary.

He was born at the birthing center in Meridian, and I have very positive things to say about the experience.

Although Lincoln has been hanging out with grandparents since 'Baby Brother's' arrival, when he did see him he was a really good Big Brother. He just kept saying, "He's cute! He's cute!" and copying what Porter would do.

2 of my fav pictures

I'm quite certain I never posted these pictures. And I really love them. And I miss the warmth of summer. And I love Lincoln. And ... hopefully this sort of makes up for posting the picture of him looking super goofy holding his 'projects' (turkeys).

Mom Fun

Taking these 2 pictures was a good exercise for me. I have been feeling huge and taking these pictures (while dark and of low quality) made me realize I have some room to grow. Dang it!

I think I will like being a mom as long as my kids think doing crafts with me is fun. (even if they make goofy faces when we're done).

A Few Cute Pictures

How have I not blogged for 3 months? Weird. Also, I thought I would post a picture of my belly at 32 weeks ... apparently I am the photographer and never the model (I am mostly okay with this). I will try to get a picture soon. Before this second wiggly boy is born, I hope. But ... here are some pictures of my cute boys from the last couple months.

At the pumpkin patch. We got to steal our daddy-daddy for a night! (Tyler has been working really hard and I'm super impressed with all he is accomplishing. Plus, when he comes home he takes care of Lincoln while I zone out, or he takes care of both of us. He is tough!)

The pumpkin he painted, and his dragon costume.

Riding the pig at Oma and Opa's house.

We were on a 'date.' Fortunately, we have had lots of fun outings to keep us busy while 'daddy-daddy' does his 'work at school'.

The Zoo

August and the end of July have been much less exciting than June and early July. I guess thats what happens when all your family leaves. Rhonda got us a zoo pass when we moved here (funny sidenote: it says it belongs to the household of Kimber and Katie Rice ... don't we sound like a cute little lesbian couple?).

Anyway, Lincoln and I go about once a week. His favorite things about the zoo have nothing to do with the animals, but he still really likes it there. His favorite things include the pictures of animals, the toy animals, the giraffe slide, the goats, the geese, the jeep, the drinking fountain, the special picnic tables ... he is a funny kid.

I let him ride the merry-g0-round the other day because he always looks at it longingly, and i finally thought I could stomach going with him. Turns out he loves it and we now have a little monster.

I often think I'm going to look back at this summer and think about the bike rides on the greenbelt to the zoo and think about how great it was. I've been feeling really good this week, and I might even agree to its greatness right now.

Thanks for the zoo pass Rhonda!

A Little Blue Today

No, I'm not feeling sad ... but we did find out the little guy inside me is a boy so all my baby thoughts now have a color theme at least.

I'm really excited to have another boy ... except one thing ... boy names are harder to come up with. Anyone have any good ideas? (I'm going to be sorry I asked, huh?)