Blankets Galore

Porter loves his blankets! Luckily, he hasn't attached to just one, but he only likes the 100% kind of rough cotton ones. At least twice a day, he will pull all of his blankets from the nicely folded pile I have them in and spread them throughout the house. I took these pictures in a matter of one minute just walking from room to room.

As you can see, there are a total of 10 blankets in use at one time. Instead of saying "blanket" he calls them "daddy" but he does understand when we tell him to go get his blanket. It's very cute! Ben and I have both been grateful he has something that brings comfort to him, especially when we have a sitter. He does still use a pacifier, but only when he's sleeping. We're working on taking that away though. Tough times to come.

Random

So yes, it's been "some time" since our last post and I don't have any good excuses except simply not wanting to. Nothing is new... we're just enjoying family life together and getting REALLY sick of winter and the cold. Porter can say a lot of words and phrases these days such as: more, bottle, outside, dog, "woof woof," all gone, daddy, mama, love you, no no, uh oh, and bite. There are many more, but I can't recall them. He understands SO MUCH more too. We really are so thrilled to have such a bright little man. He is advanced for his age, we just hope it stays that way!
This is a recent classic Porter face. Sometimes he makes this face when we tell him "no" or if he decides he's mad but doesn't want to throw a fit. Other times, he just makes the face. He also loves climbing into things especially containers that already have things in them and he proceeds to throw everything all over the floor.

Here's our happy boy. He's been walking for well over 3 months now and usually runs wherever he is going. We must avoid socks in the house because he slips and slides all over.

Bath time with daddy is a joy! He absolutely loves it (aside from the actual "bathing" part).

Doesn't he look so grown-up in this picture? At almost 15 months, our little baby is not so baby.

Just a cute picture.

Just a funny picture!

Goodrich Family Photo - this was the first time everyone was home for Christmas in 6 years!!

Playing in the snow with Daddy!

Aunt Mary serenading us all... Porter especially loved it!

Porter playing with Gma's toys in a drawer. Whenever we would pull the drawer out, he'd just climb right in.

Christmas in Oregon

We had a wonderful time in Oregon at Gma's and Gpa's house this year for Christmas. In the video below, you can see Porter with his FAVORITE toy. He walked it from one end of the house to the other ALL day long. And eventually...

... he started walking all by himself!!

Everyone said we'd dread the day he started walking, but we were VERY ready for it. It was a great Christmas present.

Happy Birthday Porter

We celebrated Porter's first birthday yesterday at my sisters house. What a grand time! I guess Porter didn't like all the attention; he had a few meltdowns. Happy Birthday baby!

Christmas in the nighttime sky

On the Saturday after Thanksgiving, we drove to a nearby town to have chili, stand by a bonfire, listen to music and watch fireworks. It's the official kickoff to the Christmas season. There were a lot of people there this year, but we still enjoyed ourselves. We love the Christmas season!
Ben and Porter watching the fireworks... well, at least Ben was. It was past Porter's bedtime and he wasn't too happy to be out in the cold.