For the SLO friends We Miss and LOVe-Seeyou when You Come To Disneyland!!

see no, hear no, speak no

I couldnt resist, it was just too perfect.

Porter's vocabulary is growing and growing. We have to start watching our mouths the way that he starts mimicking sounds and intonation from us. His new one recently is letting us know when he is doing his business by squating, and tapping his rear while saying "beep beep" which has slowly evolved from the noise to identify cars, then farts, and now the dirty deed. At lest he is good with association.

Porter is feeling like a big boy these days, which is good since a baby sister is on the way. He takes running steps into the sand pit, walks up the slide the wrong way, and will even jump off edges into Daddy's arms.

He still likes to remind us however that he is still our little baby now and again, especially at the beach.

We love you Porter, our little social butterfly!!

time for words!

Mama and Dada (with actually knowing their meanings), 'ma-urrrrr' for more, 'tuk' for stuck, 'uh oh', 'no no' for OH NO!, 'die-pah' for diaper, 'al-Dah' for all done, byebye, HI (which he says everytime he leaves or enters a room), 'Nay' for naked (which he wants to be all the time), 'wa-er' for water, 'mi' for milk, 'pees' for please, 'eye', 'no' for nose, 'mou' for mouth, 'dog' (and then he gives a high pitch bark to emphasize his point), 'naaay' for horse, 'ksss' for keys (which if you hand them the whole key ring, he can run to the car, find the right key, and stick it into the car door, and almost twist hard enough to unlock it....oh man, he's going to be trouble the way he loves buttons and driving), 'chz' for cheese, 'cakah' fro cracker, 'ou-sie' for outside, and 'aye' for yes (just like a pirate), 'beep beep', and 'bump' for when he lets gas, 'buh bah' for bubble bath and belly button, 'up', 'dow' for down,'ga-coo' for thankyou (after you give him anything, said with the right intonation-pretty cute), and his most common phrase right now is 'weh-ahh-uuu' for where ARRE you??? it's so cute- he sticks that at the end of any inanimate object he may be looking for...like mr. bear, "beh, weh-AHH-uu??" or the keys "ksss, Weh-AHHHH-uu??", which is followed up with a 'tada' or a scream of excitement when he finds it. he's just started using that phrase to find people now too, like Rayne, who stays with us sometimes, "Wehweh (rayne), weh-AHHHHHH-uuuu???

I'll have to write down the funny things he does lately, but not till later. work calls.

Marks Senior Show

It's all over....This past week was my senior show. 2 quarters of work all piled into one night of show. It feels great to be done. As a class we all pitched in to get a venue downtown in a gallery that went out of business. It provided for some great visability by the public and was a fun experience to put together. I created a display framing that looked like a shack where I suspended my work from twine. My project was in Minneapolis on the Mississippi.

Porters Likes

Porters likes. . .

. . . looking like a newsie

. . . Bu bu baah 2 times a day

. . . beach days with mommy and daddy

. . . mommy's shoes, most definitely

. . . getting ready for Valentines date

. . . camera time

. . .disc golfing with buddy, Sam

. . . nope, definitely doesn't like missing naps

All Done

took porter to the doctors office to get shots. the second porter saw the needle, he started desperately saying and signing (to make sure i understood) ALDOHN ALDOHN over and over. after the crying he continued being "alldohn" all the way out the car until we traveled safely in and out of weeks, through a night and a day, and almost over a year, until we were back home and in his very own bedroom.

don't worry porter- with the terrible response time we get with your doctors, i am 'all done' too.