Vacation

Kudos to the Peden's! Thank you Lisa and Johnny! We are loving it here and Porter is having a blast! You know he loves being "owside" and he loves the pool! Enjoy the pictures!

These cranes were in our backyard yesterday morning!

He loves filling up one bucket and dumping it into the other bucket, then says "Yay!"

Daddy at Downtown Disney...

Porter at Downtown Disney...

We all shared a Mint Bliss from Ghirardelli! Mint Chocolate chip ice cream and 86% Ghirardelli Chocolate! Yum!

We ate at the Rainforest Cafe. Porter loved the fish, but was a little skeptical when it thundered in the rain forest:)

Waiting for his drink...

Houston we have a problem.

Sorry it has been so long. I am working on getting some video edited so I can put it up on the blog.

But I digress. Porter has decided that he no longer wants to have hair so he has started pulling it out in clumps at night while he is in his crib. Not sure what the deal is but hopefully we can figure it out soon before he looks like Gollum from The Lord of the Rings with like three little bunches of hair on his head.

Here are some Pictures of Porter. He is trying to do a pushup like daddy in that last one.

Tubes and some other stuff.

So for those of you who have not heard, we have had a busy couple of weeks around here. Porter finally got tubes put in his ears. He was soooooo good. The only problem came when we put him in the car to come home and he threw up all of his apple juice projectile style. Here are some pics of him looking cute in his gown.

Unfortunately the same day Porter got his tubes, my dad had to have Gabe put down due to a heart condition. He was a great dog.

We had a great time in Sumter for Christmas. Porter has started walking (some) and he had a blast opening his presents. We got a wii and have been having a blast with it so far.

Porter and His Car

Porter got a car for his birthday and just LOVES riding in it and pushing it around. Enjoy:)

Scene of the Crime

Maria and I decided to take Porter to Whitewater Falls today up in NC. For those of you who do not know the uber romantic story, this is where I made Maria the luckiest woman on the planet. That's right, I asked her to marry me on top of the waterfall. If you look really close you can see where we were almost 7 years ago to the day (Oct. 26th, 2002). The weather was perfect and the leaves really seemed to be at their peak. Porter had a great time. He smiled at every single person we passed on the way up to the lookout. If you have never been, you need to check it out.

The view from the parking lot.

The family before we head up the trail.

Half way to the lookout spot.

The view from the lower lookout platform.

Porter walking back to the Car.

More Birthday Pictures

We didn't get very many pictures of the HIne family because our camera was charging. So here are some more pictures with YaYa, Grandpa Doug, and Great Grandma Helen.

Thank you, YaYa for sending the CD!

Porter's Birthday Party

Well, we just finished up a fun day with family for Porter's birthday. He Turns 1 on Thursday but we decided to have the party this weekend. Porter's cousin and aunt and uncle spent the night with us last night as did his great aunt and uncle. Porter's great grandma, YaYa, and Grandpa came to celebrate with him too. We had burgers and hotdogs along with some cake. Of course Porter got his own cake. Check back soon for some videos of Porter destroying his cake.

Porter LOVES his new car.

And the box it came in.

MMMMMM........CAKE

Before he destroyed it.