Christmas '10

Sorry it took us a while to get this post up. We had a great Christmas this year. Porter was much more aware and was able to open his own presents. He left cookies and milk out for Santa on Christmas eve. He was very excited to see the empty plate and cup along with the note that Santa left for him. After we read Santa's note we sang happy birthday to Jesus.

After we checked out the note for a little while Porter realized that Santa brought more than just a note.

It is a slinky.

He loves his new tricycle.

Santa also brought Momma and Daddy some stuff too. Momma loves hers.

Checking out my new wool overcoat.

After we opened presents we hit the road for Sumter and Mayesville to spend time with family. Porter got lots of stuff at Yaya and Grandpa's house.

Then it was off to Grandaddy and Nana's house and out to the country with the extended family.

There is that slinky.

Luckily Gam a Gam made it back in time to see Porter before he left for Greenville.

Thanks Nana and Granddaddy.

Porter got this new keyboard and mic from Nana and Granddaddy. He has figured out how to do more than just blow into the mic now. He is still trying to eat it though.

More pictures and videos from Christmas to come soon.

Porter Pictures

I borrowed a friend's camera and snapped a few photos of Porter. He did not cooperate. I did get a few shots though.

Recent Videos

Porter loves the cars that Aunt Joanne sent.

Porter singing in the car. He is so silly.

Porter sitting on a tractor.

Porter on the rocking horse.

I told you he was a monster...

So Maria and Porter went trick-or-treating on Saturday with some of the other kids from our Sunday school class. Porter did not quite catch on to the concept. Half the time he would say trick-or-treat and just walk off without getting any candy. Then there was that one time, when the lady opened the door, Porter decided it would be a great idea to go running into her house. Not only did he run into her house but he went all the way down the hall and GOT ON HER BED. He laid there and laughed. Maria was quite embarrassed to say the least. Hopefully next year he will do a little better with the candy.

Sunday night we went to the fall festival that the church put on. There were tons of people there. I helped man the cake walk while Porter played with dirt. The train ride was not as big of a hit this time around. He even said "I did not like the little train" on the way home. He was the cutest train engineer that you will ever see.

Porter loves his hat so much he was wearing it again today.

Our little monster is 2!!!!

Some days it is almost impossible to believe that we have a two year old. We went home for my 10 year high school reunion and to celebrate Porter's birthday with family. We enjoyed a nice picnic at Swan Lake with Yaya and Grandpa and Gama Gam. Then we went to "The Country" to celebrate with Nana, Grandaddy, Heath, Lisa, Johnny, and Katie too. Porter had a blast celebrating and opening presents. Last weekend we celebrated here in Greenville with some of Porter's friends. Porter loves trains so he wanted all of his friends to be able to go for a ride on George the Train. Here are some pictures of Porter's parties.

Porter was a little scared of the loud horn.

Porter and Friends

This is going to be a short post. It took a while for the pictures to upload today for some reason. Anyway, here are some updated pictures of Porter. We went to Homecoming at Clemson and Porter loved playing with his friends and looking at the floats. We went to Orangeburg this past weekend to see our cousin, Katie in homecoming, but didn't get any pictures. Boo! Nana got some for us, though. Hopefully, we can download some of hers. We met Yaya, Grandpa, Uncle Richard, and Gama Gram on Saturday for a Fall Festival in Columbia. So good to see them and Porter had a great time on the tractors! On Sunday, we went to pick out a pumpkin for our house. Porter ran all over the pumpkin patch and wanted to take all of the pumpkins home:)