March 2011 Part 2

Happy End of March 2011 to you all! This month has been rockin AWESOME!! The second part of this month has really been a blast! We started it off with March Madness. And yes it started out great! My bracket ROCKED the first day. Patrick came home early to watch the games! We ate dinner downstairs, totally not my thing...but we did it to have some fun!
Then the next day was Porters Birthday! And YES I can believe it! It totally feels like it's been 3 years since I held him in my arms a newborn baby boy. Since this was the first year he really understood what a birthday is.. we decided to make it a BIG day for him. And how could we not when we live 10 minutes away from trains and he is a TRAIN FREAK!?! So We rode Front runner (a.k.a Trains) down to Salt Lake. Porter ATE that up! He was at first a little nervous when we told him but then warmed up once he saw that it was harmless and really a ton of fun!
We met up with family and went to the Clark Planetarium. We wanted to do the Discovery museum.. but not in our price range. So the Clark Planetarium wasn't anything big! Porter didn't get it and to be honest... it wasn't anything spectacular to me either.  To the left is a picture of what our stroller looked like! HAHA No Kids! But we were grateful for the stroller anyway!
After the Planetarium we went to eat at California Pizza Kitchen. Not the best place I've eaten at that's for sure.. but not that bad. We opened presents and enjoyed being together.  Then did a little shopping and looking around Dick's Sporting goods! Porter really liked it in there. Atta Boy!! From there we rode Trax up to Temple Square. Porter loved riding more "Trains" and then really loved seeing Moroni and being able to touch the Temple! He told his Nursery leaders all about it.We went to the South Visitors Center and then down the the Church History building. They have a kids level where the kids can do hands on play and learn stuff. I actually think Kinley got more of a kick out of that than Porter did. Either way they had a blast.
We rushed to get back onto Front Runner to get back home and Porter once again was in Train Heaven! Literally... there are trains all over, he was glued to the window and had his ears perked waiting to hear the whistle and the railroad crossing bells! Seeing him so happy made me probably more happy than he was that very day! It was great.
We got home and had dinner and opened presents. Porter got more Thomas the train stuff and clothes and a Cars book and last but not least a Wheel Barrel that he can use to help Dad out in the yard. After presents we turned on the BYU vs. Gonzaga Game! It was so great to see them play so well and WIN! As Porter put it "Best DAY EVVER!"
Then the week following we had my sister Carrie and her family come stay with us for a few days. Porter loved having cousins to laugh and play with! WE took them to see the trains outside the Train museum and they LOVED it! Sadly I forgot my camera. But because of having cousins over Porter learned to get into my make up from his cousin... Found him looking like this one morning after they left.
On the upside though, I've noticed how much he learned from them and he is really growing and learning so quickly! He watched his older cousin using the Potty and enjoyed seeing that someone his age did that.
This past monday March 28th I decided you know what I need to see if he'll do the whole potty thing so I can see just how far he's coming along with things. So I asked him if he wanted to wear his Thomas Underware and he said Yes! So I told him "OK! No more Diapers! From now on we wear big boy underware like Dad and Grandpa and Uncle Gavin and (all the boys he looks upto)" And I'm happy and so glad to say that it is now Thursday and we have only missed the potty 3 or 4 times!
HE IS SO PROUD OF HIMSELF! And SO AM I!!!! Although right now in the training process.. it's a lot harder going places. And he still doesn't get that he can't go at night. But all in all we are WELL on our way!
And Kinley is always so happy! She has really been hitting her teething hard again lately. But she is now Walking! She is still a little unstable, but she can do it and she chooses to do it for the most part. She can say binkie, blankie, bottle(all three sound like bitee), baby, ball, bath, No(neh), Yes (yeh) and of course her very favorite...Daddy!

Lately it's been extra rough on her with dad being gone for work. She wakes up in the morning and says Daddy... and then points into my bed where she thinks she'll find him, but then I tell her he's at work and she loses a lot of her spunk. Then she hears a car drive by outside or a big truck which sounds like our Garage Door opening and she looks up at me with these wide excited eyes and says "DADDY!" Then I sadly have to tell her no sweetie dad is still at work. Then she either starts to cry and drop the floor whining, or she just gets really sad and just goes silent and cuddles into me and her blanket with a somber attitude. She loves her Daddy! It's adorable! But can break my heart at how much she misses him throughout the day. And lastly She loves to Dance and wiggle! She is so full of spunk and very energetic!