words

Porter talks quite a bit and I've been meaning to jot down some of the words that he says just so I can remember them down the road. His most frequent words, spoken at least 20 times a day, are ball, baseball, basketball, book, and water (pronounced "ah-lo", also used for the word/name Olive). I won't include how all the words are pronounced or I'd be here all day. Some of the others include, mommy, daddy, baby, hi, hello, hop, eagle (Matt's trying to teach him to say "Go Eagles!"), pizza, grandma, grandpa, (he even said "great-grandpa" for Grandpa Konold today), hot, shoe, stinky, pew, cracker, hat, milk, bagel, cheese, no, walk, moon, Macy, Emily, up, down, cup, eat, rock, zoo, animal, splash, clock, snap (what the alligator says), whale, bye bye, nigh-night, people (he learned that one when I yelled it out at some folks on the freeway... luckily I only said "people"), outside, bee, tomato, apple, grape, beach, mail, beep-beep, flamingo, Elmo, bath, my-mine (the word for his blanket or pacifier)... the list goes on. I can't remember all of them... not to mention all of the animal sounds. If he doesn't know the animal sound or a motion the animal makes, he usually makes one up on the fly. He will try to say pretty much anything you ask him to. Matt and I took Porter on a walk to the park this evening with Kristen and Macy. Kristen was asking why I ever bought a slide for our yard while the park is so close. When we got there, there were two dogs who proceeded to jump all over me. There are signs that say, "Dogs must be on leash at all times." Matt found a wrapper of an unmentionable contraceptive in the sand under the play structure. We decided to stay on the grass and kick Porter's ball around. He was having a lot of fun until he slipped and his hand stuck in some hot stinky "mud!" No, not mud... dog crap!!! No wonder why the lady with the dogs left so quickly after we showed up. Porter sat there for a few seconds on the grass wondering what it was. He started smearing it in both of his hands and between his fingers and was fussing a little because it wasn't coming off. I rushed over and held his hands apart because the next place they were going was on his shirt. Matt grabbed some wipes and we got as much off as possible, while Porter was yelling "pew!" We went over to the drinking fountain and rinsed them well. The first place Porter's hands went after that was in his mouth (after he slapped me with his wet hands on my mouth because he wanted to get out of my arms to get the cap of a beer bottle off the ground)! We came straight home and put Porter in the bath. I think that short trip to the park answered Kristen's question. (Not to mention the fact that I sold the slide, after getting two months use out of it, for a profit.)

Macy is too cute and chubby. I love her rolls! It can get pretty dang hot in our house because there is no insulation. Porter likes to put his little blanket on the ground and lay on it. He moved everything out of this corner today to lay here. We had a nice visit with Grimps and Grims today.

Byron, Todd, Josh, Greg and I played in the Helix alumni water polo game this past Friday. We had a lot of fun. Especially when all 5 of us were in playing together. Chris was playing Mr. Mom that day because Kristen had to work. He came to the game anyway. I should have got a picture of him with Macy in the bjorn... it was pretty cute.

Future polo player.

There were a lot of fans there. I'm glad my Mom was there because she helped Matt chase Porter around. He wanted to jump in the water. He kept saying, "Ah-lo!"We took a trip to Fudds after (so I could gain back any calories that I may have burned + some).