Love my new camera...

Ashton's best buddy

Hey! There are those wiggly things again!

My one toothed smile!

LOVE eating pears in my high chair...

Starting to discover my toes...

Christmas Came Early for Mommy!

Daddy decided to give me my Christmas present early so I could get good use out of it when we go home to Florida. It is the camera that I have been pining over for years. Yes, literally years. I was so incredibly excited when I got it!! Here are a few pics taht I took as SOON as I opened it and put it together...

4 Month Check Up

Ashton had his 4 month old check up yesterday and our pediatrician seems to think that he is right on schedule...except for the teething thing. Ashton has cut one tooth and another is about to pop through any minute. Apparently, 4 months is pretty early to cut a tooth, much less two. Oh well. She said that we will just be getting visits from the tooth fairy before our friends :) He weighs 16 pounds (double his birth weight) and is 26 inches long. He is in the 75th percentile for his height and his weight. She actually referred to him as "the gerber baby". Always makes a mommy smile inside to hear that. At her advice, he started eating peaches (organic, of course) this morning! Next week, she wants us to integrate peas at dinner. It truly seems like I just gave birth a few weeks ago. Above is a pic of the little man after bath time tonight in his Christmas jammies...

Ashton's First Tooth!

Ashton cut his first tooth on Saturday, December 1st 2007!

Watching The Tube...

My boys... watching the big game.

Thanksgiving

We returned last week from Thanksgiving in the beautiful North Carolina mountains. My "Pema" lives on Mt. Mitchell, just outside of Asheville, and I have spent part of my summers there since I was five, as well as countless holidays. It was so surreal to take Ashton to a place filled with so many of my childhood memories. I truly hope he has the chance to spend a great deal of his time there in the summers to come! We had a wonderful time of just doing absolutely nothing! LOTS of eating and riding four wheelers. John's mom and brother Tripp came and the entire Porter gang was there, minus a few cousins and Aunt Emily, who had to work. :( The weather was chilly, with the highest temp in the forty's. We even had a small snow flurry one night! Below is the best shot of our failed attempt at a nice family picture...

Ashton and his Daddy

Ashton LOVES his daddy. It never fails; if John is in the room, Ashton tracks him wherever he goes. It really is hillarious. Ashton will strain his neck if he hears John's voice and start flailing his arms to try to turn to where his daddy is. He is most comfy when lounging in the easy chair with John. I walked into the living room the other day and they were sitting in John's easy chair in the exact same position. Both had feet crossed and arms at sides. He sits there every night after his bath to promote "night night time". I already call him Mini-John sometimes, and it really does ring true in his personality. The funniest thing that they both do is heavy sigh in their sleep. Ashton's heavy sigh really does sound like a mini version of John's.

My Little Elf...

I had too much time on my hands this morning...

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=9565349520

Ashton Laughed!!!

Yes, tonight at around 8:45 PM, Ashton laughed for the first time. He was sitting in his swing and I was talking to him, as usual, and Jackson came up and sniffed him and he just starting laughing! I think Jackson's whiskers must have tickled him. It was the most beautiful noise I have ever heard :) I can't wait till he does it again!

In Three Months Time...

It is hard to believe that this was me just three months ago. I never could have guessed just how blessed I would be. The picture of Ashton below was taken on the day he turned three months old.

Baby Shower

The girls at work had a belated baby shower for me today. Since I had Ashton over the summer, they felt that I should still have a shower. It was so sweet. Laura (Ashton's amazing and wonderful nanny) brought him to the shower, decked out in his plaid ralph lauren romper that Grammie got him. He was of course the hit of the shower, and put on quite a show of smiling and kicking for all of the teachers. It was a nice end to a day that started out with one of my kids throwing up in my classroom (always fun) and another one needing stiches after taking a face dive on the playground at recess. OK, off to give Ashton his bath and then HOPEFULLY to bed!

His Future's So Bright...

What happens when Ashton and Aunt Emily are left alone together...