Jackson and Porter Riley

Jackson has done extremely well with Porter! He LOVES HIM! He always wants to talk to him and hug him and kiss him. It is so funny. Judd and I didn't really do a lot of talking about the baby because I didn't want to confuse him to thinking that mommy's tummy was called baby. Plus he doesn't say much himself so I just didn't know how to explain things. But we did mension the baby. The baby's bassinet was out for quite a while and we would tell him that he couldn't get in it, it was for baby. Or we would show him baby toys, or show him the baby's at church and say we were going to get a baby soon....

So I just thought he would be CLUELESS. But he wasn't It's like he knew all along that the baby was coming When he holds him he really has this protective look in his eye, like he knows he is going to have to take care of him and show him the ropes...I know It has only been a few days since we brought him home from the hospital, but Jackson's response to his little brother continues to just be wonderful!! ...Maybe he thinks he's going home when Grandma does? After all he came the same time she did? Or maybe he's just patiently waiting for the day he wakes up and baby isn't here anymore? ...Or maybe my prayers came true that I would have a little boy that loves babys as much as his Dad does.

Our Sweet Porter who looks just like his brother did when he was born! I have MAJOR flashbacks everyday.

I LOVE MY ANGEL BOYS...and when I get frustrated with them I will have to re-read this blog.

Porter Wood Riley

Porter arrived a healthy 8 lbs 6 oz 19 inches. He was born the 16th at 20 til eight. He is doing well and Sarah is great too. We are so happy to have Porter here! Here are a some pictures from his first day. I am sure Sarah will write much more.

Baby News

I knew that if I titled it "baby news" that it would catch people's attention. HaHa. Anyway there is some news. At my last Dr's appt. He said I was a good candidate to be induced early if I wanted. So since in the last few weeks you always feel like crap, b/c your tired from chasing an almost 2 year old, and you ache all over in places you didn't know existed...and you just don't sleep at night for the last month anyway I decided Heck, if can make it end sooner why not? If you've ever been pregnant, you know how the last month is! ANYWAYS since everything is going so well and Jackson was 9 lbs, he said I could go a whole week early!! So I am going in on Monday to be induced!! Nov 16, 2009. Yup, I get to meet this little boy in 2 days...if not sooner. The Dr said he wouldn't be surprised if he saw me sooner, but we'll see!
So we have gotten our carpets cleaned. I am whipping down all the door knobs and counters and things with bleach. I washed the baby clothes. packed Jackson's bag to go to Grandma's and we are just waiting for Monday! I can't believe we are going to be a family of 4! CRAZY!! and I will post pictures of him as soon as we can! love you all.
Good luck with the rest of your pregnancy Marin, Marge, and Kat, I'm bailing!

NO WORDS for this. . .

When we give Jackson a bath we are in and out of the bathroom. Always in ear's reach. (he can take some really long baths b/c he likes to play) ANYWAY the last few nights have been really frustrating because I will leave the bathroom for one second and when I come back I find ALL of our towels in the bath tub with him!

SO the second night I thought, I will move the towels on top of the counter so he can't reach them from the tub. Well the second night he must have gotten out of the tub and grabbed the towels because, once again, I found all the towels in the tub with him again. (a lot of laundry)

So the third night I think I will pull the towels off and just put them on the kitchen counter... So he's in the tub. I'm in and out, getting his Milk warmed up in the microwave, getting his PJ's out, the normal stuff. checking on him in the tub. When I see his naked little body digging in the cupboard where we keep our fresh folded towels and he is pulling them out and dragging them toward the tub!!!! LUCKILY I caught him this time. So I say, "Your done, bath time, over." I dry him off bring him into the living room and lotion him. Put on a fresh diaper and his clean PJ's....

SO obviously you can guess what happened next by the picture below. I forgot to drain the tub! and I was distracted, TV maybe? When I hear a splash and realize my worst fear for that evening. I knew it wasn't the towels in the tub this time....IT WAS JACKSON!!!!! sometimes he drives me NUTS!
But then Judd saves the day (I mean, my sanity,) when he comes in to see, and starts laughing, because he remembers a picture of me in the same situation when I was about Jackson't age. He reminds me and tells me to grab the camera so we can put the pictures side by side....So here are the results.

Side note: notice I don't have any toys in my tub...But I have jacuzi jets! haha

Jackson Knows How To Use Makeup

There just aren't words. I sure love him!

Our Halloween!

Okay so I posted these backwards. So I will just tell you what we did backwards. =o)First we went to a ward party. After we went out to Jackson's Grandma's house where his cousin Triston (Jack's boy) was there in his superman costume. So we took a few pictures. We had chili and cake and Ice-cream and just watched the boys play together (okay more like watched Jackson maul Triston, but the little super boy stood his ground)

Our cave man at our little halloween party. I was surprised that there weren't that many people at the ward party. The ones who came though had some great costumes. We did a doughnut eating contest and I know the camera was right in my face as I was trying to devour this doughnut on a string! so check out the ward blog for some really embarrassing photos!

I think I just loved Jackson's hair like this. It was my favorite part of his costume!...earlier in the day we went to our grocery store to go trick or treating and they all loved him, they gave him lots of candy!

I thought the costume suited Jackson perfectly since he doesn't really talk, he just grunts! haha! This is our only fam pic. It's a bad one, but you get the idea. Judd brought that lion to the ward party and Jackson carried it with him everywhere. It was pretty funny.

Happy Halloween cont'

Friday night we went down to Shelly for a ward party in Jackson's Aunt Jenny's ward. Jackson was a cow! He was SO cute. Thanks Grandma Sue for the costume

He participated in all the games they had there. His favorite treat was a sucker. He sucked on it the whole time, which was really good bc that was the only piece of candy he had all night.

I LOVE this picture bc he is totally poking out his belly!

This was a cake walk. He really liked walking in circle to the music! It was SO funny. We spent most of our time there I had no idea that something like this could keep him so entertained. This little girl adopted him. I don't know who she is but she helped him stand on his number! it was cute!

This costume makes him look really little. He's too small to be a BIG brother!!