Porter Time

Joe sister Teri came out with her husband Aaron and two little girls. Tim and Amanda came up with their little boy. It was a great time for the siblings and cousins to spends time together we were really happy to spend some time together. Teri's little girl wasn't too sure about all the boys and how crazy they were, but by the end she wasn't shocked by the behavior anymore.

William Doing Somersaults

William Doing Somersaults.

House For Sale

Yes it's true, we put our house up for sale. So if you know anyone looking for a house in Omaha, send them our way!

Matthew is 2 months old

It has already been two months since Matt has joined us. Wow how time flies. So how has Matt changed? Matt weighs a whopping 12 pounds 8 ounces at two months and is 23 1/2 inches long. Making him in between the 75th and 80th percentile. He doesn't like his swing, but he loves his bouncer, which is why a lot of his pictures are taken in the bouncer. He has learned to smile and to roll over from his tummy to his back. His neck and back have always been incredibly strong, and when he is mad he arches his back and you can't get him to cuddle in with you at all. He doesn't like sleeping in his crib, so he has to be really asleep to sleep in there for long periods of time. His brothers really love him a lot, and Matt has learned to tolerate Williams constant kisses and snuggles. He has slept through the night a couple of times, and we are hoping that those become more frequent. The first month and a half all he wanted to do was be held all the time, even when he was sleeping. Luckily he has started growing out of that and will sit in his bouncer playing for longer periods of time. He like to have cooing conversations with you and is undoubtedly telling people our family secrets. A few squeals of delight have become to come out as he is smiling and cooing with you. We are sure glad to have Matt with us!

It Must Be Football Season

William getting ready for the 2008 football season

William's Game Face

Nebraska State Fair

Matthew Trekking along in the stroller, showing off some of his best smiles at the fair.

Bradley Holding a Baby Chick

William Looking at Baby Chicks, Wishing Mom Would Let Him Hold One. Sorry William it is for their own safety.

Kyle feeding a goose dandy lions.

Bradley on Bumper Boats

Kyle on Bumper Boats

William on Bumper Boats

Tim holding Matt

We headed down to Lincoln to join Tim, Amanda, and Blake at the Nebraska State Fair. We saw a lot of fun things and had a great time.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WILLIAM

Baby William
William Now

Opening Presents

William turned two on Sunday. When Grandma Fredericks asked how old he was, he said, "Happy Birthday!" So he got it was his birthday, I am not sure if he knows that he turned a year older though. I can't believe that two years have already flown by. He has grown so much in the last two years. It is amazing to me his little wild personality, with curiosity that mostly causes mischief and messes, yet when he gets around his baby brother he is loving and gentle as can be. As a true two year old now, he runs around telling everyone "No!" and "Mine." It promises to be fun year, full of interesting things. Oh, and yes, the child has clothes! He was so excited to open the presents he didn't get clothes on, and then to save the clothes, he was stripped to eat his birthday cake.

Air Show

We went to the Air Force Air Show with our boys and Joe's brother and wife Tim and Amanda their little boy. We saw a lot of planes. William loved watching all the planes flying in the air. He really enjoyed watching them as they flew around and did tricks.

First Day of School

Have you seen this lunch box, it got lost the first day of school.
Update: Found in the lost and found 2 days later

Bradley Kyle William and Matt getting ready to walk Bradley to school

Kyle ready to go to school.

Now what Kyle really looks like when we tell him it is time to take a picture.

Kyle, Matt, and William ready to go. Bradley is already in school.

Kyle with some of his classmates waiting to go in the schoolThere goes another one of my babies to school, and yes I cried after saying goodbye to both Bradley and Kyle on their first days of school.

Bradley started school on August 13th. He is in first grade. He loved his first day of school and was so excited to go to class. Casualties of the day include one lost lunch box. He reported when he got home that he had lost his lunch box. I thought he was joking, but no he really did lose it on the first day. He also reported that he was the only one in his class to have cold lunch on the first day.

Kyle's first day of preschool followed the next day on August 14th. He was really excited to preschool. He was happy to report that he made a friend name Abby and that they had graham crackers for snack. He will be going to preschool everyday but Wednesday in the afternoons.

I am happy to report that the first two days that Kyle was in preschool for the afternoon that both William and Matt took naps the entire time. I was able to get some things done around the house, HURRAY!!!!

Grandma and Grandpa Porter Come to Visit

Grandma and Grandpa Porter came to visit. We had a great time with them. Grandma was able to Matt to sleep every time she held him. It was great.