What's his name?

This handsome little guy arrived on Thursday May 27 at 1:00 pm.

He weighed in at 8 lb 13.8 oz and 22 in long.

We weren't allowed to take pictures or video until 5 minutes after he was born. So here he is just after he was cleaned off.

Kari and Hayden meeting baby brother for the first time.

We sure appreciated having visitors. Amy, Kalei, Elise, and Stanton.

An extra thanks to Kristen, Mikey, and Tessa for coming to stay with us and watching our kids while I was at the hospital.

Proud Papa!

Hayden finally looked at the baby when he came to visit the next day. He didn't want much to do with him before that.

Kari loved this little guy right from the start. She calls him baby Stein even though we decided to name him...

ROCKWELL DAVID PORTER!

Volleyball anyone?

We had some major thunderstorms last week and nearby tornadoes. Luckily all we got were some super loud crashes and an extra kid in our bed. A day or two later, Daddy took the kids for a walk, but didn't make it too far before they found some fun!

This is our volleyball court back behind our building. For a while it doubled as a pool/ beach for the kids.

Here are the kiddos enjoying our real pool. I think they liked the mud better.

A few weeks ago, we went out and took some pictures in a field by our house.

Apparently, it's a pretty popular thing in Texas to take pictures with blue bonnets.

Mother's Day

We hope all our mothers had a Happy Mother's Day even though we couldn't see you all!

We did get to go down near Dallas and spend Mother's Day weekend with Grandma and Grandpa Holt

Hayden fell asleep in the car on the way home from church and did not want to wake up.

For some reason Grandpa's icecream was much better than his own. Thanks for sharing.

Happy guy! It was a great mother's day. Kari made me a coupon book and some pretty flowers out of pipe cleaners and they were in a beautiful vase. Plus Buck gave me a certificate for a pedicure so I can have beautiful toes when this baby comes out next week!

Playing in her sleeping bag. Our kiddos had lots of fun running around their house. Thanks for housing our monkeys for a weekend!

Grunt man!

This is a bit of a random update, but there are a few fun things to share.

Here is Kari in her ballet leotard. After her last class, they had the parents come in so they could perform for an audience. Kari just stood there and cried. Her teacher said she was just fine until she saw me. Hopefully she'll get over that before her recital on the 23rd.

Since we moved, we got into a bad habit of how we were putting Hayden to bed. I would usually lay by him for about 5 or so minutes or until he fell asleep. I quit doing that, now I just sing them each a lullaby and say good night. I did the Supernanny method in getting Hayden to stay in his bed. This method is to put them back once and talk them back to bed. Put them back a second time and just say good night. Any more times, you don't say anything and just put them back.

The first 2 nights, I had to put him back 3 or 4 times. When I checked in on them after about 30 minutes, this is how I found them. He had found comfort in sleeping by his sister. It was so sweet. We've had great luck since then, and they both stay in their beds without a fuss, throughout the whole night.

Hayden is doing very well in his potty training. When we are at home we let him wear his grunts (underpants) instead of a diaper. He has now realized how much more comfortable they are than a soggy diaper, and I think it has motivated him. He has stayed dry the last 2 nights! He does pretty darn good during the day, especially when we remind him to go.

Grandpa Porter requested a picture of my belly, so here I am at 8 months. I know I poke out really far. The doctor thinks I am measuring big because the baby hasn't dropped yet. Hopefully he does soon becuase I would like to deliver a few days or a week early.

Hayden doesn't always want me to take a picture of him, but if we are taking one of someone else he stands right in front. I guess he likes the attention. He is such a goof ball and developing quite the personality.