July and the best news ever!

Yikes, so bad at posting during these summer days. I wish I could say its because I just don't have time, but that probably isn't true. I'm just loving life... hanging out with friends, having play dates, swimming, taking pictures for friends, and watching P grow so fast. We are really having such a fun summer so far.

Things he's currently doing:
-saying lots of new words and phrases... his newest addition being 'up'. he comes and looks at you wherever you are sitting and just holds out his arms and says 'up'...with a really hard p. so hard that he actually usually spits a little. so its probably spelled 'uppppppp' or even 'uuuuuuuuppppppppuuhh'. its so cute.
-getting into EVERYTHING. cabinets are now rubber banded closed, all doors except his stay closed during the day, living room decor has been moved upppppppp.
-having minor toddler tantrums. ha, those are neat.
-started going to time out. yikes! its so sad, but something's gotta give, right? and I don't think its supposed to be mom :)
-loves swimming in the baby pool. we discovered this today! runs, jumps, splashes, drops in head first. its actually really scary. we tried it today thinking he would care about as much about the baby pool as he did the big pool... WRONG. new flotation devices are in order. this kid is fearless in the shallow water.
-nodding 'YES' with his whole body. this is hard to explain... trying to catch it on video.
-loving to DANCE! he has one dance with his arms and another with fast...really fast... feet.

here are some pics from today - these are as recent as they get.















and ... drum roll please... the best news ever is that Porter does NOT have VonWillebrand's Disease. we had him tested last week knowing there was a 50% chance he would have it and the results are in. He is normal! (well, maybe his blood is normal;) We are just elated that he isn't going to have to deal with this annoying disease. Thank you, Lord!