Father's Day Weekend

All day today I've been hanging out with Mommy. We went to Wal-Mart earlier and now we're at Nana P's watching Luke clean out his toy box. Man, I wish I had that many toys!!

Mommy says that it Father's Day tomorrow, and I'm not really sure what that means, but I know that I love my Daddy a whole lot! He takes care of me all the time. He feeds me, changes me, takes me outside to swing, and even throws me up in the air. It's really funny when he does that. Here's a picture of me and my daddy.

Can you tell I love this guy?! 

So lots has happened in the past week or so. I've figured out this crawling thing lately, and now I can get anywhere I want. Mom and Dad are finally feeding me big jars of baby food, too. Thank goodness, because I was seriously getting tired of those little portions! Earlier I got to eat sweet potatoes and corn, and it was pretty good! Then I had mangos for dessert, and I liked that too. 

Last night we went to dinner with my girl friend and her parents. Harper is such a cutie! Here's a picture of her when she was first born: 

She's much older now... she's three weeks old! I've got so much to tell her about. I mean, she doesn't even know she can chew on her shoes yet! Geez, babies.... 

Oh, I forgot to tell you that I went swimming for the first time a couple weeks ago! Mommy and Daddy and I went with Justin and Sam, and it was really a lot of fun. Of course, my forgetful Mommy didn't bring the camera, so I can't show you pictures, but you can take my word for it, we had a blast. 

Well, I gotta get back to playing, because that's serious business these days. There are just so many things to put in my mouth, so little time!

Catch ya' later. 

Catchin' you up!

So last time I left you, I was just a wee little guy. Now, I'm totally a big boy! An eight month old, to be exact! Can you believe it? Here's a recent photo of me. I was waiting on my friend Harper to be born, so in this photo we are outside the nursery at St. Michael's waiting for her daddy to bring her out and show her off. She sure was pretty!!

     That's me and my dad, waiting on Harper. Speaking of my daddy, he's not feeling so hot. He hurt his back when he went to pick me up off the changing table yesterday. Like I'm heavy or something!! Geez, Dad, I only weigh like 20 something pounds. You're making me feel fat!

     Let's see, what else have you guys missed since October? In the beginning I spent a lot of time sleeping, eating and a lot of time meeting everybody. I met Mommy's friends, I met Daddy's friends, and I even met a lot of my family! A few weeks after I was born, I got to go to a UCA Bears football game. I have a feeling we'll be doing that a lot more in my lifetime, but the first one was sure a lot of fun! Here's a picture of me at UCA Homecoming, 2010 with Mommy and Aunt Nina:

    

     After football season, the holidays came quickly! Halloween was the first, and I had a great costume!! I was Yoda, from Star Wars. Daddy had to work on Halloween, so Mommy and Nana P took me to my costume contest (which I didn't win, can someone say "fixed"?) Before the contest, we stopped by the fire station to see Daddy:

     Man! I looked so baller in my Yoda costume! By the way, Mom made it, because all of the other infant halloween costumes are stupid. From the looks of the picture, I was cool with it. By the way, after I was born, Mommy took a new job at Texarkana College, as the public relations coordinator, which means that we have to go to events from time to time. I really don't mind, because it gives me a chance to get all dressed up. In fact, this fall we went to a piano recital at the college, and I got to put on my tux: 

     After Halloween, comes Thanksgiving. My favorite part of the holidays is that I get to see all my family, which means I get a lot of attention (because honestly, I just don't get enough!) Anyway, Thanksgiving was no different. In fact, my Mom is crazy and invited all of the family (hers and daddy's) over for Thanksgiving dinner at our house. Everyone came and it was a lot of fun! Here's me hanging out with Nana P before the crowd arrived. This was before I could hold me head up really well and had to have a little help. Don't worry, I'm a pro at that stuff now. Notice the silly outfit Mom made me wear. She said something about the holidays, but honestly, I think she enjoys dressing me up like a baby doll:

    

     Gosh, I was little then! Just to remind you what I look like now, here's a current picture:

     Just couldn't have you forgetting how cute I am these days! That's me playing in the floor with Miss Ash-a-lee at Uncle William's house. I like those people!

    I guess I better be wrapping it up, because it's Friday and my Daddy needs help around the house today since he's hurt. I guess I gotta do everything around this place! Hope everyone has a spectacular weekend! I know I'm going to do lots of playing, eating and sleeping! =)

The little boy who stole his Momma's heart

     Welcome to my blog! I'm Porter Jay Thompson, and I am eight months old! I'm going to use this blog to keep everyone updated about my life. Sometimes it's hard for Mommy and Daddy to remember the new things I did and what I've learned from day to day, so this will be a way to help everyone keep track. After all, I'm growing up VERY quickly.

     It seems like we're already behind, because there have been eight months go by that I haven't blogged about. That's okay! We'll just pick up right where we are and I'll try to give you some history along the way.

     For starters, here's what has been happening this Spring:

     Mommy finally graduated from her Master's program last month. She was a student at the University of Arkansas, Clinton School of Public Service. Here's a picture of me, Mommy and Daddy at her graduation ceremony. All of our family came to watch, including Nana P, Uncle Keith, Uncle William, Miss Ash-a-lee, Nana T, Papa T, and even Mommy's bosss/friend Suzy and her husband.  It was such a fun day!

    This whole graduate school thing has been a long and bumpy road for my Mommy, but she did it in two years! Here's a picture of her and Daddy when she first started grad school, before I was in the picture. Apparently, they had just moved all of Mommy's things into an apartment in Little Rock so she could start school there in August of 2008. Not really sure why Daddy is wearing pearls, but hey, we Thompson men can rock classy:

I've been told that this was a very difficult time because Mommy and Daddy were not living in the same place. Daddy had to work in Atlanta at the firestation, and Mommy's school kept her in Little Rock. Good thing I wasn't around! Speaking of me.. It wasn't long before Mommy was telling everyone that I was on the way. Thank goodness, because this is MY blog, and already there has been too much of it without me!! Here's a picture of time when Mommy and Daddy visited their friends Marcus, Marcy and Ethan Whatley in San Antonio. I was a little bump in Mommy's tummy: 

Apparently, soon after they took this trip, Mommy and I had to go on a trip for her school work. She was supposed to do an International Service Project and she had chosen to travel to Belize City, Belize in the Carribean. Of course, she had to take me with her, and it was an exciting time for everyone (maybe a little scary for everyone except me). This is when I developed a love for travelling (on planes, boats, buses, and in taxis) and also where I learned to tolerate the heat. It was so hot there! Here's a picture of Mommy and I on the beach at a place called Caye Paradise:

    Man, I could have really gotten used to that place! Oh by the way, that's Flat Brad in the picture with us. Flat Brad is a version of Flat Stanley, and if you want to find out what that is, you can go here.

    So, let's see... after Belize, Mommy and I came home and then my parents spent a lot of time working on my room. That's kind of funny now, because a few months after I was born Mommy and Daddy bought a house and moved, so all their work was left behind. :( Oh well, I liked my old room while I had it. Here's a picture of my room all ready for me to be born (I especially like the fireman monkey):

     Fast forward a few months... I was supposed to be born on September 29, 2009... but I guess God had other plans, because I never came on my own! In fact, by September 31st, I still wasn't here. By that point, Mommy was pretty anxious. Here's a picture of Mom and Dad the night before I was born:

     So.... yea.... I'm glad that Mommy didn't look like that for long! She might fall over at any moment. Also, wonder why Dad looks like he has been the pregnant one for nine months, all scrubbed out in his work out shorts and rockin' the white tee. Come on, Dad! We do better.

     Anyways, I'll lay off of the two of them for a while. On to more important things, here's ME right after I was born, hanging out with Nana P. She's a pretty cool lady:

Good lookin' guy, huh? Well, here's me snoozin' at the hospital:

     Well, we're by no means caught up... but it's a good start. At least I have gotten us to the point that I am in this world, and after all, I am the most important thing. So, for now I'll leave you guys to ponder how the last eight months have gone for me, my poor parents, and my dog Jax. Lots has happened since I was this little bity guy! Don't worry... more soon.

     In the mean time, I'd like to leave you with the words in one of my favorite books. Mom reads it all the time before bed:

“Hop on Pop” by Dr. Seuss

UP PUP Pup is up.

CUP PUP Pup in cup.

PUP CUP Cup on pup.

MOUSE HOUSE Mouse on house.

HOUSE MOUSE House on mouse.

ALL TALL We all are tall.

ALL SMALL We all are small.

ALL BALL We all play ball.

BALL WALL Up on a wall.

ALL FALL Fall off the wall.

DAY PLAY We play all day.

NIGHT FIGHT We fight all night.

HE ME He is after me.

HIM JIM Jim is after him.

SEE BEE We see a bee.

SEE BEE THREE Now we see three.

THREE TREE Three fish in a tree.

Fish in a tree? How can that be?

RED RED They call me Red.

RED BED I am in bed.

RED NED TED and ED in BED

PAT PAT they call him Pat.

PAT SAT Pat sat on hat.

PAT CAT Pat sat on cat.

PAT BAT Pat sat on bat.

NO PAT NO Don’t sit on that.

SAD DAD BAD HAD Dad is sad.

Very, very sad.

He had a bad day. What a day Dad had!

THING THING What is that thing?

THING SING That thing can sing!

SONG LONG A long, long song.

Good-by, Thing. You sing too long.

WALK WALK We like to walk.

WALK TALK We like to talk.

HOP POP We like to hop.

We like to hop on top of Pop.

STOP You must not hop on Pop.

Mr. BROWN Mrs. BROWN

Mr. Brown upside down.

Pup up. Brown down.

Pup is down. Where is Brown?

WHERE IS BROWN? THERE IS BROWN!

Mr. Brown is out of town.

BACK BLACK Brown came back.

Brown came back with Mr. Black.

SNACK SNACK Eat a snack.

Eat a snack with Brown and Black.

JUMP BUMP He jumped. He bumped.

FAST PAST He went past fast.

WENT TENT SENT He went into the tent.

I sent him out of the tent.

WET GET Two dogs get wet.

HELP YELP They yelp for help.

HILL WILL Will went up hill.

WILL HILL STILL Will is up hill still.

FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER

That one is my other brother.

My brothers read a little bit.

Little words like If and it.

My father can read big words, too.

Like CONSTANTINOPLE and TIMBUKTU

SAY SAY What does this say?

seehemewe

patpup pop

hethreetreebee

tophopstop

Ask me tomorrow but not today.