End of Summer!

Look - no hands!
Someone else really likes her new, shady sandbox too! I love to eat my little books but I also love to listen to my Daddy's books too.

Getting ready for bath time! (Please never tell Porter that I posted a bath pre-bath picture to the Internet!) Just me playing in my one of a kind onsies - Thanks Allison and Missy!

Now I take my baths in the big tubby and I love yellow duckies.
I really love these mesh feeders filled with peaches, apricots, and ice cubes when it is hot.Yummy, Yummy! (I think his eyes are a dark hazel.)
Daddy feeds me rice cereal and I just love it. But I do have to wear a full body bib - Thanks Meme!

Did I tell you how much I just love apricots!
Thanks for the Bucky Beaver hat Allison and my hip pirate shirt Meredith - it is like Halloween already!
I really love my new swing set that Daddy built for Mommy's new preschool. I even have my own swing!

Isn't it fabulous! It is even big enough that Mommy and Daddy can swing on it after I go to bed!
We bury our feet in the sand! (I have even learned to smile for the camera - I am such a ham!)
Some of the zucchinis are biggger than me now...
and the pumpkins are going crazy! Wait and see our jack-o-lanterns!

Back in Colorado

When we got back to Colorado I decided to try some food!
I knew just what to do with that spoon since I had be watching Mommy and Daddy eat.
I really love bananas!

Sometimes when Daddy plays with me he dresses me funny!
I have lots of toys like my ring, gnomy, and my carrot. But my favorites are my fingers!
Now I am just busy all of the time!
And I really love to look at my Daddy - whenever I hear his voice!

Dolgeville and Bradford Visit

Here I am meeting GG Ma (Marion) and ...
GG Pa (Charles) - these are my great grandparents. (These are the Porters that the babes was named after.) Mr. Ken and I were wearing our 4th of July colors and trying to stay cool. This is the Davis family farm just up the road - this is the barn that has sparked my Daddy's farm fantasies.

Mr. Wurster was seen "hogging" the baby since I needed a nice soft place to sleep.
My Meme's presentation of the fabulous food for the Sip and See in my honor - Thanks Meme!
My Meme and Diane - her college roommate who came in for the party.
Mommy and the Ucinski girls - her childhood playmates.

Carrie and Mommy with their first children - Porter and Ellery. (She was Mommy's best friend in high school.)

Cool kid Porter hanging out in cool Uncle Fran's room!
Meme and Grandpa
Meme, Me, and Mommy
Home again, Home again 7 Parkway Lane!

Madden Family Reunion

I met his Aunt Janel from Germany at Denny's in Pittsburgh. Yummy Dennys!
My Uncle Fran held me at his house even though his shoulder was hurting - Thanks Franny!
My Daddy introduced me to my Uncle Tucker. He doesn't like getting his picture taken ...But thank goodness my silly Grandpa does!

My cousing Kaitlyn is so big - she reminds my Mommy of her cousin Tiff when they were that age at the first Madden Reunion 22 years ago!

She was my babysitter at the reunion. Although I was the one who sat on her!
I met my cousin Peyton - we are only 6 months apart!
Uncle Tucker smiling for the camera again!

Oh Uncle Franny! - I love you!
My whole family together! Thanks for the wonderful time!

My First FIBArk!

This is John in the Hooligan Race. You can send anything down the river as long as it isn't a boat! They used insulation blue board and built a ring of fire that Curly and Emily rollerskated through! They said that the water was pretty cold.Boys in orange - I guess it is the WA color of the summer.
First Father's day breakfast for John and Diesel. We enjoyed waffles with blackberries and strawberries, hash browns, and every Dad's favorite - BACON!
Next we took the Daddies fishing near Leadville (and Janel too!)

They obviously had a wonderful time!
This is my crazy Mommy getting ready for the Cruiser Criterium race. Can you see me in the trailer?
Levi and I were the littlest kids in the bike parade. We played the Jackson 5 while we rode around.
I like to smile at Levi!

Now you can see me and my cheeks! Sometimes my Mommy says I am a squirrel saving nuts for winter.
Here we are riding around.
FIBArk can really wear a little guy out!