Porter Post

Well, many have requested pictures of the wee babe, so here is what I have! This was at about 13.5 weeks along when we were in California for Thanksgiving. Jayce is trying with all of his might to pooch his stomach out enough to be "pregnant," I think he beat me in this one. P.S. Hey Rebekah, like my target pants? Ya little twit! ;-) I'm on the verge of being officially 19 weeks in this picture--this is when we were in New Zealand. We had a weigh in at the end of the trip to see who had gained the most weight, surprisingly enough, Scott beat me! Here I am at 21 weeks , growing larger and larger! And finally, here I am today, just barely under 23 weeks . Isn't he HUGE??! I didn't even realize I was that big until Jayce took this picture! It's nice to be big enough that people can just tell that I'm pregnant. In the last couple of weeks I've been caught off guard by the number of strangers who have asked, "So, when are you due?" At least the...

January 21st, Rebekah Bunny's birthday!! Rebekah got off to a nice start at life when she was born in Bern, Switzerland back in the day. As a little girl she always had the cutest cheeks in town..and I'm not only talking about the ones you see here! ;-) Rebekah and I, we get along like this: These are some things that she really likes: *families *babies *Ben-jammin' *Jamesters *puppies *interior decorating *baking *cheese *socks *The Civil War and... hot sauce. You should probably ask her about the first time she made Ben dinner. She's also a winner. She wins stuff like this a lot: She grew up and got married to this dashing young man: ...so that they could have enough children to make a Stay family rock band, they're going to be the next big thing. Steam Stays! :-) It's okay though because she's still mature like this: Over a year ago he came into her life: and now she's turning into one of the best mom's in the world. And they lived happily ever af...

Jayce and I had are 20 week ultra sound yesterday and it was determined that we are going to have a bouncing baby.... BOY !!!! Jayce felt pretty proud of himself for calling it. I thought it was going to be a girl while we were in there because I didn't see anything suspicious, but then the sonographer got us a shot right in the middle of the legs and there was just no denying that the baby was indeed male. I won't post that picture though because that would just be quite rude of me, don't you think? :-) These are my two favorite pictures from our visit: The Profile--he really looks like a baby now! How cool is that??! You can see his little baby bones and everything. His little baby feet...the picture I took of the picture is a little more blurry, but I love love love it! The appointment was great. Jayce and just sat there holding hands in amazement. I could have laid there for hours watching the screen show us what was going on in there. I'm not just getting bigger a...

Well, we are finalllyyyyy here in New Zealand! We made a pit stop in Sydney when we had an extra long layover there. I'm so glad that we did, I don't know when I would have ever gotten the chance to go to Australia in the future. Here are some of the photos from our excursion! We went down to what's called the Circular Quay (said like circular key). It's basically the area around this part of the harbor. The Circular Quay has the opera house, a large garden area...kind of like Sydney's version of Central Park, a museum dedicated to the immigrants (and by immigrants I mean criminals :-) ) that came into Australia back in the day, as well as various shops, etc. It was the perfect place for us to spend our layover. Jayce and his siblings in front of the museum of "The Rocks." The Rocks is the area where Jayce's ancestor sailed into the harbor--he was a chicken theif. :-) Aboriginal street performers! Enjoying the beautiful wildlife in Australia...Ja...

Almost a year and a half ago Jayce and I were sealed in the Salt Lake City Temple for time and all eternity. At the time, I found my fortune to have three pregnant bridesmaids quite hilarious and I rather enjoyed it. Rebekah and Kimber I had known about for months (obviously from their condition in the picture) but Lindsey I heard about just days before the wedding. I couldn't pass up the opportunity to take fun pictures with them at the wedding. Well ladies and gentlemen, it is true...I am no longer looking at an empty belly! This was taken at 6 weeks, I'll be 16 weeks in two days. :-) I'm due May 29th! Frequently asked questions: 1. Have you been sick? I for sure have not had as worse of a first trimester as some women that I've talked to. However, it has not been "fun" by any means. I have a love hate relationship with food. Instead of getting hungry (which by the way is about every hour and a half) I just start to feel sick. Then I don't really want t...

Fact : Sometimes I am brainless. Meaning, sometimes I act in ways in which it would seem as though my brain had shut down completely for a few moments. Exhibit A: This evening I went over to the dance majors Christmas party in the Richards Building for a half an hour after work before heading up to the sewing lab. It was great! Yummy food, a white elephant gift exchange, in which I got these lovelies: and door prizes, which consisted of itunes gift cards and yummy cans of hot chocolate. On the very last $10 gift card, I could not believe my ears when they called out "Sarah Porter!" I was excited, that's $10 more towards Christmas music and that's a big deal. After the door prizes were over, I threw away my plate and cup and started to leave. My first brainless move was realizing I had left my purse. As I turned back to get my purse I realized that I had also misplaced the gift card. Somehow in the few minutes it had taken for me to throw everything away and start wa...

Here is what I have been looking forward to the last couple of months: #1--Going to California for Thanksgiving at my fantastic Aunt and Uncle's in Palo Alto . As my dad would say, "Palo Alto is paradise." Plus, these champs will be there this year: And I'm sure we will be eating a lot of this: And it's been confirmed that we will be watching this : And oh how we love the company of Aunt Tee and Uncle Ken! I can't wait to step off the plane and smell California and jump into the car with Aunt Tee ! Then after the craziness of the semester we will take off from this: And then end up here: Auckland, New Zealand With these fine people: Doing some of this: Definitely some of this: And celebrating this!!!: Oh how I love the holidays! All that they represent and celebrate, the good feelings that come from them, the people I get to be with, and the memories that are made! These last two weeks of school have been sooooo slloowwwww and I just can't wait for fal...