I like them Big...I like them Chunky!

And now a post about this little chunk! I can't believe how big he is! According to our scale he weighs around 16 lbs! I wonder if it is right. He really is a huge chunk! But we love him! He still has colic pretty bad. He always wants to be held and cries a lot. He does have some good days though where he is really calm, but those are usually followed by really bad days. I feel so bad for him! When Devin gets home from work he automatically expects it to have been a hard day with him, so he usually takes him for me and tries to comfort him to give me a break. But we are having more good days than we used to with Porter. I think he is slowly growing out of his colic. They say babies usually are over it by the 4th month and he turned 3 months old last week. We'll see. He hates tummy time, but when he is on his tummy he holds his head up so good. He just loves to stand, so he likes to be in his entertainer, but doesn't last very long. He ends up crying and wanting to be held, of course. He also likes to sit in his bumbo seat in front of the mirror in our bedroom and smiles at himself. He really has a sweet spirit and I love him so much!

Nutella

This little girl LOVES Nutella! She eats it right out of the jar!

She has been so cute lately with playing pretend a lot more than usual. She has a polar bear that she picked out when we went to Sea World last year and she is obsessed with it. Well, that bear has now become her "baby." She puts him down for naps, in Porter's swing and entertainer, and she tries to put diapers on him too! She also throws him down the stairs and bangs his head against the wall so she can play the "mommy" role and ask, "Okay? I sorry. No cry." And then she kisses and hugs him. It is too funny! Sometimes she gets herself in situations where she gets stuck and needs help, so she will then put her bear in that same situation later and ask, "Stuck? Help?" Haha! She makes me laugh! While we were in Mexico visiting at the beginning of this month she started saying "Want you" but sounds more like "Chew." She says that when she wants to be held. She knows all of her shapes and primary colors. She has 4 Barney videos and can act out 3 of the 4 videos. The 4th one is still fairly new to her, but she is learning it! She knows the dances, songs, and even some of the lines they say. She has a really good memory. When people come over, even if it is her first time meeting them, she knows whose shoes are whose when they take them off. She is never wrong. She is really observant too. My sister-in-law Katie has some green and white basketball shorts that she wears and Devin has some too, but he never wears them. Well, I just put them on yesterday to be comfortable and she pointed to my shorts and said, "Katie's." She thought I was wearing Katie's shorts! Okay, sorry I am rambling on so much. I am just so proud of her!

My Chunky 2 Month Old

Porter turned 2 months old on Tuesday and had his checkup yesterday. He is 23" long and weighs 13 1/2 lbs!!! For height he is in the 50th %ile and for weight the 90th! Complete opposite of what Indy was. It is funny how different they are.

4 Wonderful Years!

Happy Anniversary to us!!! Yay! 4 years ago today we were married and sealed in the Albuquerque, NM temple. Marrying Devin was the best decision I have ever made. I actually had to convince him to marry me! We had been dating for almost 9 months and we still hadn't said "I love you" to each other. I had wanted to say it to him but at the same time wanted him to say it first! He always avoided the marriage topic in conversation. Finally one day I told him, "Give me one good reason you don't want to marry me." He couldn't think of one! He said he did want to marry me but was just scared because I was the first girl he dated since coming home from his mission. He knew he loved me but was also worried that his family would think he was moving too fast. That day we decided to get married! He officially proposed to me on January 4th at Olive Garden, after we dropped my little brother off at the airport to go on his mission. Our love has grown so much over the past 4 years and has created two beautiful little children. We are excited to grow old together! I love you Devin!

More Recent Pictures!

This past weekend my mom came with my little brother & sister to visit! We had fun! On Saturday we drove to Superior, AZ to watch a tree climbing competition. It was pretty cool to watch those guys. The weather was beautiful there and the kids had so much fun playing outdoors. I wish my mom could have stayed longer, I never really get to see her. But I am grateful for the time that we did get to spend together! Indiana loved having McKree & Cleary here to play with. It's nice that she has an aunt & uncle that are close in age with her!

This picture was taken last Sunday. She loves kissing Porter!

Porter looking oh so cute in his outfit!

McKree & Cleary got their faces painted at the tree climbing competition.

My beautiful girl!

Making sure she didn't cross that caution line!

Me & my mom with her grandkids!

McKree, Galya (Daniel's wife), Daniel, Indy, me, Porter, mom & Cleary.

One with Devin.

The kids. They loved holding Porter.

Surprisingly Similar

Below are pictures from when Indiana was born and when Porter was born. I never realized how much they looked alike at birth. Indiana now looks almost identical to me when I was little, and I thought Porter was looking more like Devin. I guess we'll just have to wait and see!

Indiana getting her first bath.

Porter getting his first bath.

Indiana being weighed.

Porter being weighed.

My Cute 18-Month Old

Indiana turned 18 months old last Sunday! She is now in nursery at church and she is loving it! She had a checkup yesterday with her doctor and for height she is off the charts. For weight she is in the 50th percentile at 25 lbs. I swear it feels like she weighs more than that! I guess I am just used to carrying around Porter now. I think she looks like she weighs more than that too, but she doesn't. She is so good with Porter and is being an awesome big sister! I am so grateful for her and that a year and a half ago she came into this world! She can say so many words now! Of course sometimes Devin & I are the only ones that understand her. She knows her shapes like circle (gircle), square (qware), triangle (anal--hope that word doesn't offend anyone!), star (tar), and heart (she says that one right!)! She doesn't care too much for learning her colors. She can even put her own shoes on now, although not always on the right feet. I know every parent thinks their kid is the smartest, and I do too! I think I always will, even if when she is older and is failing every class I will still think she is smarter than every other kid! I guess it's a mom thing.

Dad's boots are the funnest shoes to wear!

Playing with wax paper!

More Pics

Here are some more recent pics of Porter & Indiana. I really love having a newborn in the house again, however Porter has colic ten times worse than Indiana did! Poor guy! He cries and screams most of the time and just wants to nurse, which makes his stomache hurt even worse. I feel so bad for him and I can't wait for him to grow out of it! But I am still so grateful to have him in our family and wouldn't want it any other way! Indiana is loves him too and gets so concerned when he starts to cry. She goes up to him and tries giving him his pacifier and says, "No cry baby" in a really sweet voice. I love these two!!!

Giving us a smile! He looks so much like Devin!
Giving her baby brother kisses!

So excited to hold him!

So sweet and precious!

He's Finally Here!

Porter Brigham Jones arrived into this world on Saturday January 23rd at 7:29 pm. He weighed 8 lbs 2 oz and was 20 1/2" long. We were so happy to finally meet him! He has really blonde hair that is kind of curly and although he looks huge in the pictures, he feels tiny to me! I guess it's because I compare him to Indiana. Well, I love hearing about other girl's birth stories so here goes mine for those of you who care. I was scheduled to be induced Wednesday the 27th, just one day before my due date, because I was in a lot of pain and felt like I could barely function. When I had my doctor's appointment on the 14th my doc said that I probably would have him before my next appointment on the 21st. Well, I made it to my appointment and then my doc said my cervix wasn't ripening at all and I wasn't really progressing, so I would probably have to be induced. Then on Saturday morning I woke up at about 6:30am with painful contractions. But they felt just like the ones I had been having for the past couple weeks. I kept having them about every 15 minutes. I had an appointment with someone at H&R Block for our taxes that morning at 9 and I debated whether I should go or not. Devin reminded me what the doctor had said and so we both figured I probably wasn't in labor. I went to my appointment and the contractions started getting stronger. By time I got home they were about 8 minutes apart, but I still didn't think I was in labor. By 11am they were getting really close together and were so strong and painful that I had tears in my eyes. I told Devin we should go to the hospital just in case. We called Devin's brothers so they could come watch Indiana for us. We got to the hospital at about 12 and they took a while to get us up to triage. I wasn't too happy about that. Once we got up there the nurse had me change into a gown and lie down on a bed. Right when she was about to check me to see how dilated I was my water broke, on it's own!!! I was dilated to a 5. We were pretty excited that I was actually in labor and we were going to have a baby that day! We called family members to let them know. I then asked when I could get my epidural because last time when I was in labor with Indy they had given it to me when I was only dilated to a 4. They said rules had changed and they had to draw my blood first, get the results back and then they could give me an epidural. They got me into a labor & delivery room to wait. The contractions were so painful and were right on top of each other. I was almost screaming in pain! I didn't hold back any tears though. Finally at about 3 pm I was able to get the epidural and I was then dilated to a 7. After that the labor was wonderful! I got to rest and watch movies with Devin. I did get a really bad stomache ache for the last part of my labor, but it was better than feeling contractions. At about 7:15 the doctor came in and I finally started pushing. Then at 7:29 my handsome little boy was born! I am so grateful my epidural worked and I was able to really enjoy the delivery. When I had Indiana I had been in labor for almost 32 hours with an epidural that didn't work for most of the time, so I didn't really enjoy it all that much. This time was wonderful! Below are some pics. Hope you enjoy them!

Finally a Name!

Well, after getting everyone's advice and viewing the poll results we have decided to go with.......................................................none of the middle names we had listed for Porter! Porter Rockwell & Porter Devin were tied for first. But Devin & I were talking the other day and I just said out of the blue "How about Porter Brigham Jones?" Devin thought about it and said he really really liked it. So, that is going to be his middle name. Brigham. I really like it. Thanks for all your input and participating in our poll!!! Oh, also at my dr's appt yesterday she told me I am dilated to a 2. But I am not effaced at all. :0( But she did say that she doesn't think I'll make it to my next appointment next week if I keep having contractions like I've been having. But I'm not holding my breath. We'll see!!!

Just Waiting...

So, I had a doctor's appointment today and she asked me if I wanted to be checked to see if I was dilating since I've been having contractions. I thought about it and then decided not to be checked. I don't want to get my hopes up if I am dilating and I don't want to be disappointed if I'm not. Besides, either way it doesn't really matter if I am or not. With Indy I started dilating at 35 weeks and ended up going past my due date and having to be induced. Last week at 36 weeks I wasn't dilated at all. Next week she said she is going to check me not matter what, so we'll just wait till then. She also said that as long as I am dilating she'll induce me whenever I want after next week. But I think I want to wait it out and see if I go into labor on my own. I want to know what it feels like to call Devin at work and say, "Hurry home! We need to get to the hospital!" Or wake him up in the middle of the night to say it. I guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens! I hope Porter comes on his own soon because I am in tons of pain and am ready to be done. So, for now I am just waiting.

Sledding in Flagstaff

On New Years day we decided to take a little road trip up to Flagstaff to play in the snow. It was so hard to find an area that wasn't completely crowded. Most sledding areas were so crowded that people were parking on the highways and walking sometimes more than a mile just to sled. It was pretty crazy. Indiana went sledding once with Devin and that was enough for her. She liked picking up the snow and throwing it. I didn't sled but had fun watching everyone else!

Me & Indy

Katie & Devin making a trail.

Devin & Lance.

Indy & Devin.

Christmas Morning Video

Christmas

We ended up not traveling anywhere for Christmas this year and spent it here in our own home. It was fun though. Indiana had a blast with all of her new toys! We couldn't get her to open any of her gifts, she made us do it for her. I don't know if she was afraid of the wrapping paper or what. But she had fun anyways. I am grateful for this time of year to reflect on what Christmas is truly about. We wouldn't even have this holiday if it wasn't for our Savior, Jesus Christ. One of my favorite songs this time of year is "Mary did you know?" It is such a beautiful song and when you become a mother yourself I think it makes it even more special. Well, I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas too!

Please Help Me!!!

So, we still don't have a middle name for Porter. I came up with a few and want you all to vote on your favorite one! The poll is to the right. If you have any ideas for a middle name that is not listed on the poll, please feel free to let me know what they are!!! We only have about 1 more month (hopefully less) to decide! Thanks for your help!!!

Scary Experience!!!

So, yesterday I had something super scary happen to me. It's been raining here in Mesa so Devin called me from work and asked me to move his truck, which is a single cab. I said sure and went out there, unlocked the door and got in. Then I made the huge mistake of closing the driver side door behind me. I put the key in the ignition and his truck wouldn't start! The battery was dead. You can't open either of the doors in Devin's truck from the inside, you have to roll the windows down and open them from the outside. But with the battery dead I couldn't even roll the windows down since they are electric! The battery was just too dead! I am very claustrophobic and started to freak out because I was stuck in Devin's truck. I kept looking around for someone to help me. I then started worrying about Indiana because she could be waking up from her nap any minute. My brother was here visiting from Las Cruces but he had just gone up to take a shower when I went out to move the truck. I started crying because I didn't know how long I was going to be stuck in there. Then I realized that his truck has one of those little sliding windows in the back that leads out to the bed of the truck. I opened it up (after quite a few tries because it was stuck) and then really doubted that I could fit my huge preggo body through that little square window. Well, I did and it was painful!!! When you are pregnant you don't have any stomach muscles to help hold your lower body up and my legs got all scraped up and then my knees are bruised from landing in the bed of the truck. I was finally free!!! When I think about it now and when I told Devin about it later I couldn't help but laugh. But at the time it was super scary!!! Sorry this is so long, I am very detailed when I tell stories. Anywhoo, that's it. I'm done.

30 Week Ultrasound!

I had my 30 week ultrasound this morning and I have GREAT news!!! He finally turned! I am so happy that Porter is finally head down. Why did my doctor have to worry me like that? I guess she was just preparing me for if he didn't turn, but he did so I am happy! They had a hard time taking pictures of him because they said I have an "on top" placenta which was covering his face and other body parts. So, below is the best picture of his face we got. The left side of his face is distorted because that is where the placenta is. His head is measuring 2 weeks & 1 day ahead and the rest of his body is measuring 5 days ahead. He weighs 3 lbs 12 oz!!! I think he is going to be one big boy!

Below are the measurements of his humongous head!

Indy's 15 Month Stats

Okay, so I'm a little late posting this but at her 15 month checkup she was in the 93rd %ile for height and in the 50th %ile for weight. She weighs just over 22 1/2 lbs! She is such a big girl and I love watching her learn something new everyday! She is such a joy to be around and loves giving kisses. I am so grateful to have Indy in my life and I don't know what I would do without her!

Our Christmas Lists

So, for Christmas this year we are asking Santa for the following things.

Indiana wants:

Devin Wants:

(yeah, right. What he wants costs over $2000. Maybe another year.)

Jade wants:

Is that too much to ask for? Maybe. I think Indy & I will get what we want, but as for Devin he can keep on dreaming. I need help though, I have NO CLUE what to get him! When I ask him what he wants he says nothing. All he wants is that electric drum set but even he knows we can't get it. Any ideas on what to get him? I NEED HELP PLEASE!!!