He's growing up too fast!

The Past 1.5 Months

Mitchell likes to play...

...travel...

...look cute...

...look cute some more...

...and be cooperative (enough to get his passport photo taken).

What a Blessing!

Mitchell was blessed on Sunday. I didn't take many pictures because I was occupied by the weather crisis we had that day. Right as we were readying to eat outside, a massive wind storm came up that would put even Cedar City wind to shame. So we all (about 35 peeps) made our way back inside my house for a cramped, but delicious lunch. I really should have gotten a picture of that, but ya'll can use your imaginations if you weren't there.

Here little Mitchell is without his hat (above) and with his hat (below). I just had to post them both, because I'm even more indecisive as a mother.

We Celebrated 4/20 at Zion National Park Too

April 20th was my birthday, so I decided the three of us should do something fun. Last week, entrance to all national parks was free, so we took advantage of that and headed to Zion National Park. We thought it was time for Mitchell to see more of this beautiful world...

...but he wasn't too impressed.

He did think it was indeed beautiful, however, and his parents agreed. We had a lovely day.

He's Here!

Four weeks ago on March 28th, precious little Mitchell Preston Porter made his appearance.

He was born via emergency c-section around 9 PM after a full day of labor. We were shocked to discover he weighed 9 pounds 12 ounces and was 21.5 inches in length. Whew!

He's saying "Hi". (The red marks are from his heavy pacifier sucking.)

I'm trying to say hello as well; however, the drugs in my system aren't allowing me to fully open my eyes and give a non-crazy smile.

The drugs wore off the next day...sort of. Can you tell? Anyway, look how cuddly our boy is!

More precious cuddles...

About two weeks after he was born, my sister Mary Lynne did a little photo shoot with him. This is my favorite hat, but I'm not sure it's Mitchell's favorite.

Oh, the messes Mary Lynne and I went through for her to get this shot! Good times.

Here's one of Mitchell's classic expressions.

Sweet.

"Hmmm, what to do next..."

"Maybe I'll just sit in my swing and look cute."

Here he is!

They didn't put the ultrasound pics on a disc for us, so the above is a picture taken of the ultrasound picture using Preston's camera phone. It's my favorite of all the ultrasound pictures I have, so I thought instead of posting a zillion, we'd share this one with you.

Baby, Oh Baby

I'm a little behind on posts, so I'll fill ya'll in on the major happenings at our house. Let's see, we're having a baby...due in March. We just found out this week that it's a BOY! In keeping with blogging tradition, I'll work on getting those ultrasound pics posted. Hang tight.

Have a Holly Jolley Birthday!

The eldest of the Pearson sisters had a birthday today. She is so amazingly talented, kind, and beautiful. Oh yeah, and she's good at math. I love her so much (as evidenced by me hugging her in the picture below).My sister, Mary Lynne, had a wider selection of pictures at her disposal for her birthday tribute to HoJo, so check it out here. Also, I want all of you to scroll to the top of this blog and get a load of that totally awesome wedding cake. Who do you think made that little beauty? Yup, Holly made that. She's out-of-this-world amazing! HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOLLY!!!

Happy Anniversary To Us!!!

We'd only been married a few hours when this picture was taken. We were so young, so innocent. Well, it's been four years, and we're still fairly young...and innocent.

International Trip...to Canada

Preston and I had a fantastic time in the land of Canada this past week. We will share some of the highlights.


We went to Waterton, had a delicioso picnic, and played around the beach of this here lake (Waterton Lake).


Then we hiked to Bertha Falls. There were fantastic views (of the scenery) the entire hike. See?



We had an all-day 60th anniversary celebration for Preston's wonderful grandparents. We all look pretty happy after a tasty roast beef dinner eh?



Joy of all joys! I visited the largest Walmart in Canada. It looks small in the picture, but I need you to trust me on this one. It's huge!


We had a total blast at the Canada Day Parade in Raymond. I LOVE this parade, and look forward to it every year we're able to go.



Bear was out of his mind with gladness, because he had a massive backyard to play around in all week. He got pretty spoiled.


Here we are watching fireworks in the backyard. Sorry you can't see 'em, but I trust you to use your imagination. At the same time, I received a lovely new hairdo.


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Now I conclude this post with this sassy pic of me out at the ranch. I have loads of more pictures, as you could imagine, and since I usually have little to blog about, perhaps I'll post more pictures of the trip later.

Happy Birthday Sweet Sister Suzanne!

My charming, kind, clever, smart, fun sister had a birthday today. Hooray! Until she requests the removal of the following pictures, they shall be on display as a tribute to her, for she is a true supermodel superstar!

Happy Birthday Suzanne!

(Note: I have four totally awesome sisters, and this little trend of doing a birthday tributes on our blogs started at a time past the birthdays of the other 3. Check back in October for the Ho Jo's birthday tribute. Oh yeah!)

Some New Stuff

Nothing too exciting happened in the past couple of months. Preston did get me a puppy while I was in San Antonio. He's a little Yorkie, and we named him Bear. He's the sweetest, non-yappy little dog I've ever known. Even though I said, "No dog...EVER!", I'm glad Preston didn't listen to me this time.

Here's a picture of some kids in my backyard tree. Their father is also in this tree...somewhere...much, much higher up. We've decided to grow our first garden, and no, I'm not growing any drugs. We're planning on having tomatoes, a variety of herbs (and no, none are drugs), sweet peas, squash, and cucumbers.

San Antonio

I went to San Antonio last week to visit my sister Suzanne and her family. I had a grand time!

I visited the Alamo. I forgot to check out the basement though.

This is me in front of a fun tree. Check out all the possible swing branches. This was in the sideyard of the Alamo.

I visited a mission...

...and the famous San Antonio River Walk...

...and Sea World. I'll betcha didn't know San Antonio had a fantastic Sea World.

The most fun I had, however, was just hanging out with my girls. Annie, Abi, and Elena were TOO PRECIOUS!

I said, "Don't tase me, bro!"

Preston was tased (or tasered) again. This time, he just casually slipped it into our after-work conversation that went something like this:

Kristin: "How was your day?"
Preston: "Good. How was your day?"
K: "It was sooo busy. This guy asked me the craziest question today. He said...[insert funny work story]"
P: "Ha ha ha. That's so funny. What else happened?"
K: "Not much. So, did you learn anything good?"
P: "Yeah."
K: "Like what?"
P: "Oh, it was just some refresher training with some other officers. "
K: "Oh. What did they teach you?"
P: "We just went over facility safety and some inmate stuff, I got tased again, and I had some of that garden salad."
K: "Oh, that's nice."

5 minutes later...

K: "Wait! Did you say you were tased again?!?!"
P: "Yeah. Why?"
K: "WHY!?!? Why did you have to do it again?"
P: "I have to do it once for each department. It wasn't that bad."

So there you have it. The more you're tased, the easier it gets. That's good news!

Summary

I don't have any pictures to post, so don't get too excited. I lost my camera charger, so I didn't take any pictures on any of our adventures this month. On a positive note, I do know where the computer/camera connection cord is. Anywho, here's what has happened in the past two weeks. We went to Bountiful/Kaysville to my cousin Melanie's wedding last Saturday, and that was a total blast. It was fun because I love weddings, but it was especially fun because my sister Suzanne came all the way from Texas to join in the festivities. We stayed with the wonderfully hospitable Standings while in SLC, and that was a bonus. (I wish I could have stayed longer too, Mrs. Standing.) The morning after the wedding we attended Music and the Spoken Word, which was an additional bonus (because the MTC is my favorite musical group second only to the delightful King's Singers). On our way home we saw Preston's brother Nelson in Provo (so the week wasn't entirely Pearson dominated). We drove from SLC to LV on Sunday, where we spent our final night at our condo. That's right...FINAL! We were a tad bit sad, but we're so grateful to have A- and K-Bed living there now. They have saved us from our prolonged two-mortgage crisis. Yay! In closing I will say that Preston starts his new job tomorrow. Good times!