Where's Porter?

Yesterday I went in to check on Porter during his nap, and I walked in and couldn't really see his face...


When I walked up closer this is what I saw:
He has always loved having his blankets right up next to his face! Such a cuddler!!!


Then last night Dustin & I went to the BYU game (GO COUGS!!!!) and Porter stayed home with Aunt Mary Beth....

Gram & Bop Bears

Before my parents left- they went and got "Build-a-bears" for all the grandkids. Porter recently figured out that Gram & Bops voices were coming out of his bears and so he gets so excited when he sees them! The other day I was cleaning his room so I put him in his Bumbo in his crib and he just kept whining. I looked over and he was trying to so hard to grab his Bop Bear- so I grabbed it for him. Then he chewed on it and smiled and laughed.... then he wanted his Gram bear- and the cycle just kept repeating!


Porter and his "Bop Bear"
Porter & his "Gram Bear"

In case you can't tell- the Bop Bear is dressed in a suit and the Gram Bear is in a shirt and tie. They both have little missionary name tags. Pretty cute!

Rockin' Robin

So Porter's new favorite thing to do is rock back and forth- the other day I was cleaning the kitchen and looked over and he was just rocking back and forth in his jumper. It was too funny! Normally he just jumps and jumps but apparently he figured out he can rock too- so he sat there and did it over and over!

New Trick

Porter is officially loving to hold his own bottle now! It makes my life easy- except when he pulls it out and gets mad at himself...
And yes- the shirt says "I still live with my parents"...

Tailgating

Dustin friends all got together for a tailgating party before the "Holy War" (let's not talk about the game ok?)

So before the game we headed down to the BYU Bookstore to buy Dustin a new BYU shirt- and we found the cutest "toddler" hat that we just HAD to get for Porter :)

Family Pic... PRECIOUS :)

Dustin was rather proud!


His hat says "Future BYU Quarterback"- which is what Dustin is already trying to train Porter for...
His shirt says "Start 'Em Young.... Raise 'Em Right..."- we bought him a bunch of BYU onesies as soon as we found out it was a boy- so fun to actually have him wear them to the games now!


Grandma Roach would be so proud!!!! He's a Bingham- Lovin' his coke :) haha

Don't worry- he was just playing with the box- not downing the 12-pack.


It got a little cold by the time we headed home (we didn't stay for the game- thankfully!) Porter's first time wearing a hoodie- he liked them! Guess he takes after his Momma!

4 Months

Ok- so I am only a month behind.... Porter is now 5 months- but here are his 4 month stats:

Height: 27" which is the 93%
Weight: 17.4 lbs which is the 82%
Head: 16.69 which is the 44%

aka- yes he is a CHUNK- but his length is in a higher percentile than his weight- so we feel pretty good about that!

New things Porter is doing:
-Rolling over (selectively- he usually likes to just roll on his side and take a nap)
-Jumping ALL the time in his saucer
-Holding his own bottle
-Eating solids (the only kind he doesn't like is squash)
-Watches "Signing Time" all the time- he loves it!
- Every time I dress/undress him he starts laughing because he knows as soon as I lift his arms up I'm going to tickle his armpits- so as soon as I start dressing/undressing him he starts laughing and flexing. It's funny.
-Still obsessed with bath time! He loves it!
-Starting to rock up onto his knees- which I am TOTALLY discouraging! (We are going to Korea in a few months and I'd really prefer he not be crawling! If so he'll want to crawl on the plane... nasty!)
-He now recognizes when he hears his door open and he turns and smiles right at Dustin or I as soon as we walk in to get him. He's a flirt.
-He smiles and talks and does this flirty tilted-head smile anytime a pretty girl talks to him!
-Sleeps at least 12 hours a night and takes three two hour naps during the day!

Those are most of his new habits! He is so much fun! He'll wake up for an hour or hour and a half between naps and play like crazy- then rub his eyes. Once he rubs his eyes all we do it take him in his room, give him his binky- rock him for a second with his blanket and lay him down. Then he puts himself to sleep! It's wonderful!!!

We love you Little Rock!

"It's For A Good Cause"

Almost exactly one year ago, my Grandma Gilbert passed away from Brain Cancer. This was not Grandma's first, or second, bout with cancer. Just a few years ago she was diagnosed with a very fast growing form of Breast Cancer. After a lot of treatment, she beat that round! (Go Grandma!) Unfortunately due to the incredibly strong doses of chemo, she lost her GORGEOUS hair!

Well, I am pretty much a "Bingham" through and through, I really don't have much "Gilbert" in me- but one thing I did get from my Grandma Joy is my hair... and man am I thankful! I pray my hair stays as gorgeous as hers did!

Anyway, when she lost all of her hair with Breast Cancer, I had really short hair. I decided with the massive amounts of thick hair I have, I should quit being selfish and grow it out and donate it. Well- it was a process! I think I grew it out for 2.5 years? I can't remember for sure. But one day my niece Erika came to me and said, "I want to grow my hair out and then give it to people who don't have hair." So Erika and I made a deal- as soon as her hair was long enough to donate- we'd do it together!

Well- the dreaded (or should I say blessed) day came! Just a few days before my parents left, Erika and I headed down to Stacy's to chop of our Locks for Locks of Love!

Erika cut off about 8"- I cut off 15+"....


So here are some "before" pics....



(This photo was taken the night before....)



Erika & I showing off our long locks


Chop Chop!!!

Erika went first! I wanted to make sure she'd go through with it before I cut ALL of my hair off!



And then it was my turn.
My hair was WAY too thick so Stacy had to divide it into 2 sections... and it was still bending her scissors!! That's when you know you have WAY too much hair- and that's post-baby!
Stacy even let Erika help cut!

My hair takes a very long time to do because of how much texturing Stacy has to do- so Jen took Erika back to Mom's house while I finished up... So I don't have an "after" picture- but here is a pic from the next night with my fam at the Temple...

A little different right?

I hope somebody (or 2 somebodies since my hair will make two wigs) are happy with the long locks they just got from Locks of Love!