Graveyard Shift

Porter realized he missed out on the fun New Years Eve festivities last night by not staying up til midnight, so....here we are at 11:40 with our little night owl. I haven't broken it to him that the festivities won't be happening for another year...oh well. He won't do this forever, right?

(Sorry it's a little blurry it's from Jake's phone)

Watch Out Idaho...

...you're about to get a taste of the OG! Today Tanner was accepted to BYU-Idaho (insert Tanner's huge sigh of relief). We are so proud, happy, excited, etc for him. Way to go Tanner "OG" Thurston! Now we just need to work on Old Hare aka Tre.... ;)

Underage Drinking

To celebrate Porter turning 1/2 a year old today, we thought it was only appropriate to serve him up his first icy cold Dr. Pepper

Okay...actually not, but the thought has crossed Jake's mind. We just held the glass in front of the straw Porter was munching on.

It's hard to believe we have had this little guy for 6 months already!

Here's a little photo recap of his first six months...
1st Month
2nd Month
3rd Month
4th Month
5th Month
Today - 6 Months Old!

We Love You, Porter!

A Visitor from the North!

Last Friday Porter met Santa at our church's Christmas Party.

At first he was really interested in his beard...

...then not so much.

Next he was handed a candy cane by Santa's helper and he loved it...

...then not so much.
We waited for him to overstay his welcome to get as many pictures as possible (mostly to get the classic crying baby with Santa picture).

At the end of the night, the highlight was really the gold plastic cup that kept Porter entertained for days.

Can't wait for next year's visit with Santa!

Caught it!

Most of the time, when we put the camera in front of Porter to capture whatever cute thing he is doing at that particular moment, he immediately stops until the camera is put down and then resumes. But, this moment Porter was feeling a little carefree and didn't mind the camera catching it. This is one of his favorite sounds to make...he tries so hard!

Thanksgiving 2009 in St. George, UTAH

We started Thanksgiving 2009 out with the GAT 5K followed by donuts and hot chocolate for all. Later the boys played in the annual Turkey Bowl. Then good eats, Jacey's 22nd birthday, some movies and lots of football games! Thanks Kory and Fran for hosting this event. In attendance were Grandma Dody, Fuzz and Josh, the entire Kody and Wendy Thurston family, Keri and Kristin, and the Kory Thurston Family. We are thankful for you all and love you very much.

Skeet Shooting in St. George

Saturday after Thanksgiving we all jumped in the trucks and tried our luck at skeet shooting. Good Times.

Jacey gives it a try with help from Josh and Tanner.






Brandon, Grandma T., Bridger and Tanner bundled up - it was cold out there, but so fun until we had to quit because of wind and rain.






The girls try their luck. Keri was not lucky - she was GOOD! Look at that perfect stance.




Shoot Kody Shoot those skeets!!!















Thomas and Tanner made a good team.

Paige learns how to master the BB gun from the master Kory!

Yum Yum

The day finally came for Porter to give rice cereal a try. I always heard my friends with kids talk about eating rice cereal and I thought "what's the big deal?", but I guess when it's your own it is a big deal, so now I'm making it a big deal for all of our many blog readers out there (ok, probably just Porter's grandparents).

Porter seemed to enjoy his first meal and would grab my hand to help shove the spoon in his mouth.

For your viewing pleasure!

Porter Lately

So I would love to post a bunch of pictures documenting our fun trip to St. George over Thanksgiving, but unfortunately I only took 2 pictures, so here they are...(hopefully we can get some on here that Wendy took...hint hint)

Porter in the arms of Kristen. She was so great with him and had the perfect baby bounce that just put him right to sleep. Also he is wearing his adorable tiny "GAT 5K" shirt...it was so cute.
We had such a great time at Kory and Fran's!

So here a few things that Porter has been up to lately...

Hanging out in bed with mom while she sleeps
Trying to enjoy some ASU football...although he is not totally converted after a sub-par season
Falling asleep playing at the computer desk with Daddy
(he has done this so many times...it is so funny!)
STANDING! Porter loves to stand...ALL the time!
Hanging out with Grampy and drooling...as you can see by his soaked onesie
Snuggling...now that we finally have cooler weather here!
Sitting in his Bumbo...finally he doesn't spit up every time I put him in it so he can hang out while we do dishes and make dinner...it is so great!
Giggling...this is after his bath (another thing he loves). His daddy is giving him a good laugh!