Justino's Birthday

We have now celebrated Justin's 27th birthday. He just wanted to have a chill day and relax a little, so I have a bunch of cupcakes at my house if anyone wants one. Justin really isn't about big scenes, and it was his day, so I made dinner ( grilled shrimp with mango salsa, yum) and we ate cupcakes and watched a conspiracy movie. All in all a pretty good day. It figures he would have gotten something like a GPS. Well he did, just because he loves big boy toys like that. I think map quest works perfectly fine for our needs, but once again...his day. Love You!

Porter's Baby Quilts

Justin's Grandma Joan made Porter a baby quilt when he was born and every since then she has been asking me to take a picture of Porter and the blanket. She wants to have record of all of her hard work. Sometimes I am a little spacey and I am finally getting around to it now. So the red quilt Justin's Grandma Judd made, and the blue one Justin's Grandma Butler made. Both are so beautiful, and Porter is lucky to have so many Grandmas that love him (five living grandmas right now). I never grew up with my grandparents so it has been really fun to have Justin's grandparents so close.

Aunt Ambie's Shower

I just got back from Idaho where we had my sister Amber's Baby Shower. It is always fun to go home and spend quality time with my family, but for some reason it was really weird to see Amber pregnant. I guess I haven't seen here for a while and then all of a sudden, bam, she has a full on pregnant belly. She looked so cute though, and she will be a great mom. Me and my sisters threw the shower at my Mom's house and it turned out awesome. A lot more people showed up than we thought. We did send out 50 invitations though, seeing how my Mom doesn't like to leave anyone out. Baby showers are so much fun and she got lots of really cute things. My Mom loves babies, and every morning I was there she would come and get Porter from me and kiss and tickle him. He loved it! It is a good thing she likes kids so much, because Sommer and Heather recently found out they were expecting. That will be 12 grand kids by next April. Lots of fun for the Schanz Family.

Porter's First Plane Ride

We just got back from our trip to Alabama, and Porter was a great flyer, probably better than I am. We had a really good time visiting Justin's parents and spending the 4th of July with them. The South is so different than anything I am used to, but we went to a baseball game, watched the fireworks, spent a day boating, and Justin went sea fishing with his Dad and Brother. It is great to go on vacation, but it is so nice to come home. (We got stranded in the Houston airport on our last day with no clean clothes, dying cell phones, a tired baby, and long lines of people all wanting to go home. It made my bed seem really nice!)