January 25, 2010 "Way to go!"

So Clint and Porter had a conversation while riding in the truck the other day which I would consider his first “sex” talk.
Porter: “You and mom made Parker.”
Clint: “Yep, we made you too.”
Porter: “I know. By making sex,” which he chokes out at the beginning of a giggling fit. When he catches his breath: “Yeah you guys made sex. Good job Dad!” Porter tries to congratulate his dad with a fist bump from the back seat.
Clint: “What does sex mean?”
Porter: “Kissing, hugging, making out. You take Mom’s hand, go up in your room and shut the door, turn off lights and make out.”Laughing hysterically all the while.
Porter: “How did you guys make Parker? I never saw you guys making sex one time.”
Clint: “Where are you learning about sex?”
Porter: “Uncle Jesse on Full House. Jesse said ‘Let’s have a baby to Becky and then he took his shirt off and turned off the light.”
Full House is Porter’s favorite show right now. He aspires to be Uncle Jesse, a cool dude. Uncle Jesse is on the same pedestal as Danny Zuko from Grease. We did not realize Porter was gaining that kind of knowledge from what we thought was an innocent 80s show.
Porter concludes the conversation with: “Sometimes I see people making out at the mall. Gross.” This from a boy who is a little ladies man, who talks about girls all the time, who would like to start dating now, who is into “older” girls, who comments on how hot he thinks particular girls are, who tries to flirt with girls when we’re out and about, who hopes to be married in the future.
Porter at KOHLS to the petite cashier: “Hey cute thing.” To which she responds, “I may look really young, but I’m much too old for you.”
Tell me, are we in for trouble? Or are we already in trouble?
I haven’t written for awhile because we’ve been having a lot of difficulties with Porter. I can’t write in frustration because I don’t want that to become our focus. We, as patiently as we can, wait out the challenging moments, knowing that our charismatic, inventive son is still there and is also frustrated. So, we wait for glimpses like the one above, and that’s when I write so as not to perpetuate any negative energy. Porter is having some tests done this upcoming week. Will we get answers? Maybe, maybe not. Either way we did make him, and we wanted and wished for him to be in our lives. We will continue to learn with and from him, and most of all we will always love HIM, for HIM. In the end that’s what matters most.