Although Skype helped Uncle Kyle get to see Victoria right after she was born and periodically throughout the first few months, he finally got to see her in person. She definitely liked her Jiu Jiu Kyle :)
A family shot before picking up Kyle at the airport.
Kyle posing with his welcoming sign :)
Kyle getting to know Tori. She would just look at him and laugh.
Great Uncle Bill and Sussie playing with Tori.
Tori playing on her activity mat wearing her new dress that Uncle Kyle brought her.
Kyle found an adorable bee outfit for Tori (Kyle and Matt went to Georgia Tech with the Yellow Jacket mascot). She's coming to get Kyle.
Tori joining the family in games of cards :) She was the good luck charm.
Tori traveled really well and, besides having some bad feedings, did great. Her mother, on the other hand, was a stress ball and worried about everything :)
Tori is ready to pick Leah up at the airport :
Auntie Leah making Tori laugh with her udubba dubba chin poke. Worked every time :)
Tori liked cuddling with her Auntie Leah.
Matt rocking Tori to sleep at the restaurant.
Poppi playing with Tori and making her stick out her tongue. She looked like a turtle.
Daddy and his little girl.
Action shot of Tori playing on her activity mat. Her favorite toy.
Tori's make shift stroller crib for downstairs naps.
Grandma singing to Tori. Grandma distracting Tori with Mr. Tinkles the frog as she practices her tummy time.
Tori meeting Susie (a friend from Cincinnati that now lives only minutes away at the beach).
There were a lot of firsts from 2 months to 3 months. Tori had her first dinner out at one of our favorite Mexican spots. She went on her 1st vacation to see her Grandparents and Auntie Leah at the beach. While she was there, she went to her fist church service (slept soundly through the whole thing), dipped her toes in the ocean, wiggled her toes in the sand, and the took her first dip in the pool. She also got to meet her Uncle Kyle and spend 2 weekends with him. Here are some much overdue pictures :)
Her school girl outfit:)
Napping peacefully with Gram and dancing with Grandpa.
We had an interesting Father's Day. Our power went out and was supposed to come back on in about 15 minutes...2 hours later we finally decide to go in the air conditioned car to get some ice cream. Daddy got a Father's Day book which he read to Tori, but in the chaos I forgot to get a picture so I made him pose the next day. I forgot to mention that in the middle of the 2 hours of no power, our carbon monoxide detector starts to go off. We figure that it is the batteries, but we had recently changed the batteries out so I was a little concerned. While Matt runs to the grocery store to get more batteries, I call the fire department just to check and make sure that there is nothing we need to do. They tell us we need to get out of the house and they are on their way to check it out. With 2 large firetrucks, we caused quite the scene in the neighborhood. It was the batteries :)
I cannot believe our little one is already 2 months old. She is still a very sweet, happy little girl almost all of the time. When she is unhappy, however, she definitely lets you know with some mighty powerful lungs. She is beginning to communicate with smiles, laughs, squeals, cooing, and a variety of other sounds. She loves to bat at her activity mat and has just started grabbing at objects (once she gets them though she does not know how to let them go). I have tried to get pictures and videos of her in action, but they never turn out well. I will keep working on it and hopefully have some action shots or videos posted soon :) She is a great sleeper... but only if she is on someone. Hence I get very little done during the day. We just started working on sleeping and napping in the crib (pack and play). She actually has done really well with sleeping in the crib at night (anywhere from 8-9pm until 5-7am with 2 feedings)...we are still working on the napping part.
Soco admiring Matt's beautiful stone wall.
Tori is a popular girl :)
Tori is good about taking the bottle, but does not like how fast it comes out. I am terrible at giving her the bottle. Luckily I don't need to do it often:)
Grand is the bottle pro.
Grand and Grandpa
Daddy multitasking.
I love the sleeping position :)
Family shots! Saying goodbye to a happily sleeping baby. I don't think we were missed. We have been very lucky to have parents close enough to be frequent babysitters :)
Her first bath at 5 weeks (it took a while for the cord to come off all the way). I was expecting screaming the first time and we got cooing instead. She loves the water :)
Tori at 6 weeks with Dr. Bland...the first face she saw.
Tori is now almost as big as my childhood baby Victoria.
The Tori Pose :)
Tori was a little too big for newborn, but too small for 0-3. My baby clothes fit perfectly and they are all flame resistant :)
I cannot believe my parents saved so much of my baby clothes, but they have come in handy.
After 5 visits I finally remembered to take a picture of Erin with Tori.
How I spend majority of my day...holding Tori. She has become quite the cuddler.
