Thanksgiving

Tori had an exciting Thanksgiving in Calabash, North Carolina with both sets of grandparents, her Auntie Leah, and her Great Pappa and his wife, Ethel. The Sunday after Thanksgiving she got baptized :)

Tori made herself at home playing with all her toys (Yes we even brought her mat :) ).

Deacon Grandma and Tori

Gram and Gramps entertaining Tori.

Auntie Leah playing with Tori.

Tori loving being the center of attention :) During Thanksgiving break,Tori learned to push herself up on her little blow up play area (or baby prison as Matt calls it).

Great Pappa entertaining Tori.

Daddy and Tori relaxing.

Daddy and Tori at the Christmas boat parade all bundled up.

Mommy and Tori at dinner after the parade. Mommy and Tori about to go for a walk around the neighborhood.

Tori at the beach with Poppi :)

Awww

Tori and Ethel on Thanksgiving morning.

Chef Tori :)

The real Thanksgiving Chef :)

Thanksgiving dinner...Yum, yum.

6-7th Month Update :)

Here is a much delayed update. During the 6th month, Tori mastered crawling and getting into everything :) Soco quickly learned to give her a wide berth unless he wanted to lose a small handful of hairs. Tori's top two teeth popped through and then within a week she had 4 more teeth popping through (no wonder she had been teething for 2 months...teething for 6 teeth at one time is no fun :( ). This month she also began giving spontaneous hugs and kisses (I love it!!!) Oh, and the putting herself down and sleeping through the night mentioned last month was short lived :( Oh well...one day :)



Here are some 6th month pictures:

Tori tried to crawl without her knees on the floor for a while :)

A little Yoga practice. Her favorite pose....Down Dog.

Gram making sure Tori gets her vitamin D :)

Gramps (his new name) rocking Tori to sleep.

Tori's modeling pictures taken by Rhianna (one of my college roomies). I miss her photography!

For the big 30, I went out to dinner while Matt and Hilton watched Tori and got a fondue desert ready. I was not expecting the house to be decorated when I returned. He also made me a blueberry coffee cake without milk or soy...so sweet :)

Tori woke up when we came back from dinner and she decided she was not going back to sleep. Finally I gave in and she also enjoyed the party until about 12:00am. At that point she was too sleepy to protest ;)

Rhianna and her family visiting Tori :)

Aww...Hilton :)

Rhianna and the forever teething Tori.

Go Tarheels:)

Yummy rice cereal :) Daddy playing with Tori.

Tori loves her sipppy cup; however, there is little drinking and a lot of chewing.

Tori's first suitor, Eli, brought over by my neighbor :)

Gram and Gramps with Tori :)

Gram and Gramps feeding Tori on the counter.

Our family friends from Canton Danny and Kim came to visit Tori.

Halloween

Tori had a fun 1st Halloween. I had planned on her being a pea pod, but it was too small so she went with the backup bee :)



This is the first mother's group event we have attended.

Tori trick or treating at Madelyn's house.

Daddy and Tori giving out candy.

Tori trying to eat the pumpkin :( We now know she had 6 teeth about to break through. No wonder she wanted to chew on everything :)