Tori's 1st Easter

I think Tori enjoyed her first Easter. Eric, Rachel, and Sofia (and the dogs) all came down for the weekend! The babies and the dogs got along great! On Saturday we went to a baby shower and did the girls Easter baskets. Sunday, we went to church, then to Mike and Stacy's and then to my grandmas. By the end of the day we were all really tired! Running around everywhere really takes a toll on us!

Here are some pictures from the weekend!

The Myers' family didn't get here until about 10pm on Friday night, so Tori was ready for bed, but we let her play with her cousin for a little bit. Tori only gets a pacifier at nap time and bed time so she was thrilled when Sofia had one attached to her!

She immediately locked in on Sofia's pacifier and got it in her mouth, despite in being attached to Sofia!

Look at all of Sofia's hair! At the time these pictures were taken Sofia was almost 8 months old and Tori was almost 10 months old.

Sofia ripping apart her Easter basket from us!

Sofia checking out Tori's basket!

They got matching hats (and dresses) from Grandmama!

Tori was digging into her basket. Sofia was interested in the food.

Tori must have spotted something good!

Rachel had our camera for a bit, which resulted in a lot of pictures of Sofia :)

The dogs! Sakari is the one laying down, Sila is the black one and Mocha is the red one. Sakari and Mocha are actually half sisters...they have the same mom.

Happy girl on Easter morning!

We had to have a little photo shoot before we went to church and they headed to Havana.

It was hard getting them to sit still and I know its only going to get worse!

Sofia got her shoe off!

...and wants to chew on it!

Sofia is sharing her shoe with her cousin!

Tori is done with the photo shoot!

Family picture before heading to church!

She got a pickle at Easter lunch. Too bad she didn't eat it!

Second cousin Sophia was very interested in Tori!

We got her to stand next to Tori and hold her hand.

Then we convinced her to sit next to her!

We had a good Easter and hope you all did too!

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High chair cleaner

As you all know, feeding a baby is rather messy. The dogs in Tori's life have learned this faster than anyone else! When she eats at Grandpa and MeMaw's Romeo lays right underneath her high chair. At home, Mocha doesn't leave her side and has even taken food from her hand before! Mocha is fast to snatch up any food that gets on the floor and when Tori is done eating she cleans her high chair. We have yet to get good pictures of this, but here are a few that we have managed to get!

Checking out the highchair.

Oh there is something in it!

Got it!

The times I have seen Mocha do this she is doing it from the front and not the sides. It is funny to see when the high chair moves on her!

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Ouchie

On April 16, Tori got her first real ouchie. I was making her oatmeal and Devin was outside with the dog. Tori had just started scooting around the furniture. Of course it was common for her to fall and we tried not to run to her and pick her up every time she fell and cried. So when I heard a thud and screaming I just hollered from the kitchen "oh you are fine, get back up". But the crying continued so I went and picked her up and within probably 20 seconds she was quiet. In that time Devin came inside and said "Ummm why is she bleeding?". My baby girl had conked her nose when she fell! She had blood on herself, me and the floor! It didn't bother her until I tried to wipe her nose, then all hell broke lose and she screamed bloody murder. I rocked her and got the bleeding stopped, but she screamed anytime we tried to wipe the dried blood off of her nose. So, we just took her to the park with dried blood on her nose!

Here are some pictures from the ouchie.

There was even blood on the floor!

You can see the blood around her nose.

Still happy anyway!

I am so happy that she is tough! Hopefully she continues to be tough!

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Anywhere, Anytime

On to the second post I have on my to do list! I forgot how easy it is to post from the iPad :)

I swear Tori can sleep anywhere, anytime just like her momma! My mom used to have to wake me up to finish chewing my food because I fell asleep mid-chew. Needless to say I have had to do the same thing to Tori numerous times. I have been fortunate enough to catch some of her sleeping on camera!

Sleeping in her exersaucer.

Sleeping in her high chair during lunch.

Sleeping still in her high chair, not even phased when I took the tray off and wiped off her face.

Sleeping in her jumper.

Seriously, how is this comfortable?

Sleeping again in the high chair!

In the jumper again. This time leaned back.

What can I say the jumper really wears her out!

This just looks like she is blinking but she was sleeping!

I just hope she continues to be a good sleeper! As of Mother's Day she has been sleeping through the night from 10pm or so to 5 or 6! I love it!

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Go Cardinals!

Okay, okay I am done slacking. I'm really going to try and keep this updated and I mean it this time! I have pictures ready to go for 7 posts and then I will be caught up, so you can expect to see some posts so I can catch up again!

On April 3rd Tori attended her first Cardinals game, well not including the one she went to when I was pregnant with her. We made the trip to St. Louis with 4 other couples and we had all-inclusive tickets that we had gotten on sale. Our seats were directly behind the right field foul pole. We had a blast and Tori was a perfect angel of course! Oh, and the Cardinals got their first win of the year so we must be good luck! :)

Here are some pictures from the day!

Hanging out watching batting practice before the game!

I love wearing her in a carrier! Makes things so much easier! She loves it too! She is so happy in it!

Happy family before the game!

Playing on the floor in the suite before the game started! Tori loves her Cardinal jersey from Aunt Brittany! We got so many compliments on it!

Showing off how her jersey says Burks.

Happy girl!

Napping on daddy during part of the game! I love this picture!

Family picture!

About the time we went to the game, Tori started standing and pulling herself up on toys and furniture.

Ya Burks!

Looking onrey!

The day after we went to St. Louis, Tori had her 9 month check-up at the doctors office. She weighed 16.5lbs which put her in the 10 percentile (the highest she has ever been) and was 27 inches long. The doctor said she was as healthy as can be! We don't have to go back to the doctor until her well baby check-up at a year! No weight checks in between! Wahoo!

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