17 months, 32 1/2 Weeks, no morning naps and pictures

Well...I haven't written for a while...sorry about that. It's just that my life is the same ol' same ol'. Tori and I hang out while Jason is at work, we go grocery shopping, go to the library, and I read a lot. That is my life. Don't get me wrong...it is a great life!
Well...Miss Tori turned 17 months on Thursday (the 24th). She is getting taller and has bigger feet (finally) she fits in between sizes 3 and 4. Her morning nap mysteriously disappeared one day, and goes down for a longer afternoon nap (about 1230-330 PM!). This means that she gets to watch Sesame Street everyday at 10am. She is in heaven.
I am 32 1/2 weeks pregnant and my c-section is scheduled for November 10th at 9:30 am! I love having it scheduled...that is if I last that long. The baby is healthy and I have only gained a mere 11 pounds! :) That makes me happy. I had an appointment this morning and I apparently lost 2 pounds! It must be all the ice cream I am eating! Ha ha ha!

Tori sitting in her chair watching Sesame Street. It is serious! She is trying to learn the letters of the day! Notice her piggies...her hair is getting longer!

Sorry these are kinda blurry!

This was taken just a few minutes ago...Sorry no smile!

Playing in Our Backyard and Our House

Tori and I went outside after her morning nap on Saturday to watch Jason fix our lawn. Our lawn is HUGE!!! and it takes a lot of work. It is a little overwhelming sometimes (we are on 3/4 of an acre!) and sometimes it seems the lawn has a mind of it's own!

Tori peeking at Daddy and running free...the grass makes her a little nervous!

So you see how huge our yard is? And this is only half of it!!! I think that she is excited about one of our trees here! Classic Tori expression!

So darned cute!

We have a grape trellis outside our fenced garden space. She likes to pop the grapes out of their skins. (Daddy taught her this!)

Picking grapes (I am still not sure if she should eat them...)

Wow...look how tall! She looks like a little munchkin!

Tender!

Eating a leaf near our butterfly bush

She's our tree hugger!

ZooBoise...or as I like to say Boise Zoo

Well...after a short plane ride from Oregon, I was back in Boise. Bye bye no responsibility!
We decided to venture to the zoo yesterday. Tori loves animals and I knew she would love it. It was perfect weather too...sunny and 75*. Tori was really glad to see me when I woke her up from her nap and didn't want to leave my lap for anything. So we packed up the cars and we were on our way. After a few bad turns, we found the park (and superstar parking)and had a great time at the zoo.
The zoo is pretty small, but Tori loved the animals all the same. Kids are free until they are 4, so Tori and I will probably go there a lot in the future! She loved the monkeys (which aren't pictured because they moved so dang fast), the birds and the tigers (who gave us two nice loud roars). We had a lot of fun! Thanks Auntie Marie for the cute outfit and the tickets!

California: The Lost Files

I just had a fabulous weekend with my family in Oregon. Lora brought me a whole bunch of pictures from our trip, but I think I am still missing the Oakland Zoo...oh well. Here is a slideshow of some of the missing pictures. Enjoy!