Happy Thanksgiving!

I had a great Thanksgiving! We spent the day at my mama's new house and we ended up having 27 people there in the end! It was a lot of fun, and there was a ton of amazing food. Here's the day, in pictures, although they hardly cover the scope of everything that was going on!:


Ashley pouting as Corbin was throwing a fit. The timing of this picture is perfect.


My "baby" sister who just turned 18 and is about to graduate from high school and my probably my future brother-in-law, Rick.


Initially Corbin refused her pureed turkey, green beans, and sweet potatoes and would settle for nothing but a bottle.


Somehow she ended up covered in those sweet potatoes!


Much happier baby after her bottle and diaper!


The Boston Terriers, Madison, Winston, and Mary, very peeved at being on the other side of the gate away from the food and excitement.


Madison peeking at us under the gate, where she kept getting her head stuck trying to get in! Eventually she was successful!


Corbin enjoying herself with Uncle Richard.


Me and mama.


Franki and Richard, laughing at the babies.


Allison in her overly-large t-shirt, basking in the afternoon sun.


Me and Dylan, my favorite cousin ever. :)


Ginny and Adam, Ryan's youngest brother (Ginny is his girlfriend).


Corbin and Allison, sound asleep after a long day of fun, dancing, and laughter.

The only thing that would have made this day better was if Pop was there. The holidays really have me missing him, which was made even worse by the fact that everyone else was missing him, too. At least we all had each other!

Until next time!

Wait...what?

Yesterday Corbin was supposed to go in for her second flu shot and I completely spaced on the appointment until late last night after I had came home from work. This morning I called and rescheduled for today and so we were to take her in at 3:15 this afternoon.

Of course, all the time between when I called and the appointment I was completely dreading it because she was in such a good mood, as she usually is. Who wants to see their baby who is all smiles and all giggles get poked with a needle and have to see her cry hysterically? It's a huge bummer.

So we got to the doctor's office and we sat for a few minutes, and I found myself people-watching instead of perusing the magazines. Finally they called us back and sent us to room six. The nurse already had her supplies and I asked if I could make a bottle to give her for when the freak-out occurred. Ryan was asked to get her ready for the shot and so I had my back to them as it was happening, rinsing the bottle in the sink.

I can hear Corbin laughing and I'm like, "OMG...I hate doing this to her!" and then next thing I know the nurse is putting her used needle in the biohazard box and Corbin has a bandaid on her leg! She didn't shed a tear! In fact, it was like it didn't even happen, because she was still smiling and babbling!

I'm so proud of my baby girl! And I'm also glad to say that she's feeling much better and has recovered from her cold. Now it's time to get ready for our first Thanksgiving!

Here's me and Corbi-lou last night after having some yummy squash:



The most beautiful baby in the whole world. :) And I couldn't love her more!

Dear Summer...

Corbin loved her Thanksgiving card. She thought it was very, very tasty.



I, on the other hand, thought it was very adorable, even when soggy.



Thanks for thinking of us and sending cute cards!

Love,
Tori & Corbin

PS. IN OTHER NEWS...

Thursday we went downtown with an old coworker of mine, Heidi, and stopped in at Walker's Coffee & Pub, which is right next to Starbucks, yet I never knew it existed. I decided to go with the hot chocolate and it was AMAZING. They give you whipped cream with a bit chocolate drizzle, and then top the whole thing with a very pretty cherry! I was delicious, and only $2!

Corbin was decked out in her usual color of choice, pink. Pink hat, pink jacket, pink camo outfit, pink tights, pink stroller...yeah, you get the idea. She looked adorable, though!



I still can't get over how cute this hat is. Have I mentioned how much I love and adore The Children's Place? She was very bundled up!

And of course, she was hanging with the daddy.


And she loved being outdoors downtown with us, despite the cold!



We had to go home when it started getting dark because the wind picked up and the temperature dropped drastically! Sadly I didn't have her mittens with me, or I would have tried to stay longer! We had lots of fun, though, and I love any opportunity to show off the adorableness that is Corbi-lou!

Until next time! :D

My Baby is Sick. :(

I know I mentioned it a few posts back saying that Corbin hadn't got sick yet, and that I knew it was eventually coming...and sadly, it is here, and she has been pitiful.

Starting Friday night or so, she had this cough, but it sounded productive, so I wasn't too terribly worried. She didn't seem cranky at all and was just being her usual self. Saturday and Sunday, though, the cough got worse, and she was sleeping a lot more than usual. Last night she ended up sleeping in the bed with us because we were having to get up so much to check on her. She was having a hard time breathing because her nose was stopped up and she would just start babbling incessantly in her sleep and thrashing around. It was sad. :(

At around 5 this morning, I had to get out the bulb syringe, which she HATES. Anytime I've had to use it on her, she's screamed like it was the end of the world. But she couldn't breathe! What was I supposed to do?! So, I did what I had to do, and yes, she freaked out, but luckily Ryan was able to soothe her back to sleep.

And guess what? It made all the difference.

Slept like a baby. :)

HOWEVER, I did call Dr. Baker this morning and scheduled an appointment for this afternoon because she seemed to be running a slight fever when I got up to get ready for work and she ended up sleeping almost all day, only waking up to eat. I was able to get off work an hour early so we could go in, and he checked her out. Everything was fine, she just had a little bit of a viral cold, and he said it would probably pass quickly, and prescribed some baby cough medicine.

So yeah, my baby is sick, but I think she's getting better. Not quite as pitiful today, and Ryan and I were both laughing because the whole time Dr. Baker was in the room with us, she didn't cough one time. As soon as he left the room, she was barking up a lung. Silly baby. :)

And speaking of silly baby, here is a video of Corbin figuring out how to make herself swing, lol.

Happy Halloween!

Okay, so obviously I'm late on the Halloween post, but I've been enjoying my weekend off to the fullest extent...which means that I slept until 1:30 this afternoon. I did get up and feed and take care of Corbin this morning for about an hour, but lucky for me, Ryan took over so I could get some much needed R and R. And I feel great!

So Corbin ended up having TWO Halloween outfits, and of course I did pictures of her in both of them! We really didn't do anything "special" for Halloween besides the dressing up...I was feeling very under the weather Friday so I didn't want to go try to fight with kids at the mall for the trick or treat thing when Corbin can't even eat candy yet! And I didn't carve a pumpkin, either. OH WELL. However, I got some very adorable pictures, and to me, that's all that matters at this point. :P

Her first outfit was just a Halloween-themed outfit. The onesie was a gift from a co-worker, the socks came out of the $1 bin at Target, the tutu was $4 at Claire's, and the hairbows were like $3 at Walmart. And it was ADORABLE!

Pictures!






That last one cracks me up because it looks like she's sticking her tongue out at the pumpkin! And it was hard to get her to want to look at the camera because I made the mistake of having the dogs outside while I was trying to take the pictures, and she is so fascinated with the dogs that she wouldn't take her eyes off of them! All of these smiles were strictly for daddy! (She totally lights up when she sees him.)

Speaking of Corbin and Daddy, have I mentioned how much of a daddy's girl she is?



Yeah, he's whipped. :P

Corbin's second Halloween outfit was a little angel costume that Grandma Lewis sent that I paired with some rainbow butterfly wings that I also found at Claire's. (I really do love that store.) She looked so pretty and delicate, and I think she had more fun with this photoshoot (maybe because I left the dogs inside this time?).

More pictures! :D






Doesn't she look so happy? :)

And then, there's my new favorite picture of Corbin, where she's totally showing her true colors:



I see a little bit of Daddy and a whole lot of Mama in that picture. :)

Anywho, that's all for now, but I'll write back soon about her crawling escapades! Let's just say that it'll be any day now, as she's getting very persistent!