Walker Happenings...

Daddy & Tori at the Fair

Walking Gizmo on a nice fall day!

Mommy and Tori just hanging out.

Daddy finally getting Tori to sleep~ She cried and cried :(

Learning good habits early. YAY!
I think she likes the taste of her toothpaste.

Dirty faces are just so dang CUTE!
Hates baby food..Ready for the good stuff.

She attepts to eat dog food too. I tell her its "yucky" but she doesnt want to believe me.




So time has flown by since we have been out here. Also our little girl is just growing so fast..

1) She went from army crawl to big girl crawl to crawling up stairs (and falling down), now she is taking baby steps with help of course but she really wants to walk on HER OWN!!

2) Going from no fussing to some fussing...dont get me wrong I couldn't ask for a easier more mellow baby but she has some tantrums and usually wants me at those times. I got the crying pic on my phone but not on my camera so I guess you just get to see the happy faces :)

3) Tori has become so independant and persistant...no more baby food. She wants finger food so she can fee herself. Also she has to hold the leash when we go on our daily walks. Anger stikes if I dont allow it!! Cracks me up. If I taker her down the stairs, she goes back up.

**There is so much more but those are just some of the highlights!

As for Justin and I we are doing great. We love our new little home(Trailer). Justin has become an opperator which has made his life alot easier on the pipeline. It definately makes for a much happier daddy when 5-6 pm roles around, but for those of you who know Justin he is almost always happy (he is the optiamist, which he always reminds me of..HAHA) and rarely complains. I am loving the stay-at-home mom thing and being with my little lady. We try to keep busy. My new thing is Jewlery Making (Tori sometimes breaking). Also I finally got a Cricut and it is amazing.

Happy B-day Justin

So it was Justin's Birthday on Sept 28th... I tried to make it special but there is only so much we could do since he worked all day. I made one of his favorite dishes Fetuccini Alfredo and then we had cheese cake for desert. Yummy! He bought himself a new Xbox last week so his gift from me was a movie. Very exciting :( We did enjoy our time together and thats all that matters. I think he was happy that he got off of work a little earlier which was a birthday gift in its self. Saddest part is I didn't even take a 25th B-day Pic of him. I will post some updated pics of us soon. I love you babe and please don't feel like 25 is old. I feel the same about you as I did when you were 18... HAHA.

9 months... WOW!

Labor Day @ Daytona Beach~ Learing to Boggie Board
At Ripley's Believe it or Not behind the Magnifying Glass

Gizmo Bite!!!!!!

Playing in the Sand and Trying to eat it too.

Torrance Sue Walker

Such a big girl!

1st time at a beach~ Love Tybee Island!

1st Tooth SEEEEE

The dreaded stairs!!

My little girl is growing right before my eyes. I love this little angel so much. I am so greatful to have her and her daddy in my life. I am so happy to be able to see and be with her all day everyday. She is def. a moma's girl and hates when I leave the room. It makes me feel loved but we need to break her of that habbit :) She has changed so much the past few months.

1) Army Crawl

2) 1 st Tooth(still her only and she has had it for almost 2 mo)

3) Big girl crawl

4) Standing up and holing my fingers so she can walk

5) Crawling up our entire 2 stairs~Had 2 falls so far and it breaks mommy's heart!

So much more...

30 Hour Road Trip...Statesboro here we come!

Packed to the brim!
Makin baby as comfortable as possible :)

We crossed many states lines~ We missed a photos of a few due to the location they were in (way too close to traffic)...

In a small town in Nebraska. Nebraska is filled with many corn fields.. Very pretty!

I wanted to get to Statesboro as quick as possible~Jordan wanted to stop and sitesee...

I think Tori was sleeping so she didn't get in many of the state line photos.

Jordan loves Superman and so we had to stop in Metropolis and see the big statue despite my hesitation...I guess I owed her :)

Not sure what was up with my camera but I didnt get one good photo of Tennesse!

Never stay at the cheepest motel!!! We saw at least two cockroaches~ Ya I didn't sleep much...they finally got some sleep as I packed the truck. We were almost there!!

Tori and Her Daddy~ After 2 whole months. SO SO Nice!

Helping us unpack into our new little home :)

It has almost been 1 month since we made this journey.

For all of you that don't already know we drove 30 hours to Statesboro GA to be with Justin while he is working on the pipeline.

Also for those of you who know how much I hate to drive and the fact that I usually fall asleep in the car about 10 min. into the trip, will find the fact that I made it unbelievable.

I have to say that Torrance was the best baby. She got a little fussy but did great considering we left Evanston on a Wednesday morning and got to Statesboro Friday late afternoon.

One big plus was that I had Jordan (my sis. in law) there to help drive, entertian Tori and keep me awake. I don't think I could have made it with out her, especially having Tori, Gizmo and all our stuff!

Now, I miss all my family and friends but I have to say so far this has been an amazing little adventure! We have already seen so many new places...the beach being one of my favorite! But most of all we are all together again...and that is what matters most. Hope to see everyone soon!!

The BIG move... Leaving St. George and heading to Evanston

OH does Tori love Dip in Dots!

Me and Tori in Star Valley


Tori and her Great Grandma Hoopes

Capri, Great Grandpa Hoopes and Tori

My beautiful Girl loving the grass in Evanston

Tori Grandma G and Daisy

Granny McFanny and Tori

Unkie 'T-rev" and Tori at the Motor Cross Races

Auntie Melanie and Tori getting ready to leave St George :(

My girly in the Spot Light...

Packing the U-Haul....Thanks mom and dad!!!!

What a mess~ Our house in St. G

Helping mom pack...It was only the beginning!

Moving is never fun!!! But we got through it. Justin was at work and couldn't help so I packed a little of our house each day for about 3 weeks before the acutal move. My parents and sister(Mel) were lifesavers and came down to St. George and helped me pack up the moving truck. Even better was that my dad drove the U-haul back to Evanston (I was so nervous that I would have to do it). After two days of packing the truck we headed home.

Once in E-town we unpacked all of our stuff into a huge storage shed. I was sad to leave so much behind but excited for our next adventure (the move to Georgia). Once all the unpacking was done we enjoyed our 2 weeks of being in E-town and around family. We went to star valley, and enjoyed the family reunion (as you have seen prev.).

I plan to post our long journey to Georgia soon :)

George Family Reunion...

Our Family Reunion was a blast....

• Started with Ranell, Capri, Tori and I going to see our grandparents in Star Valley (we only stayed one night but it was great to catch up)!
• On the 7th of August we had an amazing Dutch Oven dinner in my parents backyard. My favorite Madrin Chicken, salads, melon, and best of all Carmel Apple Desert (which I couldn't even eat cause I ate too much chicken).
• The next day we got up early and headed to Bear Lake. Our Plan was to go to the Minitonka (I am sure it's spelled incorrectly) Caves and then to the lake. It was so cold, cloudy and rainy that we went home after the caves.
• I had such a great time despite the horrible weekend weather and loved haning with my family.