All About August

This month has been a great (and very busy) one for us! From Tori's birthday, to Jared getting hired and starting his job, to Tori learning to walk, etc. - we have been going like crazy. Here are a few fun pictures and videos that came from some of our not-so-crazy-busy moments this month!

Tori loves to play in the kitchen! She loves getting into the cupboards...

playing with the dish towels...

and a recent discovery - how much fun you can have when you turn a bowl upside down!!! (The only downside to this is that we end up with bowls all over the kitchen and I have to hunt them down when I need one!)

Tori also loves to play with lids - these also end up spread all over the place. This evening she found a very unique way to play with them...

I think that we may have a climber on our hands. I turned around one day and Tori was magically on top of our chairs! Should I be worried?
Our Miss Mae has always found interesting ways to get around - and here is another one to add to the list (This one makes me laugh - I love it!!!)

In this picture we were trying to capture how Tori points at things. She puts her thumb and her pointer finger together and fans the rest of her fingers out (like an "f" in sign language). We have no idea where she got that one from- but we love it!
Tori loves being outside! And I would have to say that a close second is being able to look outside!!!
The windows in our new house are just the perfect height for her to gaze outside to her heart's content!
We get to go camping this weekend with Willie, Krista, Parker, and Lincoln (no worries, I am sure there will be a big post on that)! This week we have been acquiring tons of camping gear to get ready- our list of previously owned items was limited to camp chairs, an air mattress, one sleeping bag, a few flashlights, and hot dog cookers! When we found this tent, Jared fell in love (it really is a great tent)! We decided we should figure out how to set it up before our trip and Tori decided that she wanted to help out (I think she loves our new tent too)...

Happy August to all, we hope that it has treated you as well as it has our family!!!