The first week after Tori's birth my mom was here to help us out. She was so great--helped me figure out nursing, helped us figure out what we were doing with a baby, helped clean and cook and organize, and even took the baby the first couple nights so we could catch up on sleep! It was so fantastic having her here, and you can already tell this is going to be a spoiled grandchild!

Then Jim's family came into town for his grandma's birthday. We got to spend a few days with the kids, and Jim and the boys went to the game on Saturday. They left on Tuesday, but his mom stayed for the rest of the week helping us with the baby and making wonderful dinners every night. She also taught me how to cross-stitch the names onto the chart that Melanie made us for our wedding. Yay!


We had a dinner at my grandma's for Jim's birthday coming up and she made a wonderful cake with whipped chocolate frosting. yum! And we got to take it home with us :)

It's been so great--we've had so much help and everyone has been so nice. I seriously haven't even really cooked in the last three weeks--let alone cleaned or anything. It's been great. Tori is doing well--gaining weight and eating, and also growing! It's great, but it's kind of sad to see how quickly she changes! She's still small though, and we have fun dressing her up and taking pictures.