So lucky to be Brianna's mommy!

This is from my first Mother's Day.  I am so lucky to be Brianna's mom.  This day was so special for me, considering I was beginning to accept that being a mom was not in my future when, hooray, a positive pregnancy test on January 11, 2008 brought me the hope that I had almost lost completely.  I had a relatively easy pregnancy and a wonderful birth-painful, but complication free which is what I hoped for.  Since that amazing day January 11, to now, I love her more and more.  I am keeping a journal about Brianna and it is amazing all the changes in our little family that have occurred in these past 8 and a half months.  I reflect on my life from time to time and still can't believe how blessed I am to have my sweet baby girl. 

More fun pics

Brianna loves computer time with her daddy.  She really likes Abby Cadaby from Sesame Street.
This is a new thing this week, holding on to the handle of the car seat or as Greg calls it the roll cage, while we drive.  She usually falls asleep with her hands like that, what is she saying about my driving??
I wanted to try out pigtails on this day.
This is after her first nap of the day, she thought I was so funny with the camera.  As always resting her foot on her knee.
I put this one on there so everyone will know what I am talking about with her peke mo.  This is what she used to sleep in after the swaddle was done.  It has been awesome for our itchy baby.  The last two nights she has been wearing pajamas with out the peke mo and so far so good, I just file her nails down to the little nubs.  

Getting caught up, Cinco de Mayo!

Where are you going????
Balancing on her butt, with her legs straight out, so funny how she sits :)
Greg was making her laugh at something here...

I wanted to share these cute pictures of Brianna, she was having a lot of fun this day, it was Cinco de Mayo so maybe she was feeling the fiesta!  I am trying to get her in every outfit she has before she outgrows it, so basically I have been taking a lot of pictures lately.

Brianna's first temper TANTRUM

So I do not have a picture for this post, but tonight we experienced a temper tantrum from our as of today, 8 month old baby girl.  She is really trying to crawl and when she cannot reach something she normally will figure out a way to get to it, but not tonight.  Tonight she threw herself backwards from sitting and started screaming and banging her feet on the floor and rubbing her hands on her face. Very mad baby.  

Hopefully this crawling thing will happen soon because she really wants to get on the move.  She scoots pretty well on her butt, and rocks back and forth on her hands and knees, but can't quite get her legs to cooperate in the forward motion.  Maybe the temper tantrums now mean not so many in the toddler years.  I know everyone with toddlers is laughing, but a girl can dream right?

Since I have not posted in a while, here are a few happenings in our world.  Brianna has 1 tooth and one white bump right next to it on the bottom.  She is clearly babbling mama, dada, baba, and quietly babbles to herself while exploring, so cute!  My first Mother's day was awesome.  Greg made me a beautiful book with pictures and commentary from the first 6 months of Brianna- yes it made me cry.  We took my mom to breakfast and had dinner with the Elgan family both were very nice.  

We are starting to try some finger foods this week.  Brianna is allergic to avocado-random I know.  Basically food is going to be an adventure for us so any suggestions on easy recipes or finger food ideas for babies is greatly appreciated!  Especially because Brianna is already so independent she is ready to feed herself more than the puffs.  Well that's it for now, pictures will be coming soon.