The Elgan kids

Reading a story to the girls.  They all are very into books right now. 

So here is a picture of the kids from Greg's family birthday celebration.  I love this picture, they are all so adorable.  If Brianna keeps growing she is going to be taller than all of her cousins soon.  On another note, why is the text blue and underlined?  I am too tired to fix it, but if anyone can help, please feel free :)  

If I do say so myself Brianna is beautiful

Ok so this has been a great week.  Brianna has slept for 6 nights in a row!  I probably should not even type this because I may be eating my words tonight, but I am still optimistic that this is working.  I had to let her cry it out which I struggled with for a while, but Brianna has turned out to be a textbook colic baby so it really worked for her in 4 nights.  I am sure as all the experienced moms out there tell me teething, colds, and vacations will cause some setbacks, but hopefully now that she has learned to put herself back to sleep my sleeping in 1 -2 hour increments for the last 5 months are a thing of the past.  I cannot believe she is 5 months tomorrow.  She is truly developing a personality now, and I love to see her little emotions, happiness, excitement, frustration, confusion, and contentment are just a few that are so visible now on a daily basis.  She is a true smiley baby and is quick to reward everyone that says hello to her.  Greg's b-day was Monday, I will post pics from our family day from Saturday soon.   Ok well the laundry is done, so back to work.....

We were tagged a long time ago, sorry Amy:)

So we were tagged a long time ago sorry it took me so long.  This picture is from a fun afternoon in the summer of 2007 at the Brokaws.  In the pic is Timmy, Jeff, Tanner, Greg, Adam, and Juvie.  It involved bochi ball, beer, bbq,, and good times.  Wow it is crazy how much has changed since this picture for everyone that was there.

So I am tagging Emily and Daniel, Mo, and Erin

Here is how it works

1.  Go to where you store your pics.

2.  Pick the 4th folder

3.  Pick the 4th picture

4.  Post it and tag three more people

Fun!  

Brianna laughing

So I was finally able to post this one.  It is from a few weeks ago at the end of a fun laughing morning.  

Tuesday notes before bed

So Brianna rolled over for the first time on Sunday and hasn't stopped.  She loves to be placed on her tummy now because she has figured out how to flip over.  She has not rolled from back to front yet, but I am sure that will happen soon enough.  She also got her first cold over the weekend, I am calling it a daycare cold because I am sure it is one of many that she will have from there, oh well kids get sick right?  Not much you can do to prevent that.  We had our first whole day without Greg since he is back to working far far away.  I am glad he has a job, but it is very hard to have him gone for 14 hours a day.  I got very spoiled with him home for the last 10 weeks.  It will just make all our time together very special.  Anyway, this is what I did with Brianna today videotaped her a lot, so fun.  Tomorrow it is back to work.  She has her shots on Thursday which I am going to try and postpone due to her little body trying to fight off the cold.  

On another note, this is such a historic day that I could not possibly publish this without acknowledging how thankful I am to be an American where democracy has peacefully taken place today.  I feel so positive and optimistic about the next four years.  I hope it brings a better economy, a cleaner environment, affordable healthcare, and an educational system that works together for Brianna's sake.  I work with so many families that are in need right now, I have not had so many people unemployed in the last five years as I do right now, it effects the whole family unit when parents are out of work.  I know that presidents do not have magic wands, but I do believe that Obama is the right choice to help our nation pull out of the state we are in. Horray change is good!!!!

Daily adventures for Brianna

She loves to sit up and look around.  We got a new camera- Thanks Karen, but Brianna is not to sure about the big black fancy lens so getting her to smile at the camera will take some time.
Here she is in her pink chair, or shower chair because that is where she plays while I take a shower before daycare/work.  She looks like a different baby compared to the first one this was with the little digital.

Brianna loves her Christmas presents!  I can't wait until she discovers that it is her reflection.

We made it!

Well the first week of daycare is over.  I cried the whole way to work on Monday, it was pretty rough, but I made it the whole day and rushed to get her at 4pm.  Of course when  I got there she was happy and having fun.  Her naps in the afternoon there were 2 hours which is awesome, now if I could only make that happen at home.  I know it will happen in time, hopefully.....  Let's see what else for the week?  She also had rice cereal for the first time!  So fun to give her food which she took to immediately she is like a little bird opening her mouth and getting excited for the spoon.  Her little personality continues to shine through and she gets upset if I take too long getting her next spoonful.  So demanding :)  She has been laughing more and more and looks so surprised when she makes a new sound, as though she is not to sure of where it came from.  

   

Happy New Year!

I can't believe it is 2009 already, 2008 was so full it really seems like a blur.  I am so excited to watch my little girl grow this year, I know it will go by fast so my goal is to enjoy every minute of it.  Brianna is 4 months old and is really starting to explore her world.  She is grabbing at her toys and pulls them to her mouth.  She loves her lotion time which happens at least 3 times a day because of the eczema.  The eczema is getting much better on her body and now it is only really irritated on her poor little face.  Sleep is still a huge challenge, but I am hopeful that 2009 will bring our whole family more rest.  Brianna starts daycare on Monday, so I will keep everyone up to date on how that goes.  I am a little nervous about it, but I know she will be OK.  Wow she is already waking up from her afternoon siesta, dang.  I will post again later.

Our little ichiban

A recent flare up on her face :(
So this is what her eczema looks like when she has a flare up.  The worst part are her eyes because we can't put the medicine on that part.  For being so itchy she is still pretty happy during the day.  Nights are another story.  I never would have thought eczema would be an issue for our little girl. 

This is from when Brianna was 2 months old she loved these bears in the bassinet.