I was looking through old pictures today and I cannot believe how much Brianna has changed in 6 short months, so crazy!  This is our little love bug at a few hours old and even though she must have been exhausted, (I sure was) she was so alert.  That is still something about Brianna that has not changed she is always so curious about her world.  

Every day that passes I think about how lucky I am to be her mom, I love her so much and she has truly made my life complete.  

Brianna's first day at the beach!

Jen and Riley joined us for the big day at Oceanside Pier.  The weather was beautiful, a little cold in the morning, but still a gorgeous day at the beach.
Riley showing Brianna how to play in the sand.
She loved to dig in the sand, I definitely think we need a sandbox for the backyard.
She was watching the water, but she loves the camera.  I think she is getting used to me taking lots of pictures.
I love this picture with my two favorite people at my favorite place.  Thanks Jen for taking this one!  This day was one of many beach trips to come for our baby girl.  I hope she likes the ocean as much as she likes the sand.

Jump, Jump Jump!!

Here is Brianna's new favorite toy.  Thanks to her Aunt Diana and Uncle Jimmy we have a little jumping bean.     

Happy Birthday Brianna!

This is from this last Saturday Amber and Sean visited and it was a little bright so Brianna got to try out her sunglasses.
Ok so is this a good advertisement for Aveeno Baby or what?
After bath time talking to Daddy as he was taking pictures.
I love this picture she loves her bath time.

Brianna is six months old today, wow!  She is sitting up by herself, rolling both ways, and definitely showing her little personality.  She has had a coughing cold for 2 weeks now so I have not been able to update our blog, but I had to make the effort tonight.  I can't believe she is six months, but Greg and I are so glad that she is.  Happy half birthday baby girl, we love you!    

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.