Happy Thanksgiving!

My Mom visited us during the week of Thanksgiving and we had a great time! We ate out and shopped and wrapped up the visit with a delicious feast on Thanksgiving day. We're definitely enjoying the leftovers ;)

Mom and Bri

Bri is happy with her lemon wedge!

Beautiful baby girl!

Nick feeling a little loopy after all the food :)

Cake and Presents!

We got Bri a little birthday cake to tear into for her 1st birthday. She wasn't quite sure what to think about the cake at first, but she figured it out pretty quickly :) I've never really let her make such a huge mess with her food so she was jazzed to get to touch and squish and mash her cake. Needless to say, no one else got any ;)

Visit to Baker Park

We took Bri to Baker Park this weekend and had a blast! The weather was absolutely perfect and we wanted to get out and enjoy it. This was the first time Bri had been in a baby swing and she thoroughly enjoyed it. I think she had the most fun with the gravel on the playground. The different rocks fascinated her. She's taking after her daddy, who also has a rock fetish :)

Happy 1st Birthday, Brianna Elizabeth!!

Our baby girl is one year old today!! All parents say their children grow up in the blink of an eye. My Dad has advised me to enjoy each season in my child's life because the different seasons end so quickly. I have to admit, I doubted that advise during the first few months of Bri's life. It felt as if the sleep deprivation, night feedings and constant fatigue would never end. But it did and now her first year has indeed flown by. Next year she'll be TWO! Wow.

Here are a few pictures of Brianna on her big day! More to come.

It's a GIRL!

Yay, we're having another girl!! It may be horrible to admit this, but my first thought was "Cool, now we can reuse all our baby girl stuff and we don't have to buy anything new!" Praise the Lord, everything is looking good with this little girl and we can't wait to meet her. We haven't decided on a name yet...the only one I've thought of so far is Bethany Grace, but we're not in love with it. We want something that's not common but is still cute and kinda trendy. Anybody have suggestions for girl names that start with "B" and sound good with Brianna?

Boy or Girl?

We find out tomorrow if Baby # 2 is a boy or a girl! Nick and I both have a feeling it's a boy but we'll find out for sure in less than 24 hours. Part of me still can't believe we're having another baby. It's even more strange to know this child will be completely different from Brianna and yet still be half Nick and half me.

Bri is making huge strides with her mobility. She has started pulling up onto her feet in the last week or so. YAY! I was seriously stressed when we found out we were pregnant again and she still wasn't even rolling over. It's a huge weight off my mind that she'll be mobile when the new baby gets here. Actually, I guess that could be a blessing or a curse!

Below are some pictures from September. My baby is such a cutie pie!