A Year of Blessings with Briana Corinne!

Briana Corinne 

December 5th, 2011

9lbs 15.4oz

December 2011

January 2012

Briana at 1 month old!

February 2012

Briana is 2 months old!

March 2012

Briana at 3 months old with our cousin Justin

Happy St. Patrick's Day from 3 month old Briana (March)

April 2012

Briana with Mommy's lifetime friend Aunt Kari!

Sisters, sisters!

May 2012

At the zoo with Daddy (5 months old)

Memorial Day (also Papa Mark's Birthday)

Briana is 5 months old!

June 2012

Briana is 6 months old

Swimming with Mama Corinne

July 2012

Briana is 7 months old!

Briana with her cousin Vanessa!

Briana and her cousin Cora with Great Papa Bare!

(still 7 months old)

4th of July

August 2012

Briana is 8 Months old

Playing at Mama and Papa's house!

Still August!

At a school function!

September 2012 

Briana is 9 months old

October 2012

Briana is 10 months old

Halloween

November 2012

Briana is 11 months old

Playing with Daddy

December 2012

Briana is 1 year old!!!

This picture captures Briana's personality pretty well!

It has been one year since Briana graced us with her presence!  She is such a blessing!  She is always on the go and loves to explore and examine things!  She is our comedic relief, she loves to do things for a laugh!  She is constantly goofing off and keeping her big brother and sister (and mommy and daddy) entertained!

Some fun things about Briana, since birth she has loved to poke things with her pointy finger, she used to try to get herself with her hand, even though she really had no idea what she was doing.  The September picture captured the pointy finger in action, she is too funny!  She loves to take naps, in fact she loves sleep in general, if we are even 5 minutes off our game getting her down for her nap or for bedtime she lets us know by coming up to us or going and waiting by the stairs and saying "Nigh, nigh".  She curls right up in her crib and rarely fusses about sleeping!  What a blessing!  Now that she is finally weaned she may actually stop waking up at 11 pm to eat, but we are not holding our breath.  She sleeps through the night from 11 pm- 8:30 am and only occasionally (maybe once a week or so) wakes up at about 2 am or 3 am to have her diaper changed.

Briana loves to play and read.  She loves to interact with her big brother and sister, loves to play with mommy and daddy!  She gets VERY excited when Mama Corinne comes over, laughing and shrieking with delight!  She loves visiting Mama and Papa at their house too!

Briana chatters constantly, sometimes we can understand what she is saying, most of the time we cannot, but the house is always filled with the sweet music of Briana's voice, she sings, she dances, she loves to interact with others or play alone.  She is a very content little girl!

Briana, we can not even begin to express how perfect you are for us!  Your delightful personality is a blessing to us every day!

The day that you became ours, we became yours!

We sure love you baby!  It is so hard to believe it has been a full year since the Dr. placed you in our arms!