Bria is 1!

I cannot believe it!  Bria is 1 year old today.  The past year went by so fast.  She is such an amazing girl.  She has no idea how much she is loved by all her family!

On Sunday, we celebrated her birthday.  We had over 20 people over in our house.  I've been hinting at a new house so maybe that will help.  That was a lot of people in our little house but we made the best of it!  Ryan smoke some pork loin like he has done every year for Evan's birthday.  Like always, it was delicious.  That really helps me out that he does that because then all I have to worry about is a salad, potatoes and a bread.  Make it a lot easier for me!  So we all ate a fabulous dinner.  Then opened presents.  Being a girl, Bria got a LOT of new and ADORABLE clothes.  She is very fashionable at 1 year old!  It's too much fun for mommy though! ;)  She got a picnic toy set and a tea party toy set.  Soon, I'm sure Bria will like them, but for right now, Evan is really enjoying them!  Bria also got a cute rocking horse.  G-Ma and G-Pa must have thought we needed two and that they couldn't share Evan's because we have another one!  I like giving them a hard time.  They will enjoy each having one of their own!  The last present Bria got was a Bitty Baby (made by American Girl).  Bria was cute when she opened up.  Her face lit up and she wanted to play with it so badly.  She likes how the eyes blink and she keeps feeling the eyes.  She was also giving baby lots of kisses!  It was adorable!  We also got quite a bit of money that we will put towards Bria's college fund.  Smart parents, I know. ;)

After we opened presents we moved onto the cake.  A girl from work started a cake business and made Bria's.  It was adorable, matched my theme perfectly and it was delicious.  When Bria was given her individual cake she started off really slow.  I didn't think she was going to get that messy.  After a few minutes she proved me wrong!  She was a mess.  The cake was a disaster and cake was EVERYWHERE.  Oh well, you only live once!  I was fun to see her having so much fun eating her cake.   After this, Bria had had enough.  Unfortunately, she had woken up early from her nap so she got grumpy a little early.  I put her down around 8:15 and she slept hard until 8:30 the next day.  She was all partied out!

Here are some of the things Bria can do/likes at a year old:

Eating only table food - she has been doing this for nearly 3 months.  She LOVES table food because she does not want to be fed.

She has 5 (almost 6) teeth.

She is crawling!  OK she just started this today and it is really slow going, but she's doing it!  Before she army crawled EVERYWHERE!

She can get herself back to the sitting position and she thinks she is hot stuff that she can do it.  She will do it over and over and over again and cheer herself on while she does it.  Quite cute.

She can start crawling while she is sitting.

Now that I'm off for the summer she is sleeping nearly 12 hours.  While working I always had to wake her up at the 11 hour mark.

Bria is trying so hard to pull herself up.  If something is low enough, she is successful.

Bria doesn't talk a whole lot.  She says the traditional mama, dada, baba, ect.  But she isn't a babbler like most babies.

Bria likes to scream (only at dinner time of course).

Bria is a Mommy's girl! :)  I like this.

Bria loves to have small toys to play with.  She likes to have things in her had all the time.  I gave her an old cell phone and you would think that is the greatest toy ever!

Bria likes to cuddle.

Of course, mommy loves her more than she will ever know!

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY BRIA!

Until next time...