Bria Boo

• I call her Bria Boo sometimes and she's started doing it too when she sees a picture of herself, it makes me giggle.
• Bria cut a 2nd year molar awhile ago, I don't know exactly when. I noticed it 2 weeks ago and it was already half way in, maybe that explains her crazy behavior.
• She has been waking up completely dry for a few weeks now, we might be done with Pull-ups at night! She's been potty trained since December but we do pull-ups at night. I think she is ready though, she even woke up the other morning at 5:30 am and told me she had to go potty. I took her and then put her back to bed and she went back to sleep, beautiful :)
• Bria's hair is getting really long, I'm getting close to wanting to trim it just a tad but I'm nervous. I don't want her curls going away!
• She's obsessed with her Daddy, she's in love with him. I can't blame her, he's pretty neat.

• She has her good and bad days when it comes to playing/sharing with other kids. It's an exhausting battle. The other day when Lanie and Bristol came over, Lanie and I got so tired of telling each girl to share that we just gave up and let them duke it out, it was nice.

Adorable cousins chasing bubbles together

Wish this wasn't blurry, it's a face of pure happiness :)

• The other night during her prayers Bria started praying so I just listened and she said the sweetest thing: "We love Mommy and Daddy and MJ and baby sister." It made me melt.

• When someone asks her how she's doing she says, "Well, I'm just doing good." It's hilarious and always gets a good laugh.

• If she asks for something (like candy) and I say, "No but we can have an apple," she says, "Well, just a cookie." Smart girl.
• On 4th of July at the Jensens BBQ she asked for M&M's and I told her no, she said through tears, "Well, I want to ask Grandpa."

• The other night she wanted to play dress up and I was so excited, I've been waiting for this stage!

• I'm so glad my sister gave me her girls' dress up clothes!

My girly girl :)

• I got her a TinkerBell bedspread from Target and she loves it. I love it too. I was going to get a duvet cover but it was getting way too hard to find and they are kind of spendy so I found a great deal at Target on a comforter and snatched it up. In the winter I will just add a nice warm soft blanket underneath the comforter.

So excited about her new bedspread.

So that's about all the updates I can think of. I'm going to go put my feet up, what is it about being pregnant that makes your feet hurt all the time? I seriously want to soak my feet every day, and get a massage, and a pedicure.

Let's hope Brian reads this and gets the hint ;)

Patriotic Pictures :)

We love America!

I just wanted to post our pictures from the 4th because we had such a blast. Oregon usually delivers the same weather for the 4th: Hot during the day, freezing at night when it's time for fireworks. This year was no different as evident by our jackets in the later pictures :)

The Jensens had a sweet pool and Bria LOVED it, she went in there twice that day, despite her blue lips she insisted on swimming for a long time.

She ate watermelon! I snapped like 10 pictures because I was so excited she was eating fruit.

And how American is that picture? :)

We had a rousing game of baseball where we learned Jaidyn is an awesome hitter, she got the first home run!!

My man up to bat

Watching the game excitedly.

Loves.

Cassidy had her hands full with Bria and Jaime's neighbors daughter, Hailey. She's a great little babysitter.

"I love the USA, what more can I say?!"

This picture should be at the end but I really don't want to fix it now, so just pretend this is the very last picture. Bria was not a fan of the fireworks this year, we couldn't even get her to look at them. She hid under the blanket all cuddled up because they were so loud, and I think she was tired.

Back to baseball. This is when Jaime gave my husband the camera.

Me up to bat.

Bria girl and her Aunt Jaime.

Grandma Anna and Bria (what a cheese face!)

Bria swimming:

It's crazy that the 4th was a week ago, whew! We are enjoying our weekend currently and I'm sad it's already Sunday. We have plans to go look at a stroller that was posted on craigslist, it's a sit 'n stand which I think will be our best bet at keeping both girls contained. I would really like a double jogging stroller so I can go running and get back in shape, but I'm not sure it would get used as much as the sit 'n stand.

Tomorrow I have a doctor's appointment and I'm looking forward to it as always :) I actually have lots of pictures from the last few days so I'll update with those soon.

So much fun

We had a great weekend. Seriously, it was awesome. It was the kind of weekend that makes you smile for the rest of the week. We spent oodles of time together as a family and with our families too.

She requested I take her picture, that has never happened!

And then she wanted one with me! I was so happy :)

Saturday we went to the Zoo and although we didn't see very many animals, Bria had a blast running all over the grass area with her absolutely favorite doll, Jessie.

Aunt Amy came to visit on Friday and brought Jessie over and she hasn't left Bria's side since. Bria insists on taking her everywhere, including to bed. It's really sweet. Aunt Amy gets major kudos for her awesome gift.

Heart melting.

Sunday we went downtown with Nate and Amy and walked around the Sunday Market which was fun. It was a little cloudy but it was kind of nice since it didn't get too hot.

Bria enjoyed running in and out of the fountains of course.

I've smartened up and brought extra clothes with us everywhere we go.

We tired ourselves out for sure. Brian and Bria took a very late nap when we got home. I think Bria was excited to be sleeping in our bed, I thought it was a fun treat for her and Daddy was in heaven taking a snooze with his little girl. Kind of wished I would've joined them but the alone time was nice too.

Where's Bria?

There she is :)

Doesn't this picture make you want to go take a nap?

Sunday Sara came into town and we had a little BBQ with them which was fun. Monday was the 4th and we were pretty busy the whole day. We went out to breakfast with Sara and Gabriel, dropped them off at David's house (Brian's dad), stopped by our friends house to say hi, dropped off some scuba gear for our other friends, then finally headed down to Albany for the BBQ at Jaime and Schuyler's. Bria had a blast with all the family and she stayed busy the whole time, which meant she zonked out when we finally put her to bed at 9:45 pm. The fireworks were scaring her anyway so we took her inside and she fell asleep pretty quickly.

Tuesday was a gorgeous day and we did a little relaxing in the morning, took a nice long nap and then made the rounds to 3 different parks that day. We came home and made dinner and just spent quality time together, it was the perfect day.

I'm excited it's already Thursday and the weekend is almost here again, I love summer time.

Cousins

Bria got to meet her cousin Gabriel for the first time on Sunday and she was thrilled. I was pleasantly surprised at how gentle she was with him. She was also hilariously adorable by mimicking my baby talk to him and it was really sweet.

When we woke up Monday morning and he was still here she was thrilled. He was taking his morning nap when she woke up though and she kept wanting to go and wake him up.

She was very excited when he finally woke up :)

I couldn't help but do a little photo session with these two and I was surprised I got them both to look at the camera and be the photographer! Maybe I can handle 2 after all. ;)

Love it. Can't believe how big my Bria looks.

Adorable. It looks like they are looking at MJ down there or something.

He's got a Holcomb dimple, love it :)

Gabriel: "Bria, why does she keep flashing that light in our face?"

Bria: "It's called a camera and get use to it, they do it a lot."

Bria: "Just look at it and smile, that seems to make it stop faster."

I'm looking forward to more photo ops while Sara and Gabriel are here.

I have a few pictures from the 4th of July but my sister has plenty more so I can't wait to post those pictures :) We had a wonderful family BBQ at Jaime and Schuyler's, they had a pretty big pool that was about 2 1/2 feet deep or so and the kids had so much fun in it. We had great food, good fireworks, and fabulous company.

I'm 28 years old now

Last Sunday, Marna took us out to celebrate mine and Heather's birthday. Heather's birthday was the 29th and we are 10 years apart, almost to the day. Don't worry Heather, I won't tell everyone your age :)

We went to a local restaurant that we love, Stanford's. They have delicious food and it has a fancy feel to it. Plus, they are pretty family friendly which is nice.

My blond-haired beauty and me...and an extra 5 pounds in my face...amongst other places.

Kisses

Studying me intently.

Waiting to be seated. So lady like ;)

Dinner was amazing. I ordered a virgin strawberry daiquiri to be fancy and it was delicious. Then I decided to go out of my comfort zone and ordered a crab artichoke sandwich. Oh my word, it was to die for! Seriously, it was cheesy goodness. I cleaned my plate. Yeah. It was good.

Family photo time.

Bria helped Heather open her card from Grammy. When Bria saw the money in it she said, "$20.99!"

I don't know where that came from but we all got a good laugh.

Brian and his wonderful Mom.

Us birthday girls.

They also gave us free creme brulee's because it was our birthdays, score! It even had a candle in it which was a nice touch, Bria enjoyed blowing them out for us. I enjoyed eating it.

I should be careful wearing this dress, I got all sorts of lady lumps and bumps sticking out.

And another of my sweet and sour girl ;)

Isn't her dress to die for adorable? She enjoyed twirling for us and showing it off. Such a girl.

We are enjoying our 4-day weekend immensely. Yesterday we went to the Zoo, took a nap, played outside in the kiddie pool, and went to our neighbors for a BBQ. It was jam packed of fun and Brian and I were so excited to have a social life up here in Portland since it's taken awhile. So far we have met and clicked with 3 of our neighbors and that makes me giddy :)

Today Sara (Brian's twin) and her little baby Gabriel are flying in from Kentucky! Can't wait to meet our little nephew, he's already 5 months old!

Tomorrow I believe we are headed down to Jaime and Schuyler's for their annual 4th of July BBQ and some fireworks. Happy 4th to everyone, God Bless America!!