Coming Home

Here is a short video from the hospital and coming home. It's so cool to go back and look at how much Brianna has changed in just the past few weeks!!

Enjoy.

The whole Story in video

Here is a video summary of Brianna's Birth. Thanks to Ileana Burgos who took a lot of the video.

Video del nacimiento de Brianna. Gracias a Ileana Burgos por sacar mucho del video.

Our double-date to see Il Divo in concert

Bibi and I had our first date as new parents on Saturday night to see Il Divo in concert at the Gibson Amphitheater at Universal Studios Hollywood.

We went with Ron & Jean Mataya and had a great evening out. Grammy & Grampy Pierson came down for the weekend to baby-sit Brianna. It was also great seeing them again!!

What an incredible concert!! For those of you who haven't heard of this group, you really should check them out. Their website is http://www.ildivo.com. They are four guys who sing a mix of opera and popular music with very tight harmony. It is very good music and we had a great evening.

Sorry the pictures are so poor... it was too dark to get good pictures.

Thanks to the Matayas for going with us and to Grammy & Grampy Pierson for babysitting. It was a great evening!

Super Mommy

I know this is hard to believe... so I have pictures to prove it.

This is Bibi just 18 days after having a baby!!! (These pictures were taken on Feb. 22)

She went to the gym once and decided that she still needs to take it easy... but all the work her body is going through to produce so much milk must be burning any extra baby fat she had.



I'm a very happy man...

A 18 días del parto Bibi ya tiene la panza chata! Debe ser todo el trabajo el cuerpo esta haciendo para producir tanta leche para la gorda! Yo, como esposo, ¡ando re-feliz!

One week old

Here is little Bri at 6 days old having some Tummy Time, appropriately on an XS Energy Drink blanket. When she's on her tummy she gets really active and scoots herself around in circles.

On Sabbath afternoon, Feb. 11, we had a 1-week old celebration lunch with Grampy & Grammy Pierson, Great Grandpa & Grandma Bieber,

Tom, Amy & little Cohen Allen,

and Beth Gottschall.

We also saw Jeremy, Wendy & Kiley McGill later that afternoon. We can't wait until April when they are expecting a little boy. You can link to their blog on the right of this page.

Naps with Daddy are the best...

Daddy and Brianna have been getting a bunch of naps together... Here are some pictures Mommy has taken.

There's nothing like the smell of baby hair... one of the true blessings in life...

Dining out as a family

On February 15 we decided to celebrate Brianna's safe and healthy arrival and Valentine's Day by going to dinner at one of our favorite restaurants, Taverna Tony, in Malibu, CA.

To prepare, Brianna got all cleaned up... 11 days old...



And we headed out to LA. We had lunch with Jeremy's cousin Eric Guttschuss near UCLA, then walked the Prominade in Santa Monica.

We ended the evening with dinner at Taverna Tony (http://tavernatony.com) and had spectacular Greek food, as usual.



Para celebrar el día de San Valentín, fuimos a comer en uno de nuestro restaurante preferido, Taverna Tony que ofrece comida griega exquisita. ¡Pasamos un día espectacular!

Brianna's Smiles

Brianna gives Mommy the best gift when she's done eating... These smiles are priceless.

Cuando Brianna termina de comer, le da el regalo de una sonrisa a la Mami.

Here's a smile at 4 days old.

Here's one at 8 days old.

And another one from day 11.

19 days old

Here are some pictures we took on Feb. 23 of little Bri. She is just such an angel.

She only cries when she's hungry, needs a change of daiper or has gas. So it's pretty easy to figure out what's wrong if she's fussy.

She LOVES her bath time!! We tried the sponge bath and that did not work... she is definately her Daddy's girl... she hates being cold. So now we put her under the spray nozzle in the sink and she just has the greatest time!

After her bath, we combed her hair and got this great picture of her... I think she's starting to look more like Mommy... :-)

Sacamos estas fotos el 23 de Febrero. Brianna es tan buena... no llora a menos que tenga hambre, pañal sucia o gas. Así es re-fácil encontrar lo que pasa si está molesta.

¡Le encanta bañarse! Se tranquiliza y juega con el agua. Después del baño la peinamos y sacamos esta foto espectacular. Se parece mucho más a Bibi en esta foto.

Congratulations to Conan & Amanda

We'd like to congratulate Conan & Amanda Jerrard on the birth of their little boy Jett. He was due mid April, but when he heard Brianna had arrived his competative spirit just couldn't let her get that big of a head start on life. So he arrived on February 18, 2006 (just 2 weeks after Brianna). He is doing absolutely spectacular!!

You can check out their blog by following the link over on the right.

Conan & Jeremy grew up together in Malawi, Africa, and he and Amanda live in Cairns, Australia.