Perky Bri at 4 1/2 months of age! So cute!

 

Jeremy's first Father's Day

On Jeremy's first Father's Day Brianna put on a show standing up by holding Daddy's hand. We've been practicing standing up and she gets so proud of herself when we stands up.

We spent the afternoon at the Yucaipa Regional Park relaxing and playing in the water.

You can't get any better than Daddy's two angels together on Father's Day...

A spectacular Thai dinner just made the day all that much more special. And Brianna sat up in a high chair for the first time.

There couldn't be a better way to celebrate a first Daddy's Day.

Bibi & Bri's Argentina Trip

Bibi and Brianna took a 3 week trip down to Argentina so Bibi's family could meet little Bri. Needless to say, Daniel & Ivón (Bibi's parents) were extatic to meet their first grandchild. (Remember you can click on the pictures to see them bigger.)

They had a great time shopping in Buenos Aires, Brianna never far from Grampa's arms.

Grandma loved holding her little "Poupet" (French for "Doll") at the National Book Fair in Buenos Aires.

Brianna had a great time playing with her Uncle Rony. Not only is he a recent grad from medical school, he's also a huge soccer fan and taught her several chants for the World Cup in June.

Of course, it's always special to go to Great Grandma's house, and Brianna just had the best time with her and was very spoiled being the first Great Granddaughter.

There were so many people to meet. Here is a picture with Sandra, Uncle Rony's girlfriends.

Bibi stayed at her best friend Jenni's house. Jenni's husband, Christian, really had a special bond with Brianna. They got along so well. It was really hard for him to see Brianna leave.

Bibi & Brianna had some nice time with Marcelo & Adriana Simi and their two daughters Agustina & Martina. Marcelo was Jeremy's roommate and is the one who introduced him to Bibi. After graduating from medical school he did his masters in teaching and is almost done with his PhD in research. He is is teaching at the School of Medicine at River Plate University and is Adriana is a nurse at Del Plata Adventist Hospital.



Here is their first daughter Agustina.

It was great for Brianna to meet the Piro Family. Elbio Piro (on the left) grew up as a missionary kid with Daniel in Peru. They've been best friends since. Their oldest son, Martin (below on the right) has a daughter now. Her name is Paulina and she just turned 1.



Everyone just fell in love with Brianna. She's being held by Martin and Marcos and they are totally enamored by her too.



The whole family was there to meet Brianna. Here is Nidia, but we don't have pictures of the two boy's wives.



We'll post more pictures when we get more organized...

Brianna loves to read

Here's a quick video of Brianna reading with Grampa on Saturday, April 29, at almost 3 months old. She loves to read and enjoys reading time with Mommy every day. Turning the pages is a new step for her. The music in the background is one of Selah's african songs. They are a great group that we've seen in concert several times.

Have fun watching...



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Hanging out... Quality time

We had a great day with the Kangs on Sunday, April 30. We went to one of our favorite restaurants, P.F. Changs , and then just spent some time hanging out.

Little Zane is just as cute as ever!

Of course, Brianna was just as intrigued as ever with all the stuff going on around her. She is such a sponge taking in everything. If she ever gets too board, her bib says what she wants...

Here's a quick picture we took on Sunday, May 7, 2006. Our little angel...

It's a small world

When we were taking our birthing classes there was this couple that looked familiar, but we didn't think anything of it. Then after the last class, we find out that Diana is from Argentina and went to medical school at the same university as Bibi attended. We have tons of mutual friends and their son, Zane, was born 3 days after Brianna.

We are so excited about our new friendship with HP & Diana (check out their blog to the left). Brianna is also glad to have another friend.

First word at 2 months old

At less than 2 months old, Brianna said her first word!!

OK, so you might think this is just the "new parent" syndrome thinking that our baby is so advanced... which we have already heard from some friends that we told.

Of course she is just copying what we say to her, but isn't that what language is? A very complex system of associating shapes, sounds and meaning?

Anyway, what we were saying to her is " Ajó " (traditionally what they say to babies in Argentina to make them smile). Then one day she just started copying us.

There has been so much doubt by friends of ours, that we put it on video to prove what we are saying is true. So here you have the proof that Biranna is saying her first word at the age of 2 months.

Melt Your Heart pictures

Here are a bunch of the best pictures of little Brianna. She is just the most alive little firecracker you've ever seen. It's so much fun interacting with her so much now.

(I've downloaded higher quality of all these pictures. If you click on a picture then right click on the bigger picture you can save it to your computer.)

This is how she gets all bundled up to sleep. Taken on March 30, 26 days old.

I know I'm a flirt already... but my Daddy won't let me start dating till I'm 45 years old... That's a long wait considering I'm only 1 month & 5 days old right now.

This is Mommy's favorite picture of me so far... She says I'm just PERFECT!! This was my little outfit to celebrate my Daddy's birthday.

I got all dressed up on Monday, April 17, to go shopping with my Mommy. I was quite the hit at the mall...

I know I'm cute. I'm just waiting to go outside and showoff my new sundress...

Oh yea... Check out my shoes!! Man it's great living this life!! I eat, get cleaned up, get the cutest little outfits to wear, go look adorable for everyone, then eat again! Things couldn't be better!!

Happy Birthday Mommy

Friday, April 21, was Bibi's birthday and Brianna got dressed up fashionably for the occasion.



We went to Las Veags for the weekend to hear John Maxwell talk on Leadership. It was a great weekend. Grampa & Grammy met us there to be with Brianna while we were in meetings. It was a great time!

Brianna also stood on her own for the first time as a great Birthday gift to Mommy... :-)

Happy Easter

Brianna's first Easter was full of fun things.

Of course, the first thing was to dress up to match the Easter Bunny.



Then we went to an Easter Egg Hunt with our Argentine friends.

It was super fun and all the kids had a great time. Brianna was very intrigued by all her little friends that she will grow up with.