The CAKE!!!

Brianna quickly figured out what to do with her birthday cake...... Her cousin Zech helped her blow out her candle!! The pictures tell all!

Happy Birthday Brianna!

We had about 30 people for Brianna's first birthday... Rob is known to have said... "I didn't know that Brianna had that many friends!!" All her grandparents made it to our farm to celebrate along with friends and family. Brianna had a great time. I thought that she would crash before presents.. but she rallied and completely enjoyed opening presents on dad's lap. She was a perfect little PRINCESS!!

First Steps

It was today!! She took her first series of steps.... this morning she took 3 steps on her own, then fell down. Only I saw them. But this evening, when I got home from work, she took 4 steps all by herself with both of us watching! They were very deliberate but a little wobbly! We're in trouble now! Our little girl is growing up!

Fly FISHING

Rob signed me up for a fly fishing clinic for women. It was in a beautiful place above Redding..... it was long drive, but the beauty was worth it.... The clinic was taught by a woman who is about as passionate about fly fishing as Rob is....actually that passion sounded like my passion for horses. So, although I couldn't ( yet?) relate to their passion, I do GET IT!! The class was lots of fun-- no fish were caught, but I did see a fish!! YEA!! The instructor, Rachel, has just had a baby 4 months ago.. so we had that in common..... and there was a woman 7 months pregnant in the class!! CRAZY! It was a nice group of women, and lots of fun learning.... one day we'll be a fishing family!! ; ) Thanks DAD!

Bri's First Birthday

Our little girl is ONE today!!!! Daddy had to work, so it was pretty much business as usual with mommy. But we enjoyed a typical day. We visited Hunter who is now 3 weeks old and his mom Tricia. Brianna had fun letting Tricia know just how UN- BABY PROOF her house really is..... ( She has plenty of time though!!) Brianna opened up a gift given to her by Brenda... appropriately, horses!!!! In many colors.... they are bath toys which Brianna was quite happy to play with tonight. Here are some pictures of our day today!

Happy Birthday Brianna!!!

Saturday playgroup-- group swim!

We had a swim playgroup today...... but no one brought their swim suits. So it was swim diapers all around!! The kids had so much fun!! It was kind of cold and the babies had goosebumps, but still wanted to play in the water together.... they were so adorable!

Learning new things!

Today we had fun playing with friends. Here is a video of Brianna putting a toy together. Previously she has been able to take everything apart, but only recently is she figuring out how to put things back together. She was very excited with herself! And she is so cute! ( I always say that.....sorry.) Sorry that the video is sideways, I can't figure out how to change that.....

First fruit rollup

Brianna had a blast with her cousins Zech and Grace. They hung out for 2 days while we were in Murphy's mid June. Brianna loved being a "big girl" with her cousins! She ate that whole thing by herself.... and was a little messy afterwards!

My bouncy chair

Here is Brianna bouncing in her chair. She's now grown out of doing this..... she doesn't like to be "stuck" anywhere. But how cute is she here; look at her pointed toes! Maybe she'll be a gymnast!?

My snack cup

I love my new snack cup... now I can eat all by myself! I'm getting to be such a big girl.

Sutter's humililated!

Sutter has a friend. Trouble LOVES Sutter... much to the embarrassment of Sutter. It's not proper to be a dog and have a cat rubbing all over you and sleeping next to you!! Poor Sutter.....

My little helper

Brianna is into everything.... she's trying to help mommy with laundry here!!

Too cool....

Here is Brianna sporting her cool sunglasses.

She likes to laugh when she sees herself in them, but won't leave them on for more than a few seconds.

Isn't she the coolest!!??

More Hawaii pictures

Here are a few more pictures from Hawaii..... Cute mommy and daddy and me pictures, and pictures of Brianna's cousins too!!

THE BRADSHAW Babies!

Here is a picture of the most recent addtions to Bradshaw Veterinary clinic...... It's been a prolific year!