8 Month Update!

Hey everyone!
I have been doing so many things this past month. I say MaMa, bye-bye, I can wave bye, and I even learned how to balace myself standing for about 10 seconds! It has been so much fun grabbing any toy I want and playing with it! Daddy and Mommy are having a hard time chasing after me. I was sick a couple of weeks ago, but I feel so much better now that I can get into things! We should be closing on our old house in Summerville today, just pray that "Ernesto" doesn't hit Charleston! Well, time to run get into something, enjoy the pictures!

While Brianna was sick, we put her in a bubble bath and she really enjoyed her first bubble bath:



My Giraffe is yummy in the bubble bath!


That bath was so relaxing:


I think I'm ready for bed now:


Good morning Daddy, I feel better this morning and I really love playing with your hair!


I pulled my Aunt "Farcia" bunny off the shelf by myself to play with it!


Mommy, what do we have in here?


Look, I'm standing up!


I can play this thing one handed!


My ELMO gym is so much fun, thank you Maw Maw!


Look Mommy, I'm climbing now!


Football season has started so I have to be a Tiger cheerleader for Daddy!


This is my "crawling cheer"


This one's just for you Mema!


That's all for now, I'll post again soon!

Love,
Brianna

Edisto Beach Vacation

Hey Everyone!

Brianna visited the beach for the very first time a couple of weeks ago. We went for her Dada's 50th Birthday and we had a blast. She loved crawling around in the house and pulling up on all the furniture. When we went to the beach she wasn't quite sure what to make of those waves; but she did enjoy playing with her toys in the sand. We saw so many things while we were there including an alligator and some dolphins jumping. Brianna is really growing up fast, she stood up by herself and let go last week, I cried. She has also learned how to wave and say bye-bye at the same time. It is so much fun to watch her learn new things, it's a miracle from God everyday of my life and He continues to amaze me through her.

Mema loved walkin with me on the beach:


Are those waves coming to get me?


I love my sand bucket


I never knew toys and sand could be so much fun


We went out to eat for Dada's Birthday and I loved my highchair


Give me some shrimp!


You have to wear a bib too so you won't make a mess Dada?


A walk on the beach with Dada at sunset. I was so sleepy


Daddy, Mommy and Me on the beach. I still slept through it!


Mommy look, I'm helping pack.


Now for the project I have been working on this past week. I have been scanning some old photos and this is some of what I found:

Mommy and Brianna:


Brantley and Brianna


That's all for now,
Letha

Where does the time go?

Hello Everyone!
It seems that time has just flown by since we came back from vacation. We have still been very busy but Brianna has been the busiest of all. After we came back from the mountains, she learned to pull up on anything in her reach, she has gained a few more pounds, and even learned to stomp her foot when she's mad! We were also able to go to the Strickland Family Annual Fish Fry in Florence. She met so many family members who she has fun with! Here are just a few things she has done since we got back! (There is a surprise at the end of this blog for you, just click in the middle of the last image)

Brianna playing with Uncle Dale's football in Florence:


Brianna loves to give Great Granny Strickland big hugs!


Meeting my Great Uncle Oral and Great Aunt Amy for the first time! They kept saying they couldn't wait to get my cheeks, and they did!


I loved sitting with Uncle Oral!


Here is a picture of Mommy, Me, my cousin Grayson and her Mommy Kerry!


Uncle Dale and I had so much fun in Uncle Tommy and Aunt Laura's pool!


I can help you do the laundry Mommy!


I really just want to pull up on the basket though!


Daddy thought I would be cute in his hat:


Our new family photo!


A stop to smell the flowers in Mema's garden:


Uncle Dale helps me pet Charlie!


Paw Paw and Maw Maw came to spend the night and Paw Paw taught me how to read the morning paper:


I really love to read the paper!


I went in Brianna's room after her nap time and I found her still asleep with both Care Bears and she was so cute snuggling with them.....


Now here is a real Surprise.....(Click in the center to watch VIDEO)


That's all for now,
Letha and Brianna