Catch Up

So I haven't been keeping up my blog very well lately because I haven't had time.  Usually my day consists of taking care of Brisa, going to the gym, eating dinner, putting Brisa down and going to bed. I thought I would just post some pictures and a few of the key things that make Brisa so special, and maybe just some fun stories.

Brisa is a goofball.  She laughs if I am laughing and smiles whenever we take pictures together.  She loves to feel like she is one of the grown ups and tries to fit in.  It is so cute!  Last Sunday Brisa was making everyone laugh in Sunday school.  She was crawling around and pulled herself up on the back of a man's chair (it wasn't a folding chair, it had a back) and was hitting it because it made a loud noise.  Before I could grab her she was laughing and screeching and slapping the chair over and over and looking around at everyone laughing and having a blast.  As soon as I got back to my seat and we sat down she squirmed out of my arms and started crawling towards a water bottle under a chair about 15 feet away.  Of course the sweet woman let her have it and she started hitting it and laugh/ screeching again.  Then when she saw me coming to get her she climbed up on the lady's legs and was smiling at her until I took her out to play in the foyer.

Brisa is a social butterfly like her mama.  She loves attention!  We went on a hike on saturday and she waved at everyone that walked past us.  She gives the biggest smiles to anyone who will talk to her.  I love taking her out because she is so good!  People always come up to her and she always smiles and does a fake laugh.  She knows how to work it!



Brisa is an explorer!  When Brisa wants to go somewhere she takes a deep breath and crawls really fast.  I can always tell when she's on a mission because she breaths really hard the whole way and doesn't stop until she gets where ever she is trying to go.  She likes to see new places and isn't afraid to crawl all around peoples houses.  We have to keep our eye on her because she loves to explore dangerous things sometimes.

Brisa is determined.  Her two favorite things are the computer and the kitchen.  If she ever sees me pull out the lap top she is in my lap in no time at all.  I swear I never even see her coming.  She loves when I let her hit all the keys.  If she is ever really really sad the computer is my secret weapon.  We have to block off our kitchen with chairs now and most of the time she is content to just stand up and watch me in the kitchen, but sometimes she just has to be in there with all the action and she tries to sneak in.  So far she can't do it, thank goodness!

Climbing over the arm of the chair to the laptop on the end table.

Brisa is beautiful.  I know that all babies are beautiful, but Brisa is especially beautiful ;).  A couple weeks ago this woman in our ward that is Brisa's honorary Grandma said something funny.  She said that Brisa is the, and I quote, "most gorgeous baby" she has ever seen.  Then she told me that she had cute grandkids, but Brisa was gorgeous.  It was so funny!  I think that her personality is what makes everyone love her so much.  She really is a friendly little peanut.

Brisa thinks that she is a grown up.  She laughs when we laugh, smiles for pictures, and hangs out with us.  A couple weeks ago at Aunt Cindy's house everyone was sitting on the ground in a circle almost and Brisa just crawled over and sat down.  No toys no nothing.  Just sitting with the big kids watching what was going on.