Dear Bria-

I forgot one other word that you've been using a lot lately-cheese!  I've been spoiling our family with cheese sticks and you can very clearly say cheese.  It is the cutest thing.  Especially because you get so excited about your cheese.

I also forgot to mention that you have yet to develop a case of stranger danger.  You're definitely cautious in unfamiliar circumstances and you are not the biggest fan of your Uncle Dwain, poor guy.  BUT, you are not afraid to go up to other people and interact with them.

A few weeks ago at the library, you sat in a complete stranger's lap.  The poor lady already had kids but you kept right on sitting there.  Embarrassingly enough, you didn't even want to come to me!  At the end of story time, I actually had to grab you out of her lap.

Your dad has started calling you Bree Bree and I HATE that nickname.  I've always hated nicknames that repeat the same word twice.  It's somewhat pointless because it's not even shortening the name and it makes you and the person saying it sound like a baby.  You are a baby and so no problems there  though.

Anyway, once I told your dad my feelings on the subject, he has been such a sport and has worked really hard not to call you that name.  If you nickname a future child a word used twice, I refuse to use the nickname.  Just letting you know now.  Oh, I also refuse to call any of your children Bubba.  Yuck.  Shivers.  If you actually name your children a word twice or Bubba, I will respectively call them what you named them.  Probably won't even mention how much I hate it.  But I can't imagine anyone being idiotic enough to actually do that to a child.

I love you Bria,
~Mom

Dear Bria-

Oh how you are changing!  First off, you've learned to grab.  Specifically, you've learned to grab hair. My hair is quite thin and so this is actually a little stressful for me, funny enough.

If you were more aware, you would actually be feeling worse than me.  While my hair is thin, your hair has disappeared!  You lost most of your dark hair on top and look like an old man (or at least what your dad will look like in five years).

You still have some lighter colored short hair on top but it does not stand out like your longer dark hair did.  I think your hair will follow your brother's.  You'll have light brown hair for a couple of year before it goes darker like your dad's.  I'm actually pretty excited for your brown hair.  That's saying something because before you came along, I was a die-hard blonde hair fan.

Dallin and Akarie have been quite instrumental in helping you figure out days and nights.  They wake you up every morning when they wake up.  Since I'm the last one out of bed, I've been slightly helpless at their intrusion.  Plus, I don't mind them waking you up all that much.  If they're awake, I have to be awake anyway.  Might as well have all of us up!

Also, you are an excellent sleeper.  You've been consistently sleeping through the night and spoiling me dreadfully.  You fall asleep between 9-11 every night and usually don't wake up until Dallin and Akarie disturb your slumber in the morning around 7:30am.

Unfortunately, you've had your first taste of formula.  I had a dentist appointment and no ability to pump.  Nana had quite the time getting you to accept formula!  At first you were too hysterical to drink it.  You fell into an exhausted slumber.  When you awoke, Nana was quick to get the formula to you before your emotions got the best of you.  You drank a whopping 2 ounces.  I'm sure the experience was quite odd for you.

You've had a huge first this past week.  You've rolled over!  I can't tell you the exact date because I'm not sure.  The first time you rolled over, I thought it was a fluke.  Same with the second and third.  I figured I had put you on your stomach in just the right position.  So your rolls never felt real.  However, you have turned over four or five times.  So I think I can officially say you've rolled over.  Today you rolled twice in a row.  I busted out the camera and of course you stopped!  But I did get a roll on tape last night!

You have collected a couple of nicknames.  Dad and I are super sensitive to calling you any nickname we call Akarie.  We don't want jealousy issues on her part.  Considering that we've called Akarie almost every girly nickname in the book, it has proven challenging to find pet nicknames for you!

Nana told us the day you were born that she wanted to call you "Breezy".  I think that's a cute nickname and that's practically all I called you your first month of life.  I've backed off that a little now as I really would like you to be known as Bria or Bree.  I still think Breezy is really cute though!

Dallin and Akarie rarely call you by Bria.  At first they preferred Breezy.  Now they've each found their own pet names.  Dallin often calls you Bree Bree.  Akarie has somehow come up with the nickname of Breester.  I'm not going to lie, not my favorite nickname!  But it's cute to hear them affectionately call you these names.  From experience, I can say that babies tend to outgrow their nicknames.  None of the nicknames we called Dallin and Akarie have really stuck around.

I love you Bria!
~Mom