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Brielle turned 6 months old today!  It's hard to believe that much time has passed since she was born.  In way of celebration, we took Brielle to the park to play for 1/2 an hour then we came home and had 1/2 of a birthday cake.  I made the cake to look like flowers and vines, and I was quite happy with the way it turned out.  My pride was short-lived however; as soon as it was made, Brielle got a handful of the frosting and started eating away!  We couldn't get her fist out of her mouth until the frosting was all gone.  Luckily, she has a pretty small hand, so my cake was salvageable.  I fixed it right up, and you could hardly tell that my little munchkin had gotten to it.

Brielle and Daddy at the park.


Brielle on the swings.  Sorry about the sideways part, but I couldn't fix it.

The cake before it was cut in half, but after Brielle attacked it.  I put that part on the back side.

Mommy and the Half-Birthday Girl

The next two videos are just of us singing and Brielle getting her second taste of frosting from the cake.  She also got a taste of rainbow sherbet, which she LOVED.

Some of the things Brielle has started:
- Sitting up
- Scooting forward.  She'll be crawling before long, I'm a-thinkin'!
- A love of tags.  Any tag.  Any shape.  Any size.  On her bib.  On her blanket.  On the kitchen rug.  On her stroller.  On the boppy pillow.  They all go in the mouth.
- A love of grass.  I guess she thinks it tastes great.  Every time I put her on a blanket outside, she scoots to the edge and starts eating grass as fast as she can.
- Baby food.  She'll eat it all, but particular favorites are bananas and pears.
- Exploring.  She LOVES to explore (and eat) the diapers, the wipes, the newspapers, the videos...
- Songs.  Brielle loves to sing with Mommy.  We sing "Where is Thumbkin", "The Itsy Bitsy Spider", "The Hokey Pokey", and "If You're Happy and You Know It."

Brielle will have her 6 month check-up on Monday, so stats are coming soon!