July 08: Swim Lessons at McLeod Fitness, Level I

6/28-7/3/08: Ohio trip

6/9/08 5th Birthday party at Fundaygo, Littlest Pet Shop Theme

6/2/08 Start of Summer Camp

5/29/08 Last day of 4K!

5/10/08: Gymnastics Demo

5/8/08: Dance Recital

4/12/08-4/17/08: Spring Break, Walt Disney World

2/10/08: Half Notes Choir Methodist Manor Performance

12/26/07-1/1/08: Ohio Trip

9/10/07 First day at All Saints’ Mrs. Bonnoitt, 4K

9/7/07 Interview at All Saints’ Episcopal Day School

8/22/07: First day at St. Anthony Catholic School, Mrs. Brandis, 4K (last day Sept. 6)

6/28-7/3/07: trip to Ohio, drove both ways, “are we there yet?” for 3 hours on the way there, “Mommy do you know how to get home?” for 6 hours on the way back

6/25/07 4 Year well child visit, 3 vaccinations—ouch

6/25/07 Tried Vacation Bible School at HPC—not enough playtime, wanted to go back to MMO with sissy

June 07: swim lessons at the YMCA, Pike class.  Not swimming but closer.

6/16/07 Rode a full size horse at Maddie’s bday party.

6/9/07 1st bday party with class and church friends, included a princess jumping castle!

6/4/07 Summer “School” First Presbyterian Mother’s Morning Out

5/15/07 3K Graduate

5/12/07 Dance Recital at Civic Center, Dance Magic and Precious Jewels

5/8/07 Dress rehearsal for recital

5/6/07 Half Notes choir sang in church, last performance

5/4/07 Muffins with Mom at school

4/26/07 Kindergarten Art Show with Daddy

4/22/07 Half Notes Choir sings in Connection service

4/20/07 Strawberry Patch visit

4/10/07 VCUG at Carolina’s—terrible experience but reflux is gone!

4/7/07 first fishing tournament, Fisher’s of Men at Lake Murray

4/6/07 Easter Parade at School

4/1/07 Sara’s bday party with a pony to ride!!

3/25/07 Egg toss with Daddy

3/24/07 Arts Alive performance, Dance Magic

March 07 She can recognize a lot of her letters, most colors and shapes.  She can cut very well.  She is learning to write her name.  Right now she can trace it.  She knows her full name, our names, her state, city and birthday.

3/13/07 down the fire pole all by herself

3/10/07 Rode her bike to the park (at Christine’s house), Fed the fish at Melanie’s house

1/19/07 Field Trip to CiCi’s pizza with 3K.

12/31/06 Stayed up past midnight!

12/30/06 Tucson Zoo

12/28/06 Tucson Children’s Museum

12/16/06 Florence Christmas Parade with Kelly’s Fine Arts

12/15/06 Preschool Christmas program (last day of school until 1/8/07)

12/10/06 Half Notes Choir in Children’s Cantata

12/8/06 1st nighttime babysitter (not related) McKenna Snider

11/18/06 Festival of Trees—Danced with Kelly’s Fine Arts

11/2/06 Recognizes: B, E, S, M, T, C, and L  (1st letter of all of her classmates names)

10/14/06 Counted to 7 correctly

10/8/06 Sang in church with Half Notes choir

10/1/06 Emalee Grace’s Dress-up b-day party at her house

9/30/06 Caroline’s B-day party at Chuckee Cheese (first non-relative bday party)

8/31/06 Recognized the letter ‘B’ and knew her name started with it.

8/28/06 1st note from school—wouldn’t clean up and told the teacher no

8/24/06 1st day of 3K in Ms. Sonja Tedder’s class, started tap/ballet dance combo class at Kelly’s Fine Arts, 1st day of “car line”

8/25/06 completed a 50 piece puzzle on her own

8/23/06 joined church Half Notes choir, went to preschool open house

8/18/06 1st Bike—actually rode it 8/19

8/17/06 Brianna read Kiersten a book, Brianna went to the Endocrinologist

8/10/06 Kid size shower head installed in her bathroom, really thinks its fun (fun ness wore off)

8/5/06 Fondue—liked the dipping but didn’t eat

6/11/06 3rd Birthday—party at the beach with family

6/9/06—6/16/06 Family vacation, Marriott OceanWatch Villas, Myrtle Beach

6/7/06 Celebrated birthday at school with classmates.

5/28/06 Met Tyler Sleep and some other Penn friend’s kiddos

5/27/06 3rd Birthday party—Dora theme, shared with Kiersten, at our house

5/19/06 Brianna’s 1st “last” day of school.  There was a family picnic.  “big” girl haircut—bob style

5/11/06 Darlington Car Hauler festival, saw the Budweiser Clydesdale Horses

4/25/06 saw Sesame Street Live

4/7/06 Easter Egg hunt and party at school.

4/2/06 Found the “special” egg at the HPUMC Easter egg hunt.  Woke up after going to bed to go potty.

3/30/06 “I’m proud of you mommy”  while patting me on the back for a good paint job.

3/24/06 NO accidents ALL DAY (including school and nap—actually woke up from nap to go to the bathroom)  At school she thinks she can just take herself to the potty like she does at home.  She gets out of the baby gate and heads to the bathroom.

3/23/06 “Daddy, sit down, hush-up”  We about rolled out of our chairs, so she kept saying “hush-up daddy”

3/22/06 Wore panties to school.

3/11/06 Stinkied in the potty on her own

2/13/06  I really think Brianna has a little boyfriend, Max.  It seems he talks about her at home and she talks about him.  They used to be in the same class, but Brianna was moved up.

2/10/06 Brianna dry all day in pull-up (except nap and stinky)

1/12/06 At mall asked to go potty - first public restroom.

1/10/06 Stayed dry all day (except stinky)

1/25/06 Pottied twice at school, got a necklace prize

1/24/06 diagnosed with Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) grade II-a

1/23/06 Can put together a 34 piece animal puzzle all by herself

1/21/06 Can put together a 24 piece Dora puzzle all by herself

1/18/06 VCUG, demoral has no effect on the child, needs versed to calm down

1/12/06 Pushing Kiersten on the swing.

1/9/06 Christmas break over.

1/8/06 Playing at the park—going down the pole, gliding, walking across the wobbly bridge, climbing up everything!

1/2/05 1st time in Kentucky and Tennessee.  1st time to play on a McDonald’s playground.

12/31/05 Played 1st “board” game—Break the Ice—with Ashley, Casey and Ella.

12/28/05 1st long car ride.  1st time to Virginia and West Virginia.  First time through tunnels.  “mommy it’s dark”.  Slept on an air mattress.

12/27/05 Head asymmetry measured at Cranial Tech:  Cranial Vault 2 mm and Ears 3 mm (she graduated at 3 and 4)

12/25/05 driving—her dora jeep!

12/24/05 Top left 2 yr molar coming in, top rt part way in.  The 2 yr molars take forever.

12/21/05 1st Christmas break from “school” begins

12/12/05 First Christmas program.  Her class sang Jingle Bells.  They were so cute.

12/9/05 ultrasound of bladder and kidneys—normal.  Thank God.  After she determined it didn’t hurt she was very cooperative.  Mommy had to lay next to her and she had taggie and baby too. 

11/30/05 Bladder infection.

11/27/05 bit herself on the hand at church when she couldn’t have a toy

11/25/05 Now she has to “read” her books until she falls asleep, but usually no fuss.

11/21/05 bit a boy over a baby doll.

11/12/05 Home Builders Association family picnic with miniature pony buggy rides and jumpy bulldozer house.

11/9/05 Bottom two molars coming in.

11/03/05 Going to bed like a pro :)  Finally!  Bath, story, hug and kiss, then lights out.  Very little fuss.  Still has to have glass of water, 2 taggies, baby, and the book in bed :)

10/31/05 Scared of Papa’s Halloween costume.  Scared of our front yard (because of smoke and scary Papa).  Actually held her pumpkin and went trick-or-treating.  Said “trick-or-treat”.

10/22/05 1st Time to the fair!  Eating cotton candy, elephant’s ears!  Riding a pony!  Riding a roller coaster with Daddy.  Riding the helicopter and swinging boat.  Went in the jumpy house—loved it!

10/19/05 Learning to blow her nose.  She can actually get a little out—ew.  Talked to Dr. Ed at her dr visit.  Said “Dr. Ed”!

10/05 “That way” she likes to tell you which direction to turn in the car.  She gets very upset if you don’t follow her directions.

9/22/05 nana asked her if she was so lazy she couldn’t come and get her snack, she said “no, papa lazy”.  More words: lazy, milk, help.  “Help me” is a new favorite request.  “Sister hurt me” with finger stuck out where Kiersten bumped her. 

9/21/05 got sandals on right feet!

9/15/05 put on socks and dress shoes (did a fairly good job)

9/5/05 new car seat, Britax Boulevard

Sep 05 More words … bottle, watch, Sit, “dis” this, map, “tars” stars, “ower” flower, book, “rea” read, boo boo, “mok mok” smokey (nana’s cat), bowl, “bok” broke, meow, cup, plate, pooh, pool, pull, on, off, want, ice, what

9/4/05 “stepped” off ladder into pool—went under.  Not upset but wanted out.

9/3/05 took off her dry diaper and went potty

Aug 05 Brianna’s Vocabulary—these are the words she knows and uses without prompting (well at least the ones I’ve heard in the past few days)

Mommy, Daddy, Nanny, Papa, Ma Ma, Debra, Ron Ron, Sister, Baby, juice, more, apple, hello, bye bye, “pa pa” pacifier, ball, potty, pee pee, wet, diaper, “tt” TV, rock, socks, shoes, clothes, “ba pa” back pack (meaning Dora), Boots (the monkey from Dora), choo choo, no, yes, bubble, balloon, tag (as in taggie), “uppa” up, open, uh oh, mine, my, where, dog, kitty, horse, bird, fish, chocolate, cake, book, chalk, cheese, tissue, cookie, chop chop (hurry up), yummy

8/28/05 Brianna walked into church on her own!  But was carried out.

8/27/05 Tried to change her own stinky diaper.  During past week has started taking her own diaper off when wet.

8/16/05 started tap at Patsy Hathcock Dance Studio

8/15/05 back in “school”  First Pres MMO w/ Ms. Sarah and Ms. Mary mid-2s room

8/12/05 Went to see Veggie Tales live at Florence Civic center, she loved it once it got started (20 min late)

8/5/05 Brianna hit Kiersten with a play baby bottle

8/4/05 Brianna bit Kiersten’s toe!

7/31/05 “Mommy, tt on peas” translated Mommy, TV on please.  1st 4 word sentence.

7/22/05 Kiersten smiled at Brianna’s antics

7/21/05 Brianna got bit by her friend, Sophie

6/30/05 First parade appearance;)  MMO Ladybug parade –well actually she didn’t participate with the rest of her class.

6/16/05 Loves Mothers Morning Out now doesn’t even pay attention when you leave her!

6/15/05 Backpack = “ba pa” from Dora the Explorer

6/5/05 Ate Salad!?

5/28/05 B-day present—Fireman’s Gym!

5/22/05 Zoo

Brianna

Brianna Paige
6/11/03 3:10 PM
7 lbs 10 oz
19 3/4"

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