A note from...

Brenna Linn

Hi friends & family,

What a fun weekend I had with my mom!!

On Friday we headed back to Wisconsin for a fun-filled 3 days of meeting family, eating great foods (some of wich I have never had before) and great weather!

On Friday I went out to dinner with my Grandma & Grandpa for Fish, I showed them how I love to eat new foods and how im a social butterfly at restaurants.. i must get that from my Grandma Linda!

On Saturday morning we went to the Oshkosh Zoo where my Aunt Corrina is a Zoo Keeper there for the summer. I got to see wolves, llamas, an albino racoon and a funny monkey names Bubba-Loo. My Aunt is very good with the animals and knows so much about them.

On Saturday afternoon we all headed down to SunPraire to visit my GreatGrandma Lyster whos 93 years young!

From her house we went to relatives H.S. graduation party.. I got to try pulled pork, and pasta salad along with meeting lots of family members on the Lyster side that I had not met yet. Everyone just adored me and loved my chubby cheecks!

Great grandma Lyster, me & Grandpa Mike

And then on Sunday we headed down to Jefferson where my Great grandma&pa Rueth were celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary!

They were so happy to see that my mom and I traveled down to see them. They sure miss me. I also got to meet alot of family on that side too for the first time. For some reason they say that I look like my daddy... hmmmm?

The day was beautiful out and I got to play in the grass, eat more finger foods like cake & pickles and of course get lots of kisses from my loving family! What could be better....

Great Grandma&pa Rueth,

Grandma Linda, and her 3 siblings.. Marie, Eric and Mark

It was so nice to see everyone~

Now its off to Mankato MN to visit my Aunt Natalie on Saturday!!

9 months old

9 months
old

What a fun age Brenna is at right now.

She has been getting more and more inquisitive lately and likes to go-go -go.

She hasn't quite figured out crawling yet but she can roll and reach far to get the toys or kitttycats tail.

(Its kinda nice that she just stays in the place i put her, not much longer and she will be all over the place.)

She has always liked baby food but now she likes to reach for our food.

She snacks on baby fruit puffs and little pieces of pancake, soft fruits and potatoes.

One of her favorite treats is watermelon.. funny how that was my #1 food request when

I was pregnant! coincidence i think not...

There are two little teeth on the bottom ready to come in any day now!!!

~~~~~~~ PHOTOS~~~~~~~~

Camping in Mid Wisconsin over Memorial Day Weekend

Brenna chillin' in her stroller on one of our summer day walks around the neighborhood

Brennas first swim

Almost 8 months old..

Brenna has offically outgrown her "baby" clothes

I went through all her clothes in the closet and packed away almost half of them away! I was kinda sad to see the tiny outfits

get packed away.....

She fits into 6-9 month old items these days. We went shopping for summer outfits, got lots of cute tank tops, shorts, sun dresses and a few sun hats. She will be already for the park and playing in the backyard

this summer~

We have changed out her baby car seat for a larger "convertable" one that can

be reversed when shes 1. No more carrying her around in her car seat into palces..

she does pretty well in restuarant highchairs and

grocery stores carts.

Griffin our dog continues to be great with her. Below is a video clip of me catching them goofing around together :-)

7 months

At 7 months old Brenna loves to play, coo& babble and try to put everything in her mouth! She can also grab a bottle and bring it up to her mouth.

Her favorite things are tags... on books, toys, blankets...etc

she will find the tag on anything!!! Its fun to watch

She hasn't started crawling forward yet.. but can spin in a circle and scoot backwards pretty darn well.

Wow! It has been a fun 6 months.. like they say the times just flys by~

I'm a month behind so here is some catching up...

at 6 months old Brenna weighed

17.2 pounds

height 2' 2"

She has been eating solid foods like sweet potatoes, carrots and rice cereal.

She loves her baby einstein exer-saucer and the bouncer at her day care.

She has some pretty strong legs!!

5 months old

Over the last month Brenna has reached quite a few milestones...





......She can now roll over from her stomach onto her back

She loves to make Goos and Gaas, blows bubbles and gets excited when she sees mommy and daddy





Getting her first tooth in.. it hasn't pop'd in yet.. but we can tell it will soon





and my favorite....





she has started eating baby cereal daily! we thought we should give it a try when she started to actually open her mouth while we just ate~

mmmmmm