The Farr Family

(Due to our chaotic life, we just noticed that the we had created a post updating everyone on Bryleigh after turning one, but never hit "post". Sorry for our delay....)

We are still in shock and awe that our baby girl has turned 1! It is truly hard for us to believe that a year ago Brooke was at work trying to pretend that everything was normal and then almost 24 hours later, our Tinkerbell made her appearance. She scared us tremendously when she decided to join us a month earlier than planned, but she was a strong girl and was perfection to us from day 1!

In our eyes, not much has changed. Bryleigh is still amazingly strong and the most perfect girl that we've ever had! ;) We worried that her early arrival could be an indicator that she might be a little impatient and so far, we think that might be true. She definitely knows what she wants and typically she wants it immediately! :) However, we still feel amazingly blessed and overwhelmed by how much God loves us. We never expected such an amazing gift from Him and we know that we don't come close to deserving her. We're so thankful that He picked us as her Mommy and Daddy.

She is such a happy girl and loves nothing more than to socialize with everyone around her. She is constantly waving to people that pass by her and "HI" is still one of her favorite things to yell when we're out and about. She absolutely loves playing beside her big brother and Brenden is still doing amazingly well taking care of her. They play cars, throw balls back and forth, and enjoy their Little People daily. We think that she is definitely calling Brenden's name, well actually his nickname, "Bug". Occasionally is sounds like "Bubba" but we think that she learned it from hearing us call him Bug all the time. She is also saying "mama", "dada", "papa", and "bye bye". She is signing more, finished, and drink. Brenden has taught her how to hold her hands up when he says "SOOO big" and she has just recently started folding her hands when we pray. She is still cruising around the house but she definitely prefers to crawl for longer distances. She is pulling up A LOT and has started walking while holding on to her toy shopping cart or our hands. We are really not encouraging her to walk though because we know everything will change then. However, we're definitely proud of all that she is learning and doing everyday and we strive to do all that we can to help her along the way.

Her 1 year physical went extremely well for her but was very difficult on Mommy. She had to get 3 shots and a finger prick which broke Mommy's heart. It was amazing how brave she was and how she didn't even cry until the 3rd shot. She's definitely a trooper and can tolerate pain well (maybe that's because of Brenden teaching her how to be tough). ;) The doctor was pleased with all of her developmental progress since he could observe most of it as he was questioning me. She was so busy during the visit with wanting to get down, trying to get him to say hey, and pointing to what she wanted that he was able to see most of what he was looking for.

For her stats.......She is now 17 lbs and 9.5 oz!

(YES, she is still extremely petite!)

She was 28 3/8 inches long and 44 cm was her head circumference.

This means that she is in the 10% for weight and 25% with length and head circumference.

It is so exciting to watch Bryleigh as she grows and changes each month/day/week. It is very hard to watch her get older and brings tears to our eyes regularly, but as parents we strive for our children to be the best that they can be. We want them to grow, experience life, enjoy things around them, and witness the miracles that surround them daily...we wish all of this and more for her. More than that though, our prayer is that everything good about her never changes so that as she grows up all of the people that meet her get to witness her amazing personality first-hand!