Lots of excitement this weekend!

So Brie has had another eventful weekend. It started with a trip to Germansville to celebrate her cousin Brandon's first birthday. She had a great time playing outside with Christian and Pop. We had to leave before the party really got started, because Brie has more visitors waiting for her at our house. Grandpa and Grandma Myers, Aunt Cindy and Great Grandma Bert came to visit for the weekend. Brie had a great time feeding Grandpa grapes and playing with her blocks. More excitement occurred when Great Grandma had problems breathing in the middle of the night. Brie thankfully slept through the entire night, but Grandma ended up spending a few days in the hospital. She was released today and is feeling much better.

After a few difficult nights with Brie waking up screaming, Marcus and I discovered that Brie has 2 new teeth. The top two have finally made there appearance. She seems to be getting a few more as well. She has raised bumps on both the top and bottom.

Despite the teething, Brie has been eating fairly well. Tonight for dinner she ate almost 1/2 of a piece of tilapia, a few bites of rice, some green beans and for desert some freeze dried raspberries, strawberries, blueberries and apples. Hopefully she will keep this up. We would love to get rid of the bottle, but right now it is still her primary form of nutrition and we can get about 350-400 calories into her a day. From my research she needs about 900 calories a day to gain weight and I think on some days we come close.

As for development, Brie has been walking very well for about a month. She was even able to negotiate the uneven grass at the zoo. It was funny to hear the comments from other parents when they saw her walking. Most of them revolved about how small she is to be walking so well. Brie has also started clapping and signing. She can now sign more and all done. She even signs more for food. We didn't think that would ever happen!