Our Trip up north...

Alright - everyone - stop your whinning! Here he is, our cute little round faced twerp.

Bronson and I had a great trip, we took 7 planes in total and only had one small crying spree on the first. We spent 6 days in Manitoba, where I successfully renewed my Passport and attended Teri's bridal shower (aka "the Main Event"). Bronson had an especially good time at the bridal shower, being held by various relatives and watching the cousins run around. At one point he was handed back to me and I thought someone must have slipped him some punch because he was vibrating from excitement! His smile only left his face when he eventually fell asleep, but he was ready to run around with the "big boys" - cousins Ethan and Joshua - if only he could walk!

Teri shows off B's belly at the shower "this is my nephew... this is my nephew!"

Teri models her beautiful chapeau - beware Jay, this matches her the dress.

You'll notice that while Diane is clear in this picture, Bronson is blurry - this is due to the aforementioned "vibrating with excitement"

Bronson steal grandpa Terry's chair

A trip to grandma's wouldn't be complete without some cow balancing/acrobatics

Bronson and I spent many the afternoon outside in the sunny backyard - I threw out my back soon after arriving so we spent most of our downtime close to home.

Bronson is very excited to have a great idea!

3 planes later and we arrive in BC. When in MB I gloated that if it's nice and sunny here, then Vancouver Island will be paradise... not so. We had a rainy visit with a couple hail storms and a brief sunny period for Saturday morning's farmers market run. We visited Port Alberni for 10 days and Bronson got very comfortable there. He loves Aunty Aimee and watched the staircase every morning waiting for her to come down and play.

During our trip B learnt to roll from tummy to back and now is rolling over and over and over, covering alot of ground.

We went swimming with David and his mom Melissa and Theresa. Cousin Sky and Aunty Jean came to visit for the weekend and Molly from next door came over to show Bronson her tumbling. Bronson especially enjoyed the doggy - Dixie hung around Bronson the whole time and Bronson was quite gentle with the old dog.

As we flew out of Victoria in the afternoon, we got a chance to briefly visit my old workplace - Amaranth Consulting Group. It was so good to see my friends and I think they feel some closure now having seen the product of all my whinning during pregnancy :)

Bronson chills with aunty Am

Grandpa mimicks baby boy


Bronson and Dixie, his faithful companion (though he was rather wary of the doggie kisses)

Now, there is a trip update. As for life in California since returning, Matthew is busy busy with school, we celebrated our second wedding anniversary yesterday and my best friend Sabrina is visiting for the week - which means we're hanging out at the pool and swimming at least twice a day. IT IS SO HOT HERE, we're starting to worry about the months to come :)

Matthew's birthday is this Saturday and he is having a boardgame party (there really is no way to make that sound grown up). Also, we find out on Friday-ish if we get to keep our apartment for next year - fingers crossed!!!

Oh, and we have booked our next trip up to Canada - wedding tour 2007, we will be in these places on the following dates:

June 22/23 Agassiz, June 24/25 Victoria (staying at the Coast Hotel), June 26 - July 1 Port Alberni, July 1 - July 5 MB (July 4 P la P for sure), July 5 - July 8 Assiniboia and Regina July 9.