A visit from my friend David!

Melissa and Jonathan Neufeld (Melissa nee Pitts) were in Palm Springs on vacation and came up to visit us for the afternoon in Pasadena with their son David who is 2 months older than Bronson.
Bronson was pretty focused on David, David showed him how to crawl forwards, stand up and eat Cheerios (leaves, grass, specks off the carpet, etc, etc).
We took a walk to CalTech and saw the turtle pond, then laid the kids out on a blanket for some pictures. It's amazing how much David looks like a little boy and Bronson looks like a baby - 2 months makes such a difference.
It was a hot day (32 degrees!) but a good time was had by all and we really look forward to visiting with the Neufelds again, hopefully this summer.

Does this boy look sick to you?

Nope, the doctor didn't think so either, but really, he's had his first fever and is uncharacteristically grumpy - especially in the evenings. Take him to the doctors office or pull out the camera and he's all smiles, however.

Happy Birthday to Jennifer.

March 8 was Jenn's Birthday. She was happy to hear from her friends and parents, and to receive such nice gifts. But she liked my gift the most: I'm sending her to the spa. Ha!

We ordered some Indian food, which was nice, except that when we ordered the veggie appetizers, they must have thought that we meant the meatie appetizers. Fancy that.

Also, I drew a picture of a rocketship with Jennifer's new tablet:

The boy - he crawls?

No... it's more like a slither, and only in the backwards direction. This doesn't so much suit his purposes, however he is enjoying finding new toys as he moves backwards, they're like suprises! So now he can turn 360 degrees and move backwards ... he's sort of like the lady who's afraid to make left hand turns, he can still get anywhere, it just takes him longer to figure it all out.

My soccer ball

Yesterday I bought a soccer ball for, well, not Bronson. For our soccer team to use. Bronson however has taken a great liking of the ball. His eyes are glued to the ball whenever it's around, he grabs it and can barely hold on, then he puts it up to his mouth and slobbers all over it. It's more enticing than even tv! Needless to say we're one part thrilled that he's showing a liking of the sport, two parts worried that he's going to have a hard time watching us kick his beloved friend around.

This evening Bronson was very upset - mom cleaned out his nose and he wouldn't let me hold him. Matthew was having some trouble calming him down too, when all of a sudden everything was quiet. I went to the living room to see how dad had done it, and there was B on the floor with his ball. After playing couch kick for a while, he had recovered from the trauma of snot and had a feed then went to bed.

Caught in the Act!!!


Bronson is a squiggly little guy and will often turn circles in his crib during "nap" time. The other day I peeked in as I was walking by his room and he'd pulled all the blankets into the bed, turned himself 90 degrees, retrieved the blue dog from the far corner and had his feet up on the side of the crib, he was looking up at his fish mobile chatting away.

What a goof!

Goodbye Grandma and Grandpa!

Yesterday Bronson tried green beans for the first time. Last night he was restless and wouldn't settle. Not sure the beans are such a big hit. We'll try again after a few good nights sleeps.

My parents have left on the train up North, after a good 2 week visit. Bronson REALLY enjoyed the company...or should I say attention. He's been looking around for them all day. He really seems keen to have visitors and play with people other than mom and dad. Not to rub it in (prairie people) but wow has he ever changed since Christmas! He's so much more interactive with people, from grabbing their arms to babbling to them, it was great to see him connecting with people other than us.

Bronson shows off for Grandma's camera

Grandma Val, Bronson and Grandpa Tim

Bronson and Grandpa take a rest

Bronson has a runny nose and I am still very much under the weather with the flu... so Matthew's babying everybody :)

As for our trip to Leno - it was short and pretty neat. We might have been in the audience shots, dunno.

Tiny Toes!

Bronson is still chewing anything and everything in sight, he's having an awful time with my hair though, he can't quite figure it out. Here's a shot of his two teeth.