Bronson and Mom

It's raining, it's pouring, the baby is snoring...

Well, it's pouring here, finally. Big drops that are falling hard, like hail, but there's no way they could be hail, it's not that cold. I can hear cars on the road screeching and having driving issues. Bronson and I were supposed to walk to the grocery store today, but I've ordered the groceries for delivery instead - it's a big load and delivery is free (promotion).
The baby boy is in the middle of a growth spurt - his tummy is huge and he's very, very grumpy. I am also grumpy as he keeps waking up several times a night and feeding at least twice a night. The past few nights have been hard. So, we're both just exhausted.
The skies are gray and cloudy, it's still muggy but not warm like Sunday was. It's pants and long sleeves today!

So, Bronson and I will stay in today, do some collage and play and nap. Later I'll venture out to yoga... mostly because they're filming the OC down the road at CalTech today and I want to walk by the trailers and check it out, at this point I think a nap might do me better than an hour and a half of yoga.

Bronson's Theme song

Watch Jordy sing Bronson's theme song
[For my french immersion folk, welcome to a blast from the past :)]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=2ftzzY5VDNU

A day at Huntington gardens with my mom

A picture story by Bronson

Friday afternoon after lunch with dad, mom took me to the Huntington gardens. Dad obviously didn't come, because he would never have let mom put me in a strawberry hat and pink rainbow blankie - I kind of looked like a girl, but I didn't really mind... yet. We mostly went to see all the cacti, they're very big and prickly. Some of them are growing hair because it's winter-time. Mom kept taking lots of pictures of me and very few of the cacti because she said that grandpa Tim always told her to take pictures with people in them, and whenever she tries taking pictures without people in them, they don't turn out. Plus, she said I was the most beautiful thing in the gardens :) So, even though all of the pictures are of me, they were taken at different places throughout the gardens. Also, you can see that now I'm so big I ride forwards in the stroller and I have a new big boy car seat!

Big cactus, big baby

Yeay, mom! This is lots of fun, I like to look at everything!

Snack and a show

I like going on outings with my mom because I like to meet new people who tell me that I'm cute in lots of different languages. (I understand them all, you know)

What are you doing over there, mom? I'm over here, take pictures of me!

Well, that was fun... we should go...

It's getting cold, we should go...

Seriously mom, the park is closing and I have a 5 o'clock with the Zebra, LET's GO!

Mhmmm, Mr. Monkey, I had so much fun... I'll tell you all about it later, yawn!

Matt found this site, this is pretty fun, I thought I'd post it for everyone to check out when they've got a minute - especially Beth! I think ou'll like this :)

http://www.armorgames.com/games/scribble2.html

B-Man sits, B-Man screams

Bronson continues to exercise his new found vocal chords with high pitched screams every now and then.... yay. They're quite shrill, but appear to not really mean anything. He can be smiling or upset, the scream sounds the same. So, that's fun.
Speaking of exercising, [OR speaking of Bronson...] the little dude has been sitting up on his own recently. Here are some pictures of how good he is! Note that even though it is quite warm here, Matthew is STILL wearing the same Manitoba wool socks, as always.

Bronson-Bear rolls around with a bear of similar stature

This morning Bronson and I attended a Caltech Womens Club playgroup at a nearby park. Although Bronson was the youngest by far (literally by at least 10 months), it was still fun for him, as he's in a stage where he likes to watch people, especially toddlers. It was nice for me as I met other moms in the area and some really great kids. Still, it's shocking that Bronson is of the same stature as many of them who are running around and talking.

This afternoon Bronson and I played with some of the toys in his room. Currently his idea of play is "Grab & Chew", but I think he still enjoys the grab part even when the chew isn't possible. Here are some pictures of our play time, I'm off to my big person break (aka yoga) :)