kitkitdizze

we did a little photo shoot with gary a couple weeks back out at his place on the ridge. here is a little unedited sneak peak of what's to come. photo by the talented Simon Weller. the two portraits of gary were done with this amazing huge film camera simon had. 

music together

today we started our first mama and baby music class. we are doing it with our friend kazumi and her little girl kaede. the class was super fun and filled with lots of other sweet mama's and kiddos. (even twins!) we were of course late for our first class because someone decided to sleep in on this particular day, but it all worked out. bronson of course, was the center of attention. literally. he crawled to the middle of the room and sat there the whole class just smiling and laughing at everyone. a mommy at the end of the class said he was stealing everyone's hearts the whole time. we played lots of fun instruments: rattle eggs, drums, wooden clappers, rain sticks, and scarfs. ooohhhh scarfs. bronson loved these!!

there are all ages in this class. most about between 1-2 years old. a couple infants, like almost new borns. and a couple that looked to be bronsons age, but were maybe younger (but bigger than b) because they were sitting but not crawling around...like i'm sure they would have been if they knew how. everyone was surprised to see bronson crawling around, until i told them his age. then they just seemed shocked at how small he was. yes guys, i know, he's tiny. like me. 

today i also noticed a white new tooth coming in. it's on the bottom left right by his bottom two teeth. which is a bit out of order. i just think he's just going for it and going to sprout all of them this next couple months. hey, at least we're getting it out of the way now. right?! jon thinks he see's one on the top too, right by the two front teeth. no wonder he's not sleeping through the night anymore. he does this thing that sends chills through my body. he grinds his top and bottom teeth together constantly. it drives me nuts and gives me goosebumps. i absolutely hate it!! 

all in all, i do believe this music and me class was a huge success. he seemed to enjoy himself and others company thoroughly! now lets hope we can make it on time next time. 

spring time

the weather has been amazing. meaning lots of park days. lots of vitamin D and sunshine. lots of stroller rides. and lots of smiles.and a new big boy carseat! yay! 

Eight

happy happy 8 month birthday my sweet boy!! wow, i can't believe it's been 8 months since you were born. it has seriously been the best 8 months of my life and such a crazy journey to see you grow into a little boy. from such a tiny tiny helpless baby(well not that tiny, you were 9.5lbs) to this amazingly strong little dude that you are. you are seriously stronger than me. you are solid when i hold you. you have a death grip of a chimpanzee. (that's the one animal that came to mind that would have a really strong grip) your personality is coming out more and more. you let that out long ago, but now it's to its fullest. i can just tell you are going to be a funny little jokester that runs around laughing, bursting with energy. you are going to be a tough cookie, which isn't a bad thing, just sometimes scary. you are like me, your mama. you fear nothing. you try to walk on your own, even though you know you can't even stand yet. you could care less about getting hurt and bonking your poor little head. you rarely cry when you hurt yourself. and if you do, you're over it in like 2 seconds. you really just shed tears of being surprised, not pain. you love your animals, zoe and elliot. they love you back. you are getting less allergic to zoe's saliva and don't break out in hives every time she licks your face. you LOVE your dada! he is the funniest thing in your mind. you love to ride on his shoulders and stare down on him with the biggest grin ever. you love to pull his beard to hoist yourself to standing. you love to stare directly into his eyes and smile while cooing and piercing your lips. you love to eat. especially what we are eating. you hold your breath and get bright red and flap your arms when something tastes really good and excited you. and what the most amazing thing is, is you love us. and little boy, we love you. times a million infinity. 

The Latest

i had written a very long post last week, and then it got deleted. i can't even remember one thing that it said. probably what i was feeling emotionally at that specific time. which is totally different most likely to what i am feeling now. the days are up and down. at least there has been a reason behind all the bronson fussiness. a good reason. we got two BIG front top teeth the other day. and boy are they gigantic! i can't believe these teeth are going to fit in this little man's mouth. yesterday he was quite happy, considering. i worked. but when b came to feed i brought him into my work to see everybody. he was all giggles and smiles. no stranger anxiety. comfortable as can be. sometimes i wonder if he remembers the voices of the girls i work with. i mean he did spend 9 months listening to them babble all day long while in the womb. he takes to them very well. makes me look good! 

POOP: and finally i've found the way to regular bowel movements. it's called REAL sweet potatoes! YES. 

SLEEP: sleeping good considering tooth pain. just been waking up a tab bit early for my liking, but that will go back to normal i'm sure when the teeth have come in a little more.

EATING: loves it. just like his mama! i had a dream that i caught bronson sucking on the sriracha cap. i freaked. but then realized he didn't mind the taste or spicy-ness, so i let him continue to eat sriracha. no big deal. 

SKILLZ: he crawls. he crawls really really good. he's got the coordination down now. left hand/right leg. right hand/left leg. and his cute little butt wiggling in the air. precious. and hearing the smacking of his hands while they hit and flap the ground is the best. you always know when bronson is entering a room. getting pretty good at pulling to standing. not as wobbly as before. starting to transfer around the furniture a bit. once in a while i will see him trying to stand up to his feet from standing without any support. i tell him he's not quite ready for this and to slow down please. learning to sit back down, meaning learning to fall safely, is getting less frightening. i used to freak, but now he squats down to sitting position. way less panic attacks now. 

BITING:yes, he bites. not while feeding. but he bites your fat. like the arm. or dada's chest. or my left over belly fat. man does it hurt. i try not to yelp, but it's impossible. i've read if you have such a big reaction, they are more likely to continue to bite because they see they can get a reaction out of you. 

anyways, here are some pics of the last couple weeks. also please sent good vibes to my kitty elliot who is at the vet right now with a 103 degree fever. hasn't had any food or water for 3 days. they are putting him on iv fluids and meds and doing blood work. 

and thank you Zsa Zsa for coming to visit bronson and me!!!