Hoooray!!! No more crummy pictures!

While I know the blog is about Bryson, I thought I'd share that with the help of my generous family, I was able to get a BRAND SPANKIN' NEW camera for my birthday (it's a Canon Rebel xSi in case you're interested, 12 mega pixels baby). So, YAY, for no more crummy, blurry pictures!

Can you tell the difference? It's crisp, it's clear and I just took the darn thing out of the box... I don't even know how to use it yet and I feel like everythings already a million times better. And Bryson's thrilled too, can you tell?

**Edited to add that as I am taking these pictures the camera breaks! Can you believe it, a piece came off internally, I had the camera for a day, I took 15 pictures. Neatless to say I got a new one the next day!**

Potty Machine

We're still working on it and having decent success! I can't wait to post that he's potty trained. Until he's ready, we'll take what we can get! Please pardon the hair, apparently wearing spikey hair to bed produces quite the bed head look in the morning!

Hamming it up!

He's really getting into having his picture taken... can you tell by the pose? He's saying cheese in case you can't tell!

Here he is with his buddy Tim... good think Uncle Tim likes to play, 'cuz that's all Bryce wanted to do! Uncle Tim is after all just a big kid himself!

Swim Lessons

Bryson is clearly part fish... these are pictures from his first round of swim lessons... Bryson is one of the oldest kids in the calss and really doing an amazing job. He jumps of the edge and turns to find the wall, scoops, kicks, goes under water, keeps his mouth closed and lets his instructor carry him around the pool... it's like he's not even my child!! We take this class with our friends Amber and Braydon as well as Bridget and Patrick.

It's been a while!

I'm attempting to update!! Bear with me... and in the meantime, checkout this face!!

I'm sorry!

Sorry I haven't updated it such a long time. What little spare time I have, I try to get the daily blog updated! If you're missing out pictures of Bryson, be sure to check out the other blog! I will keep up dating this with Bryson's milestones and fun activities!

A visit to the museum...

We went to the DuPage County Children's Museum with Marlene and Maya. Both kiddos slept on the way there and were in a relatively decent mood when we got there. It took Bryson some time to warm up to the place but once he did, he had a great time with Maya. I think Bryce's favorite part was the wind tunnel, which is funny because he really doesn't like wind. Maya loved the water table and managed to stay dry herself while soaking Bryce! He thought it was great!! Afterwards we went to the mommy's favorite restaurant, Noodles. It was a great day!

Potty Training... oh my!

We're still in the midst of trying to potty train Bryce. Some days he does great, other days not so much. Here are just a couple of snap shots to show his effort! Oh and an exapmle of his crazy obsession with his toes!

Miss Maya

Just wanted to share a picture of Maya... she's growing soo fast and is just as cute as a button. We love having Marlene, Tony and Maya over for dinner and try to do it at least once a week!

Gym Class

Every Monday morning, Bryce and I go to gym class. Each gym class begins with stretching and a 'warm-up' song. Then we do an obstacle course and a few acticities. Bryson took some time to warm up to his teacher, Coach Jen, but having our friends Smitha and Anya there helps a lot! In just a few months Bryson has amazed me with his new skills. He can walk the balance beam while only holding one of my hands, he can hold on the the bars and swing, he can do sommersaults very well and loves to flip backwards over the rolling mats.