Needless to say, it was a busy weekend. I got home from a short trip to Utah Thursday night, then after a day of catch up and Sprout Shell stuff, we headed quickly into a whirlwind of activity over the “holiday.”

Saturday morning we continued our condo search, with a mixture of results. We found one we LOVE that’s in an ok area, and then one we like a lot in an area that we like a lot better. It’s so frustrating!

On our way home the Getty Center beckoned. We haven’t been there together, and figured Brit would like the gardens. By the time we got to the top–an hour later–we were questioning our sanity, but it turned into a fun trip and we learned about the gardens there.

Brit really wanted to go into the water…we had to hold him back.

He likes the view from Daddy’s shoulders and had fun in this sculpture garden.

Very interesting poppies that looked like ladybugs. Brit wanted to touch all the flowers.

Sunday was spent relaxing and recovering from our adventure.  But, we couldn’t “waste” the holiday and sit around, so Monday’s activity was the Aquarium of the Pacific. We love having our season passes because we feel like if we’re only there a couple of hours we’re not wasting our money. Brit likes it more and more each time we go.  To prepare Brit has been practicing his sign language and now signs “fish” and calls them “shsh”

The rays were very interesting.

There was even a friendly ray who kept coming up to the surface and sticking his “arm” out of the water and shaking hands with people. Brit even got to feel a couple of times.

The friendly ray.

Squirting squids got Brit’s hand…over and over again…

Adoring the fish.

We had a fun day and ended up in Glendale to check out the area there. We really like it. It feels almost small town even though it’s right outside LA. We’ll see if we can find anything there.

Brit’s new favorite thing is his Baby Signing Time. He has learned how to turn on the DVD player–somehow he hits the right button every time–or he brings us the case. He’ll watch is 3 times in a row! Even today I turned it off because he wasn’t watching and he came back and turned it on again. When the first song called “Baby Signing Time” starts he makes the “baby” sign and then is glued to it the rest of the time.

He loves his milk too, and now that he signs for it, if we don’t get it fast enough, he’ll bring us empty cartons from the recycling to make sure we know what he’s talking about. Silly baby. He will now sign “eat” and today he FINALLY started to sign “drink” though, he can kind of say it, so sometimes it’s not necessary. He’ll sign “banana” and his other new favorite is “thank you.” He knows what other ones are though if we show him, he knows what they mean.

Another new trick we’re not sure how he learned is shaking his head no. He doesn’t do yes–even when that would be the obvious answer. But, when he doesn’t want something he’ll definitely let us know with an emphatic shake of the head. And, since he is a big fan of standing up in his high chair when he wants out, he now stands up and shakes his hands “all done” too.

He loves to dance and any time there is music he stomps his feet and moves around. We are having so much fun with him. There is something new all the time…next post? His new talent.