That’s one of Britton’s favorite sayings these days. Today we’re talking about why I keep talking about being back in LA. Some have asked, others already know…but since we’re not really sure who knows and who doesn’t at this point, I figured I’d just get it out there.

Britton is in a tv show. He plays Ian on All My Children. Mark just asked if this post was hard for me to write…yes it is. Don’t get me wrong, we’re very proud of him, but I’m not really into bragging about it.

He got the role back in March just before his birthday. He has had an agent since he was about 9 months old, but has only done 3 things…including this. First was his movie Growth–which is out now by the way–the pilot of Cougartown, and AMC. He got the role primarily because he looked like the boy they cast as his older brother. They brought him in, the casting director had him follow a few simple directions and thought he was really cute, so he was hired.

We had just 2 shoot dates then…one on his Birthday. Then the next one wasn’t until July! He didn’t do so well for the 2nd two. He was tired since they don’t really work with nap times, and didn’t know these people so he got a bit whiny and cried. He didn’t make the shots.

Then we moved. We figured it would stay about the same, so we would just had a few trips here and there back to LA and visit people. But no, he suddenly had TONS of shoot dates. We knew about the first couple well in advance. September 22nd. That’s why we were really hoping Kaia would come early so that she’d be a little older before we had to get back to LA.

Why didn’t we quit? I mean, we never planned on this being a career for him. It was just something for fun while we lived there. I was happy he didn’t get lots of auditions and work. I didn’t have time for that. But, we’d just paid big bucks to get him in the union (required) and so he hadn’t even started building up his college fund yet.

So, anyway, we went to LA thinking it would be for a month. But it’s now pushed to the end of November. There have been 1-3 shoot dates a week, and they change a lot, so we have only had a couple of chances to come home. Luckily we’ve been able to stay with family, and my mom has been able to take him (and I’ve come too, most of the time) to the set. He makes sure he does what he needs to do and he acts a lot better for her than for me anyway. We couldn’t have done it without her.

It’s been rough, especially since Kaia’s so new and Mark hasn’t been able to see her much. And, it’s hard not being at your own house for so long–even though our hosts are amazing. But, we’ll see how it goes till the end of the year, and after that we’ll have to see.

So, there it is–way longer than I planned. If anyone wants to know when his episodes will air let me know.