Torrey Pines

Today we recreated a normal Saturday of two years ago: we met Jennifer in Del Mar at the Stratford Cafe and then hiked Torrey Pines. The beach access has been repaired since we were here last and thank goodness we didn't have to backtrack up the hill and were able to walk back along the beach. Brandt slept for the entire hike which is a good thing because he would have wanted to get down and get dirty/sandy/wet.

Somehow I found the energy to hit Ikea after all that hiking. I can't come to California and not visit Ikea! Brandt had a blast playing in the kiddie area.

But the biggest news of today is that Brandt signed "bird." Of course he didn't do it for the Flip, but I tried to take a video nonetheless. And he still seems to be a one-sign-at-a-time kind of guy. First "milk" meant gimme that, then "toilet" meant everything, and now "bird" seems to be his catchall sign.