Brandon's Talking Video

Some of you may remember the talking video I made of Matthew or the one of Cameron. I figured it's about time I finished up Brandon's. (Most of these videos were recorded between age 2 and 2 1/2). 

Enjoy!

Brandon's 3rd Birthday

Brandon had a monster themed birthday party with his Crane cousins. I wish I could have captured some of his excitement on video or better on camera. I guess I'm just used to my other boy's lack of expression/excitement at times, but Brandon didn't hold back. He LOVED all of the decorations and had a blast running around.

 Making monster bags...

 Monster creations...

monster creations, bowling, finger puppets and bags...

eyeball races...

 monster bowling...

 monster kids...

cousins...

Grandma Crane & Brandon

showing off his presents...

and blowing out the candles..

Happy Birthday Brandon my 3 year-old!

6 boys

A few weekends ago we were able to get together with the Starrs from dental school. It is fun because we each have 3 boys and are both pregnant with a girl! 

Matthew, Aiden, Logan, Carson & Brandon

Logan & Brandon

Matthew, Aiden & Cameron

Carson & Brandon

Just for fun - I've included a few pictures below from when we lived in San Francisco. 

Carson & Brandon

We miss all of our San Francisco friends!!!

Pregnancy thoughts

It’s amazing how many people comment on the fact that you are pregnant. They’ll ask when you are due and then make a comment like, “oh you have that much left” or, “I thought you were farther along” sometimes followed up by, “well it is your 4^th” Some people will try to compliment by saying, “your tiny” but then you start to wonder whether something is wrong and your baby is not growing properly. I’ve decided the best thing to say to someone that is pregnant is, “you look great” and leave it at that. Now, with that said, I’m not one to take offense, but I do find it interesting how much people like to comment on your “baby bump.”

I’m officially to 33 weeks now (for perspective Matthew came at 27 and Brandon at 29). One more week and I can deliver at the local hospital! Now who knows, I’ll probably go all the way to my due date (March 3^rd) or maybe I’ll even be late, but the worry of having an early baby/one that will have to stay in the NICU decreases every day. Braxton hicks are definitely starting to pick up now (several per day) but so far, no labor progress. The boys are really cute when it comes to their little baby sister. Matthew always wants to see if he can feel her kick. I’m just a bit worried about how Brandon will react when she arrives. Only time will tell…

Post-Christmas Fun

Scott worked December 26 & 27th and then we headed back to Scott's parents house to be with everyone again. 

Mindy & Garet hosted a murder mystery dinner for the adults

Gracie's birthday is New Year's Eve, so we got a double celebration

And on our last day together we had to get some pictures with Hannah before she headed back to Utah

Fun times!

Christmas morning

Christmas morning we opened presents at our house. 

I think this is the first Christmas the the boys played with their toys all day Christmas (and the next two days before we went back to grandma's). Amazingly there wasn't a whole lot of fighting/arguing. 

Scott made Christmas dinner all by himself, while I sat around relaxing. 

Couldn't have been better.