Brandon's Blog

Brandon has just started blogging. He says it will be about random stuff he feels like talking about, but mostly about medical advice, and since he is a pediatrician it will be mostly about kids. If you know Brandon you will understand and appreciate his humor. Check it out here! If you like, you can add him to your blogroll.

Kid update

Here are the latest pictures I took of Annie. I'm not trying to brag (OK maybe a little), but Annie is such a easy baby. I enjoy her so much, she is almost always pleasant and sleeps so well. I'm so grateful for this sweet baby who has joined our family.

I got a lot of comments on her hair bow. Please participate in the poll about her hair bow on the side. You can be honest, I'll still put it on her even if you don't like it.

Brandon got us Wii for Valentine's Day. Matt is in love with Wii Mario Kart.

Kate just got a hair cut, she wanted to go really short like a little bob, but I couldn't do it, so I only let her go to her shoulders, which still is a big change. Today, when we were getting ready for church Kate asked me to do her hair like her Mii (her Wii Character). Kate also asked me if a woman could be president and said she wants to be the President of the United States when she grows up(she's learning about the Presidents at school). I her asked her if she wanted to be a mommy and told her it would be hard to be a mommy and the President. She said "well why can't the daddy take care of the kids". I told her he could, but it is such a great job that I have that I think she would want to stay home and take care of the kids and she said "well then I'll hurry and do my president job and then hurry home to spend time with the kids".

Kate's Mii

Our Mii Family

Annie's Blessing

Today was Annie's blessing. She wore the same dress Kate was blessed in. Brandon blessed her that she would be a great missionary, that she would have an eternal family someday, and that she will have faith and strength to get through adversity that comes to her. She was very good during the blessing and everyone who participated commented that she just stared at Brandon the whole time. She is such a happy and pleasant baby.

New Annie pics.

I've been getting some complaints that we haven't put up enough pics of Annie. So this should whet your appetite. Life is kind of returned to normal, just more crowded in the house. I'm back at work and Jackie started running again yesterday (you can't keep a good woman down). I warned her marathons were addictive.

If you can't tell, this was posted by Brandon, not Jackie

Here's Annie:

OK, Annie finally decided to join us after 40 2/7 weeks of cooking. Not without a little gentle push with induced labor, however. She was born on 11/28 at 11:29PM. We think she really didn't want a Thanksgiving birthday, because she was 31 minutes from never having a birthday on Thanksgiving, but now due to her mean parents and doctors, she will have a Thanksgiving birthday about one every 7 years. She was our biggest 8 lbs 7 oz and 20 1/4 in long. Both mom and baby are doing well and will be coming home this afternoon.



This was posted by Brandon

Smiths Cover

Here's part two of Kate singing alternative hits of the 80's:
The Smiths - Please please please let me get what I want

Cure cover

Here's Kate on youtube doing a cover of the Cure (from a few years ago):