http://brittanycrane.com Benton, Brittany and Hallie Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:15:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Welcome to the new year everyone! I thought that I would post a few updates on our little family. The most recent Hallie news is that she learned to roll over yesterday. Yeah!! Dad has been practicing hard with her. She is also sleeping through the night as long as she ... http://brittanycrane.com/2009/01/06/update-for-the-new-year/ Ben's sister came home from her mission yesterday. She served in the California, Anaheim mission and was probably one of the best sister missionaries that there ever was! We weren't able to be there to pick her up at the airport, but we were able to talk to her on ... http://brittanycrane.com/2008/12/17/welcome-home-alix/ I've noticed, and you may have too, that the media has been telling the public that in order to SAVE our economy we need to go out and SPEND more.  This is completely false. How can spending money that we don't have help us.  I learned yesterday that the government ... http://brittanycrane.com/2008/12/17/the-economy-myth/ Hallie is now four months old and she is getting more attitude everyday.  She constantly demands attention and she never seems to stop talking. She really does get cuter everyday. Hallie's stats: Weight: 14 lbs 4 oz (64 percentile) Height: 25 inches (77 percentile) A little unexpected. :) Hallie ate cereal for the first ... http://brittanycrane.com/2008/12/16/4-months-old/ Hallie's new favorite place (besides mommy's arms) is under the Christmas tree. Last night Ben laid her down and sat next to her while she played with her rattle. The day before I had put an ornament down on the bottom branch so she could see it better. Little did ... http://brittanycrane.com/2008/12/10/my-little-ball-player/ Since Hallie has been on Zantac things have gotten better. Although we haven't gotten rid of the nickname "pill face" just yet.  Here are some recent pictures of our little pill face. pulling funny faces checking out the Christmas tree having some daddy-daughter time sucking on her favorite treat-apples tummy time mommy's favorite time http://brittanycrane.com/2008/12/08/171/ Typical Missionaries This makes me smile and remember my mission. Good times. I loved my mission!! http://brittanycrane.com/2008/12/04/missionary-work/ It's the middle of the night and once again I'm up with my three month old.  Instead of watching dirty T.V. I thought I'd blog about a simple conclusion I've come to. Why Blogs are so successful....especially among women. #1~ Women love gossip.  That doesn't necessarily mean we all watch Entertainment ... http://brittanycrane.com/2008/12/01/why-blogs-are-so-successful/ Ben doesn't like the texture of pumpkin pie and so he usually misses out. This year his mom gave me a recipe for Pumpkin Squares, claiming that he would like it.  Boy did he ever! These pumpkin squares were easy to make and a hit at our Thanksgiving table. In ... http://brittanycrane.com/2008/12/01/better-than-pumpkin-pie/ Hallie's future dancer outfit. All except the bunny slippers, you can't dance in those. Hallie our little couch potato. Actually this only lasts a few minutes. I wish it were longer!! http://brittanycrane.com/2008/11/28/153/