We another busy weekend, starting Friday night, when we went out to dinner for my aunt’s birthday. He slept over my mom’s after the party, which let us catch up on some much-needed sleep. I didn’t get up until 10am!! That’s unheard of ’round these parts.
Yesterday, we went to a wedding. It was in the late afternoon at a beautiful location in the city. But since we were sans Brandon, we caught a quick lunch with Kenny, Rachel and Cameron. It’s amazing how fast they grow – I think it’s only been two weeks since we’ve seen them, but Cameron has gotten so big since then. We picked my mom up, and drove up to find parking. The site was beautiful – you’d never expect it until you got inside – I think the rest of the other floors were just offices or bank-related. Although the ceremony was short, Brandon was not able to sit through it. He wasn’t young enough like the other babies, where, as long as they were fed and dry, they sat quietly. He wasn’t fussy, he just wanted to talk to us! We kept trying to tell him it was NOT the time to talk. So Dave took him outside, way outside. I’m surprised he got him outside without him wailing, because he knew he was in trouble. He only wanted to come back, but Dave ended up walking him outside to Chinatown. He cried the entire time, wanting back into the ceremony. They were gone such a long time, way after the ceremony had ended. The couple had rented a photo booth, but I wanted to take the pictures with them, so I had to wait until they got back. When they got back, Brandon had tears in his eyes, and just wanted to look for my mom. He knows he can get away with more when she’s around. So Dave and I waited our turn in the photo booth line, and then got Brandon as we got closer. While we were waiting, we took this picture:
Yesterday, we went to a wedding. It was in the late afternoon at a beautiful location in the city. But since we were sans Brandon, we caught a quick lunch with Kenny, Rachel and Cameron. It’s amazing how fast they grow – I think it’s only been two weeks since we’ve seen them, but Cameron has gotten so big since then. We picked my mom up, and drove up to find parking. The site was beautiful – you’d never expect it until you got inside – I think the rest of the other floors were just offices or bank-related. Although the ceremony was short, Brandon was not able to sit through it. He wasn’t young enough like the other babies, where, as long as they were fed and dry, they sat quietly. He wasn’t fussy, he just wanted to talk to us! We kept trying to tell him it was NOT the time to talk. So Dave took him outside, way outside. I’m surprised he got him outside without him wailing, because he knew he was in trouble. He only wanted to come back, but Dave ended up walking him outside to Chinatown. He cried the entire time, wanting back into the ceremony. They were gone such a long time, way after the ceremony had ended. The couple had rented a photo booth, but I wanted to take the pictures with them, so I had to wait until they got back. When they got back, Brandon had tears in his eyes, and just wanted to look for my mom. He knows he can get away with more when she’s around. So Dave and I waited our turn in the photo booth line, and then got Brandon as we got closer. While we were waiting, we took this picture:
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Then we got back our family photos – Brandon was able to do his “Mean (aka Mah) Face”, “Surprised Face”, “Sad Face”, and “Happy Face” all on command!
Brandon had fun dancing – that was what he was waiting for all night long. He tried to go dance with the Father/Daughter dance and we had to reign him back in. When we asked him if it was time to leave, he said, “No, I don’t want to go.” He was having too much fun – there were so many extended cousins and friends to play and dance with him. My uncle was surprised how well-behaved he was – he was sitting in a real chair, no high chair and ate chicken strips, carrots, and tater tots. Dave and I confiscated the juice as he was plenty hyper. He wondered if Brandon was ever in a bad mood; I told him if he was tired, it was all over. He said he wanted to wait and see what he looked like when he was in a bad mood. Lucky it didn’t happen until we got into the car! He didn’t want to change out of his party clothes into his jammies, but he did let me brush his teeth. It took him all of 5 minutes (maybe less) to fall asleep – it was 1045pm! His eyes were so bloodshot. We dropped my mom back off, switched cars (we had taken hers), and made the transfer with him sleeping the whole way. We even plopped him on our bed just to make sure we could all go to sleep in peace (we’re so lazy). Today, we had a Halloween party at Decki’s! We got Brandon dressed up half-way, then finished him off when we actually got to the house. We told him everyone else would be in their costumes, so he had to dress up, too. As always, they all had fun; sure there were a few squabbles here and there over toys. The biter was there with his mom and older sister. It was all I could do to not ask the mom about what she’s doing about it. She was interestingly enough, not really even watching her kid! She was reading a magazine, while her son played with Brandon and Decki, while her older daughter was eating a cupcake and watching TV. Great parenting – no wonder why her kid’s all messed up. You would think she would be more vigilent because her husband wasn’t there, but nope. It was Dave and I watching all three kids. Whatever. We left when there was a big group of people leaving – it was the only way to get out and have Brandon be agreeable. We can’t even use our normal threat of “Ok, we’re going, I guess you’re going to stay here.” It wouldn’t work in this situation because he’d be happy to stay behind. We didn’t get a good picture of him this time at the party (too busy parenting other kids?), but we have one of him from earlier when we first tried it on…
Brandon is the most adorable pirate I have ever seen =)