It's That Time Again

Howdy people,
It's that time again for me. It's time to Decide, Commit, Succeed! It's time to get back to P90X. Last year my lovely wife Jody and I went on the extreme home fitness program, and actually completed the thing. It was really hard, and definitely intense, but it was so satisfying at the end to have completed it. I didn't bulk up as much as I had wanted to, but I got very lean, and in crazy shape. Alas, that was right before Christmas, and things haven't been the same since. I've been very busy at work, and family life has gotten exciting with a new baby on the way. Naturally exercise went on the wayside for me. I've really begun to notice the changes in my body since I started, and I don't like it. So, it's back to workouts for me! I'm going to try to eat a little more strictly to what the diet guide suggested this time, and coca-cola... my kryptonite, I'm afraid you and I are done. Last time we did P90X I actually was able to go without it for the entire 90 days plus. However shortly after, I got back into it and it's been down hill from there. Anyone who says soft drinks aren't addicting is in denial.
So I will be starting my program on June 7th. I have bought the supplies, and I'm raring to go! Next week will be my fitness test, and pre P90X pictures. I can't say yet weather I'll want to share those with you yet, but I'll definitely give you the results of my fitness test, matched up with my end results from the last round of P90X. I am interested to see how far back my fitness has really gone. Mostly, my driving factor in all of this is my desire to be a better example of health for my kids. Right now daddy is a junk food abuser, and it's not a good example. I don't want my life to be shortened anymore by bad health, and I don't want the lives of my kids to be affected by poor habits in eating and exercise. So, here is to success at the end of this program in August! See you all at the finish line!

It's a Boy!!!

Hello everybody, I want to introduce you to the newest member of the Crane Clan! On Monday the tenth we had our big ultrasound to find out the sex of our baby. The boy was a lot like his older brother and left absolutely no doubt as to his parts. I worry that my kids have a bit of an exhibitionist streak in them.
So this is our new little boy, he is doing well, and developing right on schedule. Both Mom and baby are healthy for that matter. We got a full list of photo's from the Ultrasound which were amazing. I'm blown away with what you could see in the pictures. We got to see his little face, and hands, fingers, toes, and legs. Because his skin is still transparent, you could see his little bones too. Simply amazing.
With the arrival of this new little guy, I now have a good defensive pairing for the NHL. Just kidding. But believe me, life is going to be lots of fun with all the sports going on in the house. I'm looking forward to watching plenty of hockey with my boys, and playing tons of sports with them. Colton is already well on his way, and this little guy will not be too much farther behind.
Now the task upon us is deciding a name for him. last time it was fairly simple. This time not so much. Probably because we were preparing a bit more for it to be a girl. I will appeal to the general public for feedback on this, and feel free to offer suggestions, just don't be offended if we don't take them. Thus far the top names in the running are as follows in order of our preference:
Hayden
Brody
Preston
Kelyn (Kel-in)
Owen
To give you a heads up, we don't want a name that will be too common, such as John, Robert, Andrew, etc. So try to avoid those if you want to submit a suggestion. If you want to venture guesses as to his birthday and weight, we are taking those as well and adding them to his baby book. According to the ultrasounds, Jody is due October 5th. Can't wait to hear the responses! By the way, if you want to see some more ultrasound photo's, Jody has them posted on her Facebook.