we're screwed!

Got the baby gate last Friday. This video was taken last night (Tuesday). Not even a week and she's figured it out.

Lovely.

pics 12/07 to 12/16/2008

the latest...

It's been a while since I've updated you on what new tricks Molly has learned. Well, now that she's walking all over the place it's a whole new world. Her pony has helped her figure out how to get her leg up and over so she has recently started using this new skill to get herself in to and out of the bath tub. She just likes to go in there and play with her bath toys for a bit and then go on about her day. Or sometimes she'll sit in there and make splashing motions while being really loud which is her oh-so-subtle way of telling you she'd like a bath please. It does not matter if she just had a bath. The girl loves water.

Molly also threw the ball to N seven times yesterday. Actually threw it to him and then mostly caught it when he tossed it back to her. So much for starting out with the rolling of the ball back n' forth on the ground.

Molly also loves her buttons. If she manages to snag one of the remotes she will press one button with one finger and then look up to see if anything happened. Little cutie has already figured out cause and effect. She will now only visit certain toys and press the button that does the most and then move on completely ignoring everything else the toy can do. She wants the money shot and nothing less.

Molly is also *very* interested in the new gate we got for the doorway leading into N's office. We've been holding off on going too crazy with the whole childproofing thing because Molly understands no and seems to get it when certain things are off limits. However, the office is one place that is always going to be dangerous for her to wander into so we decided to get a gate. Plus it keeps the cats sequestered away from whatever dogs we happen to be watching for friends. She will stop and study the latch and has tried pressing and lifting a few things. Her dexterity isn't there yet to lift up the latch and swing the gate open, but I have a feeling she's going to figure out the mechanics of the whole thing sooner rather than later.

Another love is music. Molly likes to get down with her bad self and dance dance dance. It's very amusing to see the different dances she does for different types of music. When hip hop comes on she shakes her booty. When it's gangster rap she will raise her arms up and sway them back n' forth. When heavy metal comes on she will literally bang her head. She also bops along to daddy's techno and really gets into mommy's music. The other night she whipped her head around when The Evil Powers of Rock and Roll by The Supersuckers came on. She then got completely into it (she was strapped into her booster seat having dinner at the time). All of her arms and legs were going along with her head banging up and down. It was hilarious!

Just standin around.

Mommy and daddy put me in shoes and now I am unable to walk. I can only stand, I don't like these shoes, I will stand here until forever.

Happy Birthday Logan!

Logan Avery Shipman turns one today. Happy Birthday Logan!

It is also Julie's b.day today so a Happy Birthday to her too!

fancy schmancy entertainment center

When we got our new fancy schmancy tv a few months back we decided to finally pay California Closets a visit and finally get the built ins we've been talking about since we moved in. Plus, childproofing! Today they installed it. Check it out:

Before:



After:



Now the shelves on the far left and far right have cabinet doors that go from the floor to the ceiling. They are custom and the wrong size was sent so the correct size has been ordered and hopefully will be installed in the next few weeks. I'll take another pic once all our gear has been put in (N's job as it involves wires n' stuff).

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You Tube Holiday Party - 80's Prom

You Tube Holiday Party - 80's Prom - 12/05/2008

Last night was You Tube's Holiday Party. The theme was 80's prom. Well, since I never went to prom, and this probably wouldn't have been any different had my prom actually been in the 80's, I decided to take liberty with the theme and concentrate more on the 80's part than the prom part. N still has his wig from when he dressed up like a woman, so I based his costume around that and 80's rock god was born. I then quickly decided to dress up as a punk rawk chick as I still had my combat boots. One trip to the mall later and we were all set. It's a little scary how much 80's stuff is readily available these days. Are we really that old that the tacky stuff we wore when we were kids is already back in style? Or is the cycle getting shorter? When I saw one young girl at the mall carrying a hot pink cassette boom box purse I found myself wondering if she even knew what a cassette tape was... I then realized I must have felt just like my dad did when I was a teenager and he saw that I had just bought the same albums that he had on vinyl 20 years earlier.

Anyway, the party was fun even though both N and I weren't feeling 100%. Although N did comment that he could tell he was now working for a much bigger company since he hardly recognized anyone. I'm sure the outfits didn't help, but this was definitely MUCH bigger than the first You Tube Holiday party I went to when they still had the offices above that pizza place.

Hope you enjoy the pictures!

pics 11/30 to 12/03/2008

Mischief time!

Daddy! Everyone is sleeping, what trouble should I get into! ;) Its okay tho, daddy was in another room... wondering why it was so quiet. So mommy is gonna go take a nap now.

and apparently Molly's a magician...

Molly likes to take the insoles out of N's sneakers and walk around flapping them above her head. Trust me, it's freakin' adorable. Anyway, this morning as N is getting ready to head out to Starbucks for some hard work, he goes to put on his shoes and the insoles are missing. I remember Molly walking around with them this morning as I was feeding the dogs so we start looking around. Well, after three laps it's starting to get ridiculous. She's two and a half feet tall, there's only so many places she can get into. We can't find them so N puts on his Uggs and goes on his way. I keep looking. And looking. And looking.

Finally get down with a flashlight to look under the entertainment center. There's probably about an inch of clearance. I spot a few small toys, but not the insoles. I then scan over to look under the couch and A-ha! There they are! There's barely a half an inch of clearance under the couch so she really had to shove them under there. Spotted a few more items that I couldn't quite reach so N's going to have to pull that up for me later so I can clear them out.

Never underestimate the small crevices kids can shove things. Lesson learned.