Hey guys! So we put some more pictures online.
http://picasaweb.google.com/ian.huff/Molly32908
The majority of them are from my mom's visit. (I have some more pics on the camera that I need to download. Most of these were taken when we got back from our night away). Mom was so happy that things went smoothly w/ the baby so I had to record this momentous occasion (Molly's first night away from the parents!). I guess Molly got a little ticked at Mom for waking her up from her nap (we told her that we usually wake her up if she sleeps longer then 2 hours). Poor Mom was so traumatized that she refused to wake up Molly for the remainder of her visit. However after that Molly was a little angel. She did figure out how to wrap grandma around her little finger. The little con artist has figured out how to hold her arms out beseechingly when you lay her down to go to sleep. We can resist this plea but it turned out to be too much for grandma. Needless to say our baby was held a lot. :) Mom H we can't wait for you to come out. Molly is turning into an adorable little person! It's so much fun to see what she'll do next. You're going to have a blast in May.
The rest of the pictures are from my Babyrobics class. Molly is dressed her in fashionable leg warmers & her geeky onsie from Uncle Jon & Aunt Laura (I was running late that day & I couldn't find matching leg warmers so she's a little mismatched ... ah well!) Enjoy the pics! Hey soon we'll have the Larsen's baby pics on the blog too. So excited guys! :)
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Friday, March 28, 2008
So I stole it
Just one of the many reasons why I loathe SUVs. They are TOO TALL!
Is that enough Os & Ts to emphasize my point there, toto?
I’m not in the Wizard of Oz, or any other fictional setting, I’m just driving down a normal street. People have been doing this a lot to me lately—swerving out of the way of stuff. I almost rear-ended some dude on Lakeshore getting out of the way of a black-plastic bag. I guess it LOOKED solid. Then a lady swerved around a ball. People will swerve around pretty much everything.
Maybe they know something I don’t. Or should I say “DIDN’T” until today.
Because when that SUV swerved into the next lane, and I calmly drove straight forward (really I had little choice, I follow pretty close, and since that’s pretty much the norm around here, openings into the other lane are just as disappointingly infrequent as holes in that cheap swiss cheese they’re always forlornly pimping at the deli counter). Anyway, I drove straight forward into a construction cone. A construction cone! What a misnomer!! I mean, we were in the general vicinity of a Pepsi truck. Unless they're literally building a soft-drink empire, I don't see how we can call this a construction cone.
So, while I can’t fathom how exactly that cone got into my lane (or why the Pepsi people were too lazy to pick it up…), I sure hit it.
And I had this vague idea that it would, like, rebound off my bumper ala a cattle-catcher and just tumble harmlessly into the gutter. NOPE. As any of you who’ve had the sadistic urge to maul a bright orange cone will know, they LODGE up in your WHEEL WELL.
See, the top of a cone is all soft and inviting. And the BOTTOM of a cone is a reinforced, stiff, ugly, cantankerous thing.
What’s great about having a cone in your wheel well is that suddenly you’re the center of attention. I mean, probably only 2 cars saw me run over that cone. But EVERYONE in a 6 block radius HEARD me do it.
That cone. That cone in the wheel well? Well, that wheel turns man. And just like a record makes noise, my axle played that cone for all it was worth. I even kept at it for a couple blocks (under the impression that I’m just dragging the thing under my car and driving over some pot-holes (see, I’m still looking for a bright-side to these things)) thinking that I could dislodge it.
A cone in your wheel well is like an emergency brake on steroids. It’s a great big Barry Bonds type emergency brake and it smells like one too. So, I pulled over into a Wendy’s. They have a tasty frosty I thought. Then I parked it and backed up. Still hopeful, see. Nope—NO CONE came out from under my car!? So I re-parked it and discovered the wheel well thing. Makes sense really.
Again, that bottom part of the cone is like a two inch thick piece of cartilage or something. I’ve independently discovered the same urge that makes people want to eat shark-fin soup. Anger.
Trying to bend that thing was like trying to launch a catapult with your bare hands. The last time I was tested on spatial perception might have been fifth grade, but the first time I used that particular skill was today. I bent, pulled, grunted, tugged, rotated, and spit on that thing until I finally figured out how to get it into an orientation that would just allow me to get the hell back on the road and get to work. I tell you, I am now going to swerve. From now on!
Some of you higher-minded types might have driven back there to return it to the Pepsi guys. Some of you lower-minded types might have been tempted to…and give ‘em something all right. Not me. I put it in the trunk.
Is that enough Os & Ts to emphasize my point there, toto?
I’m not in the Wizard of Oz, or any other fictional setting, I’m just driving down a normal street. People have been doing this a lot to me lately—swerving out of the way of stuff. I almost rear-ended some dude on Lakeshore getting out of the way of a black-plastic bag. I guess it LOOKED solid. Then a lady swerved around a ball. People will swerve around pretty much everything.
Maybe they know something I don’t. Or should I say “DIDN’T” until today.
Because when that SUV swerved into the next lane, and I calmly drove straight forward (really I had little choice, I follow pretty close, and since that’s pretty much the norm around here, openings into the other lane are just as disappointingly infrequent as holes in that cheap swiss cheese they’re always forlornly pimping at the deli counter). Anyway, I drove straight forward into a construction cone. A construction cone! What a misnomer!! I mean, we were in the general vicinity of a Pepsi truck. Unless they're literally building a soft-drink empire, I don't see how we can call this a construction cone.
So, while I can’t fathom how exactly that cone got into my lane (or why the Pepsi people were too lazy to pick it up…), I sure hit it.
And I had this vague idea that it would, like, rebound off my bumper ala a cattle-catcher and just tumble harmlessly into the gutter. NOPE. As any of you who’ve had the sadistic urge to maul a bright orange cone will know, they LODGE up in your WHEEL WELL.
See, the top of a cone is all soft and inviting. And the BOTTOM of a cone is a reinforced, stiff, ugly, cantankerous thing.
What’s great about having a cone in your wheel well is that suddenly you’re the center of attention. I mean, probably only 2 cars saw me run over that cone. But EVERYONE in a 6 block radius HEARD me do it.
That cone. That cone in the wheel well? Well, that wheel turns man. And just like a record makes noise, my axle played that cone for all it was worth. I even kept at it for a couple blocks (under the impression that I’m just dragging the thing under my car and driving over some pot-holes (see, I’m still looking for a bright-side to these things)) thinking that I could dislodge it.
A cone in your wheel well is like an emergency brake on steroids. It’s a great big Barry Bonds type emergency brake and it smells like one too. So, I pulled over into a Wendy’s. They have a tasty frosty I thought. Then I parked it and backed up. Still hopeful, see. Nope—NO CONE came out from under my car!? So I re-parked it and discovered the wheel well thing. Makes sense really.
Again, that bottom part of the cone is like a two inch thick piece of cartilage or something. I’ve independently discovered the same urge that makes people want to eat shark-fin soup. Anger.
Trying to bend that thing was like trying to launch a catapult with your bare hands. The last time I was tested on spatial perception might have been fifth grade, but the first time I used that particular skill was today. I bent, pulled, grunted, tugged, rotated, and spit on that thing until I finally figured out how to get it into an orientation that would just allow me to get the hell back on the road and get to work. I tell you, I am now going to swerve. From now on!
Some of you higher-minded types might have driven back there to return it to the Pepsi guys. Some of you lower-minded types might have been tempted to…and give ‘em something all right. Not me. I put it in the trunk.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Wanna buy a condo?
Here's the link to our condo pictures and virtual tours. Ooh, check out how clean and sparkling everything is... And it's still pretty easy to keep everything clean, especially since we can stow the laptop and hard drive under the table.
Thanks, mom! Thanks, dad!
Thanks, mom! Thanks, dad!
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Capo-rific
Two songs - both using capo (to accommodate my non-rock-star register), are up on my site.
It appears as though my 'braver 5 minutes' are nearly half-way over. More on the way, and I hope you like.
Jon
It appears as though my 'braver 5 minutes' are nearly half-way over. More on the way, and I hope you like.
Jon
Thursday, March 13, 2008
check out our 4 month old!
Guess who is turning over?! Molly turns over from her back to her tummy! Such a strong girl. :)
check out our latest pics
http://picasaweb.google.com/ian.huff/Molly31308
check out our latest pics
http://picasaweb.google.com/ian.huff/Molly31308
Friday, March 7, 2008
In which: Jon writes
Firefox's annoying penchant of ignoring zeros placed in the "autostart=" entry is a bit annoying, so I will simply be linking here--
Laura helped me write a song, suggesting replacements for hard to pronounce words (horticulturist became botanist, thanks babe!), and she even scrolled through the lyrics for me as I sang along (since our ink cartridge is again dry on our printer).
Long story short, I wrote a song and here's the rough draft.
LINK to my music page
Re-recording will likely happen once my guitar repertoire increases. Although it would also be nice to record after I've had more than two play-throughs! So, it's still pretty rough--but at least I got it out of my system...whew!
Or, you can download it to your computer HERE
Hope you like!
Laura helped me write a song, suggesting replacements for hard to pronounce words (horticulturist became botanist, thanks babe!), and she even scrolled through the lyrics for me as I sang along (since our ink cartridge is again dry on our printer).
Long story short, I wrote a song and here's the rough draft.
LINK to my music page
Re-recording will likely happen once my guitar repertoire increases. Although it would also be nice to record after I've had more than two play-throughs! So, it's still pretty rough--but at least I got it out of my system...whew!
Or, you can download it to your computer HERE
Hope you like!
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Cute Pictures!
Hey guys,
I had some free time this week so Molly & I had a little photoshoot on her playmat. Here are th pics from this week. :) Also we included a video.
I had some free time this week so Molly & I had a little photoshoot on her playmat. Here are th pics from this week. :) Also we included a video.
http://picasaweb.google.com/ian.huff/Molly3608
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
So Fashionable!
So today Molly & I were late to our gym class. It was hilarious. B/c the moms didn't get to see her outfit at the beginning of class when we were warming up they made a point to drop by our mat as class was ending. I've been dressing Molly is her funny onesies ("All your toys are belong to us" was a huge hit last week). Also she's been in her fashionable baby leg warmers. So the moms wanted to see what fun outfit she was wearing today. Even the instructer made a point to come check her out. What can I say ... our daughter is oh so fashionable. ;)
One more cool thing ... it sounds like the instructor might organize a non-official stroller workout on Monday mornings. She doesn't think the Pro club has enough options for us moms so she wants to just get together as friends & do a non-Pro club sponsered workout (she's going to bring her 3 year old). I'm really enjoying getting to work out w/ my baby. So much fun! Today one of the older babies was clapping along w/ the music while we all worked out. I started cracking up watching him that I forgot to keep up w/ the class. :-P
Okay Molly is napping so I'd better get dinner started (we have 22 people singed up for tonight & I know that people are coming who haven't signed up ... yikes!).
One more cool thing ... it sounds like the instructor might organize a non-official stroller workout on Monday mornings. She doesn't think the Pro club has enough options for us moms so she wants to just get together as friends & do a non-Pro club sponsered workout (she's going to bring her 3 year old). I'm really enjoying getting to work out w/ my baby. So much fun! Today one of the older babies was clapping along w/ the music while we all worked out. I started cracking up watching him that I forgot to keep up w/ the class. :-P
Okay Molly is napping so I'd better get dinner started (we have 22 people singed up for tonight & I know that people are coming who haven't signed up ... yikes!).
Steampunk; technology + romance?
This is what we get for tolerating Mac users!
Actually, I really like this. What a radical construction.
Reminds me of a few months ago when I was researching bows. There's all these folks who say it just doesn't have SOUL unless it's hand-made w/natural materials. On the other hand, I think the experience of stalking through the woods might just possibly be enhanced by knowing that you can rely on your fiberglass to not get wet and warp into an arrangement that will break on your next shot--lodging one of the limbs in your eye and causing the string to gash open your forearm.
But, aesthetics... Fascinating what arises out of creativity devoid of necessity.
That is one RADICAL computer!
Actually, I really like this. What a radical construction.
Reminds me of a few months ago when I was researching bows. There's all these folks who say it just doesn't have SOUL unless it's hand-made w/natural materials. On the other hand, I think the experience of stalking through the woods might just possibly be enhanced by knowing that you can rely on your fiberglass to not get wet and warp into an arrangement that will break on your next shot--lodging one of the limbs in your eye and causing the string to gash open your forearm.
But, aesthetics... Fascinating what arises out of creativity devoid of necessity.
That is one RADICAL computer!
Monday, March 3, 2008
Such a Seattleite
So I learned last week that Molly is even more of a Seattle baby then I thought. Not only does she (1.) wear cloth diapers (such an eco friendly baby!), (2.) listen to Indie lullaby music (thanks Auntie Laura & Uncle Jon!), (3.) wear organic cotton clothes (she got a few gifts from our hippy friends), and (4.) have geek t shirts, she also uses the #1 stroller prefered by Greenlake babies. I felt so trendy the other day. I met up w/ my old coworkers for brunch & then a walk around Greenlake. Seriously I have never seen so many BOB strollers in one place. I think I saw every style & color option at least once. We passed at least three groups of friends using multiple BOB strollers. We even saw a few of the double strollers. My friends were teasing me about being so trendy. Thanks again Mom & Dad for the stroller. I have to say my friends gave me some envious glances when I pulled it out of my trunk.
Oh, also I guess Mom was asking E about the face book. So we definitely read it to Molly but she doesn't quite get the concept of books yet. It's hillarious. Sometimes she'll sit & listen to us read to her & she likes to grab onto the pages. However a lot of the time she thinks she's being ignored. She doesn't quite get that she's being read to. She just knows that Mom & Dad aren't paying attention to her at that exact moment. Such a little dictator! I know that it was totally a coincidence but we had a funny thing happen late last week. I was reading the face book to her & when we got to the picture of Jon w/ the long bleach hair she started bawling! I think she was just tired but man she acted like she was terrified of that scary looking man. Jon I guess you can't grow your hair out before July. ;)
Molly's napping so Mommy & Daddy are going to return to their Settlers game. Thanks again Laura & Jon. We're really enjoying the card game! :)
Oh, also I guess Mom was asking E about the face book. So we definitely read it to Molly but she doesn't quite get the concept of books yet. It's hillarious. Sometimes she'll sit & listen to us read to her & she likes to grab onto the pages. However a lot of the time she thinks she's being ignored. She doesn't quite get that she's being read to. She just knows that Mom & Dad aren't paying attention to her at that exact moment. Such a little dictator! I know that it was totally a coincidence but we had a funny thing happen late last week. I was reading the face book to her & when we got to the picture of Jon w/ the long bleach hair she started bawling! I think she was just tired but man she acted like she was terrified of that scary looking man. Jon I guess you can't grow your hair out before July. ;)
Molly's napping so Mommy & Daddy are going to return to their Settlers game. Thanks again Laura & Jon. We're really enjoying the card game! :)
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