This is why...

This is why I don't let Tyler play with my camera:
(I have hundreds of these self-portraits)











This is why I should do Nicole's nails instead of letting her get a pedicure with Grandma:
(sorry, it wouldn't rotate)










This is why babies shouldn't go to Mardi Gras:

You should be jealous of me

Here are two reasons you should be jealous of me:

First, what could this baby be eating that is making her so happy? Why, its broccoli! Yes, my daughter is eating broccoli. I am counting it as a personal victory.













Second, I have the greatest garbage can in the universe. The only way it could be better is if it emptied itself and put in a new bag. I can hear you saying, "a garbage can? seriously? what's so great about it?" Well, my friends, let me tell you. It has two compartments inside, one for garbage and one for recycling. I love that! Also, it has one of those little pedals to step on to open it. I need something with a lid because of my crazy baby, but it's nice to be able to open it with my foot so that when I have my hands full, I don't have to worry about it. The coolest part (in my opinion) is how it closes. How it closes? Yes, you read it correctly. It closes in slow motion which is wonderful for my little baby's fingers! It closes flush with the sides so she can't get into it! Well, almost flush, she can worm those chubby little fingers in there sometimes. I found a barbie in the recycling this afternoon. I don't think anything will stop her. She'll just have to grow out of it... I hope.

It's not just adults...

You know how when you're feeding a baby you tend to open your mouth when you want them open their mouth? Well, it goes both ways. Here's a little video of Tori feeding me some chips:

Sigh

Does anyone have an empty basement with good lock on the door that I can borrow for about 25 years?

All right people. It's time.
My mom and I are renting out the whole theater again (at Cinetopia in Vancouver) and if you want to come, you'd better let me known ASAP! Last time, we got a small theater (only 86 seats), this time, we are getting 144 seats! So, not only could you come, but you could bring friends!! Wait, it gets better. Because we are getting the whole theater, we get to see it on November 19th at 5:00 pm instead of waiting up until midnight or seeing it on opening day (November 20th)! So you really will be seeing it before anyone else! Plus, because the movie isn't actually open yet, there won't be huge crowds. So, please, if you want to come, leave me a comment on here, send me an email, call me, text me, whatever. Just let me know so I can reserve your seat.

Hawaii... summed up

Ben summed up his Seattle weekend with a video; I'll sum my Hawaiian weekend up with just one picture:

I had a wonderful trip with my mom and now I'm glad to be back home with my family.

Weekend in Seattle

Well, I had a great weekend. I got up at 6am on Saturday, played some basketball, took a shower and headed to the train station. My office took the train to Seattle where we took in the Mariners-Yankees game, and since Kristi was off in Hawaii, John was kind enough to let my buddy Eric have a ticket to the game as well. When we got there, a bunch of us went to Serious Pie and ate some amazing pizza. I then met up with my bro-mance (according to Kristi)Eric, and we wandered around Seattle until game time. Eric thought it would be funny if we, every time we saw a Yankees fan (or whenever we felt liked it actually) to have one of us say "Hip, hip!" and the other would shout "Jorge!!!" This is in homage to the excellent SportsCenter commerical below.



We found this endlessly amusing. When we got to the box, every time Mr. Posada came to bat, right as the pitcher would throw the ball, I would again shout "Hip, hip!" and the entire box would shout the Jorge part. By then end of the evening, it seemed like we had the adjacent boxes and/or surround fans chanting right along with us. That or our group just got really loud. I'd like to think it was a combo of both.

We also chanted this on the train ride home (where our engine broke and we sat on the tracks for 2 extra hours) and when we exited the train. This will now be forever funny to me, even though I am sure it annoys the heck out of everyone else. But I laugh, Eric laughs, and the rest of the office laughed (at least at some point). And good times were had by all. Thanks a lot E.