We've got ourselves...a scooter!

The past week and a half Jensen has been working very hard on crawling. Up on the knees, get those arms up and then the minute she's ready to launch forward...face plant. So she's taken to the time honored army crawl. She is slithering around the house with great speed these days. It's so fun to watch her move around. She'll spot off-limits items such as a cell phone or a laptop and then there's no stopping her. She will do whatever it takes, scooting, half crawling, rolling, whatever to get there!

Of course this is a big change for me. I can't just put her on the floor and know that she'll be in that vicinity in 5 minutes. Nope. In a matter of one minute she could be in the next room! It's amazing how fast that little one gets around. The house is slowly being baby-proofed.

The magazines are now put up, the plugs covered, and the baby gate installed. Davis and Aggie aren't too pleased with the new found skill...not only are they now fun moving targets, but the baby gate is a little intimidating. Aggie, for one, thinks it's going to eat him so he runs through it at lightening speed. Davis is a little more relaxed about it, but still gets scared when it closes, hides his tail and goes running. We'll see how they really react when Jensen is even more mobile and their sanctuary of the couch or their beds is not an option any more! Bwahahahaha! They'll be in for it!

Happy New Year

Phew...man it was a lot of work getting through the holidays but here we are on the other side. 2009! I cannot believe it! It seems just like yesterday I was ringing in 2003 with my girlfriends - dancing on the bar and having a grand old time. Or ringing in 2004 with Marc and friends on the boat in the Bay. Now here we are...trying to make it until midnight! AND NOT EVEN DOING IT! We tried, we tried hard. But after a martini and sharing a bottle of wine...11:30 was just fine! We had a nice night in, and wanted to celebrate with Jensen at 6:00 pm but she slept through it, woke up, ate and went back to bed! Apple doesn't fall far from the tree does it??

Saturday night Jensen got to spend some time with Katie, who watches her during the day, while we went out on the town. It was Judy's 60th birthday and Rich got a limo and treated us all to a nice dinner. It was so fun! Of course the no driving for anyone helped with that! We had a great time until 7:15 Sunday morning when Jensen was up and ready to go! ha ha! But it was all worth it to see Judy's face when we presented her with her gift - 4 days of vacation this summer in beautiful Sun River! She was so surprised and so excited. We can't wait...although with the cold and the rain 6 months seems like an eternity!

Jensen is getting VERY close to crawling these days. Yesterday she managed to get on her knees and elbows for a bit and she even propelled herself forward! She is getting very frustrated that she can't move and flaps her arms and legs when on her tummy when she wants to get some where. Sooner or later she'll figure it out. In the mean time, we are putting up baby gates and removing some breakables from low reaching places. As much as I want her to crawl I know I'm going to be in a whole different world chasing her around. It's nice that I can let her down and know she'll at least be in the vicinity (she rolls and scoots to get around). But soon she'll be off and I'll be sweeping and vacuuming all the time!

Here are some photos from that last month. We had a fun month with Christmas in Pleasanton and getting everything ready. Jensen had a great time too. On New Years Day Santa visited her again giving her a new play house to play with. She finds it rather cool and is eager to crawl through the door...but right now she just swings it open and closed. We'll take what we can get I guess!

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You can also see them in the slide show on the left!

Happy New Year! Many wishes for a prosperous and happy 2009!