With Robert (the grandpa, not the uncle)

Why can't we just all get along?

Cambridge, MA - Tensions have escalated further between the nations of Kittyland and Babyland following an incident between the two countries. Babyland is indeed accused of conducting a raid over some Kittyland principalities. The satellite pictures below show the Babyland armed forces occupying a major Kittyland principality (known as "the bed") as well as two key resources which control the supply of food and catnip for Kittyland (the blue bowl and the yellow banana, respectively). The Babyland forces later withdrew, but this clash didn't help improve the already stormy relationships between the two nations. Kittyland officially protested and called for immediate sanctions, but few experts believe actual sanctions will be carried out. "Babyland has too much power over Mommyland for anything to happen" said an insider who requested anonymity.

But more fearsome are those allegations that Babyland is pursuing a program of weapons of mass destructions, known as T.E.E.T.H. Satellite picture #4 clearly shows the presence of 10 silos - 4 on the top, 4 on the bottom and 2 on the bottom still in construction. Even though Babyland officials acknowledged the existence of the program, they tried to minimize the potential danger, claiming the program is exclusively for civilian purposes. "The T.E.E.T.H program is a key component to provide the energy necessary for our growing nation. Its purpose is completely peaceful" said Babyland's president. Kittyland officials are however everything but convinced. "We cannot trust a nation whose leader is known for being immature and having a penchant for the bottle" responded the Kittyland president.

International experts disagree on whether a civilian facility can be used for military purposes. Some experts argue that the way the silos are designed would make it very hard to effectively use them to conduct an attack on Kittyland. Other experts highly disagree and claim that any civilian facility can be turned into a military one. Some even claim Babyland conducted some military testing of the T.E.E.T.H program in Mommyland (a Mommyland spokeswoman declined to comment), and that it would be easy to use those silos to reach the Southern part of Killyland, in particular the Tail region.

Born to be wiiiiiild!

He also stood up backward and remove the dashboard from his muscle car, but I wasn't able to get a picture.

First cookie

First chocolate mousse

That day David ate the very substance without which he probably wouldn't have been born...

With Grandma Russell

Let's call my agent...

Fashion statement

For the first time we were able to take a picture of what he's been doing for several days now: pulling his left arm (always the left) out of his jammies - all while leaving the top strap on the jammies untouched.

Some experts argue babies can do this because their shoulder blades are very flexible. But the truth is very different: he can do that because of all babies' uncany ability to annoy their mothers.

With auntie Ann

Security

With the move to the new facilities, security had to be beefed up. That's what was just done, as the following photos show:

- Picture #1: inmate #1 now has his individual cell which has a 1.5" thick door and is located right near the warden's office. Security personel is ready to jump in at any time of the day or night if they hear any suspiscious noise.

- Picture #2: a double security checkpoint, with a 10-step DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) in between. Nothing's getting through this NKL (No Kitty's Land) without the approval of a security official (as a side note, a formal complaint has already filed by Chelsey).

- Picture #3: an enhanced Supermax 2 with all 12 panels (Supermax 1 aka his crib is still in storage and will be retrieved next weekend - Supermax portable is being used in the meantime). You can see by the photo that inmate #1 has his own car. You can also see he has savagely beaten a teddy bear.

Move

That's it! We just moved in our new house.

- Bigger car: $$
- Bigger house: $$$$$$$$$
- Moving to the bigger house: $
- Having a car and a house large enough for the whole family: priceless

There are things money can't buy. For everything else, IT'S FRAPPIN' EXPENSIVE!!!


Mesdames Messieurs, bonjour. Je ne suis pas un voleur, je ne suis pas un assassin. Je vous demande juste si vous auriez une dizaine de milliers de dollars ou deux pour nous dépanner. J'accepte aussi les dizaines de milliers d'euros. D'avance merci...

Halloween

When we heard that there was a street closed for Halloween and that it was literally a block from our future 'hood we decided to pay it a visit. And we were not disappointed! This year's theme was "Hollyween", with several houses having a movie theme.

Fun with Photoshop

I just had fun with GIMP (a free Photoshop clone) with some of David's pictures. Here are the results:

Fun around the bed

Tonight David and I had fun around the bed. Besides the usual tickle fight, David played a new game of his: peekaboo / hide'n seek, where he either "finds" me hidden behind a pillow or hides behind some sheets. And of course he had to flip the light switch conveniently located by the bed.

Fun time! That's what parenthood is all about (I wish!)

We created a monster!

We created a monster!
Video sent by dpoulain

He generally climbs on the table much faster - except of course in front of the camera.

Anyway, what started as an educative experiment turned awfully wrong. We created a monster, and I'm afraid there's no turning back...

First word

First word
Video sent by dpoulain

We now believe that David has learnt to pronounce his first intelligible word. The video isn't the best soundbite, but he sometimes pronounced it much more clearly (but not in front of the camera of course).

It could have been "mama" or "papa" but nooooooo!

Faites des gosses.

Birthday in NJ

Here are the pictures of the birthday celebrations from last weekend. Because there are so many of them you

http://picasaweb.google.com/laurent.poulain/2008SeptemberBirthdayInNJ?authkey=mtjycRnwDvs#

And here are a few:

Hmm... cupcakes!

Cool, a new cell phone!

Gifts, yay!

(sigh) Today's youth wasting its time in front of TV!