So the score is:

Adam: 1
Mice: 1

I put my "live trap" in the kitchen for a few nights, but nothing happened. I actually set up the computer with our webcam set to "motion-triggered recording", but didn't capture anything. It DID actually turn on and record a few times during the night, but I never saw any movement.

So, I moved the trap to the garage. Diana's patience was running out a little, and her sympathy towards mice is, um, slightly less than mine, so alongside the live-trap, I put a normal death trap as well.

For the last two nights or so, the little suckers have licked the triggers clean of the nummy nummy peanut butter, but failed to spring the trip. This morning, however, BOTH traps were sprung. The live trap had a very cute little brown mouse, and the death trap had a mouse whose head and been smashed in. (It may or may not have been dead, actually... I though I felt it jerk around a little when I was carrying it to throw it away. I hate those death traps).

I then went to pick up the live-trap. It's a glass pan sitting on a thin piece of cardboard (or more like posterboard). Anyways, as I was lifting it up, I created a tiny crack and the little guy jumped out and scurried away in the garage. (Yes, Gabe, I see you over there).

So, I'm pretty happy that it worked, but there are still some flaws in the system. I reset both traps before I left this morning. Hopefully the mouse makes the right decision.

In other news, last night Diana and I read the first chapter of a parenting book. I'm reading PARENTING books. Crazy. This is the first book we've started, and it is saying "Our way is the best style... not like those OTHER crazy people you hear about." I can't wait to read the OTHER books and have them tell me the opposite stuff. That should be fun. :)

As we were falling asleep, Diana was pretty sure she could feel baby movement. She said if felt like what you'd picture an orange rolling around inside a tubesock might look like. In other words, not any sharp pokes, but a gentle sensation of something rolling inside something else. Or that's the impression I got, at least. In any case, it's the first time I've heard her make any definitive statements about feeling something move around. Very cool.

Update: Since I started writing this post, Diana has felt some more movements, and the escaped mouse has been recaptured.