Picture of the Day: So, what's in this big sock?

Picture of the Day: Some strange guy is feeding me. I like to eat.

Picture of the Day: I'm wearing my pretty Christmas Eve dress.

Picture of the Day: Look at My Pretty Blue Eyes

Picture of the Day: Why am I sitting up in my crib?

Happy Four-Month Birthday, Katie

Where does the time go? Today marks Katie's fourth month since her birth. The fourth trimester is over. It's hard to believe that four months have flown by already. It's also hard to believe how much Katie has grown. Our little girl who barely fit in our hands a few months back is no longer a newborn - she's a fast growing infant who loves to play with her toys, talk our ears off and stare at us. It's actually shocking how fast she is growing. Every day, we look at her and realize she is bigger than she was the day before. There's no doubt this kid will be a talker. This evening, when I was giving her a bath, she spent about five minutes telling me a story that I couldn't quite follow. Or maybe she was trying to sing. It's hard to tell.

Picture of the Day: Ok, you play with the camera. I'll just stay here and stare at you.

Katie's Dreaming of a White Christmas

The weather forecasters tell us that we just survived our first blizzard. For days, people have been buzzing about the coming storm. Yesterday morning, the stores were packed with panicked shoppers stocking up on groceries. Looking at the events of the last 36 hours, I'm faced with a few options. The first is that blizzards are no big deal and people should just calm down. The second is that this wasn't really a blizzard, just a snow storm. My third option is that this was just an extremely mild blizzard. Personally, I'm leaning to either option two or three. Whatever you call our storm, everything outside is now white. Looks like we will be having a white Christmas, which is fitting since Katie has been hearing her mom sing songs about it since this summer.

Picture of the Day: I'm Dreaming that I'm a Boxer

Katie's Second NBA Game

Last night, I was given NBA tickets so we could take Katie to her second NBA game (the same tickets as last time). Unfortunately, Katie just received her immunization shots at the pediatrician earlier that morning. We probably should have turned the tickets down, but Katie seemed happy and healthy enough, and it is not everyday we get offered these great seats, so I accepted the tickets. Katie thoroughly enjoyed her first NBA game, and we figured Katie would enjoy spending the entire evening being held - so going to the game seemed like a good idea at the time.

Unfortunately, about the time we got to the arena, Katie became very, very unhappy. We sat down in our seat and her extreme unhappiness continued. We considered just leaving, but Wife suggested that she try taking Katie for a walk around the arena.

Wife and Katie quickly made a new friend - an usher in charge of one of the best areas in the arena. Long story short, the usher set wife up with a chair in one of the corridors where wife and Katie had a perfect view of the court. For the next two hours, Katie got to meet all of the Knicks' dancers, team executives and countless celebrities who used the corridor to get to the court or their courtside seats. Everyone stopped and cooed over the adorable baby at the game. Wife recalls that she and Katie were treated like royalty.

While Wife and Katie spend the night watching the game and chatting with stars, I remained in our seats where I got stuck next to a foul-mouthed drunk guy who just wouldn't shut up. Funny how things work. It was certainly a night to remember.

Get well soon, Scrabble! First, I held the sign. Then I ate it. Finally, I spit up on it.

Picture of the Day: I get to go outside! Yes, Mommy is making me wear two snowsuits.

Picture of the Day: Who's the cutest baby? That would be me.

Our Thoughts and Prayers are with You, Scrabble

I received a telephone call from Scrabble's daughter this evening letting me know that Scrabble was in an extremely serious accident. Scrabble is a daily reader of our blog and a good friend from yesteryear. Those of you who know Scrabble, and even those of you who don't, say a prayer for her.

Picture of the Day: Now, this is a close-up

Picture of the Day: Ummm...what are you doing?

Picture of the Day: Welcome to the Jungle

Picture of the Day: It's Picture Time!!!!

Picture of the Day: Watch out...if we keep doing this "tummy time" stuff, I just might start crawling around. That'll make your life tougher.

I Can't Believe I Missed It

Last night, I stayed up and watched the Laker game. At about 1:30 a.m., after watching the Lakers blow a nine point lead with less than five minutes to go, I became so upset when my guys went four points down with less then ten seconds to go that I shut off the television. This morning I learn that the last five seconds of the game turned out to be one of the best comebacks in history. And I missed it.

Picture of the Day: Mommy says I'm the only kid in Manhattan with a 7 1/2 foot Christmas tree in her bedroom.

Picture of the Day: Leave me alone. I'm saving the world from a giant firefly.

Picture of the Day: Mommy, you can take off the snow suit later. Right now, it's time to sleep.

Please Help Us

Wife is getting ready to put together a picture book for Katie. We simply have taken too many pictures to put all of them in the book. We have a few favorites, but we would be extremely grateful if our family and friends (and even the random people we don't know) would help us chose pictures. Please, leave a comment on the posts of your favorite pictures that you think we should include. Thanks for your help.

Picture of the Day: I think I recognize that person holding the camera

Picture of the Day: I like Sophie the Giraffe. She tastes good.