I let some strange guy hold me while touring the USS Iwo Jima during Fleet Week

For Memorial Day, I toured the USS Iwo Jima while it was docked on the Hudson River for Fleet Week. You can read about the USS Iwo Jima HERE.

Picture of the Day: Shopping at Costco with Mommy

Picture of the Day: I pulled down the mat by myself. Now, I can play peek-a-boo with you!

Constructive Criticism vs. Destructive Criticism

Do you know the difference between "constructive criticism" and "destructive criticism"?

Constructive criticism is whenever I criticize you. Destructive criticism is whenever you criticize me.

Picture of the Day: I love you and all, but I'm going to crawl to the other side of my apartment now.

Picture of the Day: Ok, I'll smile again.

Picture of the Day: Yeah, I'm teething. Everything goes in my mouth.

Picture of the Day: Now I lay me down to sleep...

Katie Food Update

It's been a while since I've posted any update about Katie's food. The reason for that is that, well, her food is pretty boring. She eats minced up fruits, veggies and meats. She also eats grains and yogurt. But, this week, we have started something new. She now feeds herself finger foods. She's getting very good at popping little organic baby puffs in her mouth.

Picture of the Day: If Daddy won't share his pizza, I'll eat my stroller. Strollers are fun to eat.

Picture of the Day: Daddy gets to eat a slice of New York pizza while I play in my stroller. Not exactly fair.

Picture of the Day: After Daddy left the office, we went over to Bryant Park and ate dinner together. Mommy and Daddy had bbq chicken. I didn't.

We're Not Raising No Dummy

In the last week, list of skills has grown considerably. For quite a while now, she's been doing the army crawl. For a while she has also liked to go over to objects and pull on them. Now, she crawls (not an army crawl any more - a full blown racing crawl) over to items and pulls herself up to the standing position.

A few minutes ago, I put Katie on the floor. She promptly crawled over to her toy box, stood up and then started to pull each toy out one by one. Within a couple minutes, she had made a pretty considerable mess. Her toys were spread all over the floor.

Katie stood by her toy box and surveyed her work. She seemed quite proud of herself.

Suddenly, Katie let out a squawk. As I stood next to her, she did the the cutest thing ever - she lifted her harms as if to say, "Hold me. I want you Daddy." It was adorable.

Of course, I immediately picked her up. I'm a well-trained Daddy.

As soon as I picked her up, she seemed to forget me. She started surveying the room again. Her eyes carefully scanned back and forth across the floor. She was clearly looking for a particular toy. As soon as she found it, she motioned that she wanted back down, and she crawled right over to the little wooden book that is her toy of choice for the week. She ain't no dummy.

Picture of the Day: 9 months ago today, Katie made her grand entrance into this world

Picture of the Day: I'm really pretty.

Baby's Growing Up

It is official! Katie no longer does the "army crawl." She is a full-blown crawler now. This on the eve of her 9 month birthday. My little baby is growing up too fast!

Note from Husband: Mommy's immediate response to the crawling - she started to cry.

Picture of the Day: I like to crawl under things

Picture from Sunday: I See a Camera!

Picture from Yesterday: Playing in Central Park

Picture of the Day: Swingin' on a Sunday Afternoon in Central Park

9th Avenue International Food Festival

This weekend, we enjoyed the 9th Avenue International Food Festival in Hell's Kitchen. For two days, right outside our door we were treated to hundreds of restaurants showing off their eats on 9th Avenue between 42nd Street to about 57th Street. Besides the fine dining, there were also tons of "fair food" type stuff (i.e., fried Oreos, etc.). I was extremely happy to see all that junk for the non-discriminating to jump in line to buy to prevent them from crowding the lines for the good stuff.

Wife and I did quite well with out international food tour, enjoying a variety of Indonesian appetizers, a bowl of Thai snacks, a combo plate of Indian entrees, a French crepe for dessert, and a unique Indian shake to sip as we walked home. Though the streets were extremely crowded, a great time was had by all.

I did, however, consider becoming a vegetarian when I walked by this sight on 9th Avenue a few hours ago (if anyone is concerned - no, Katie didn't see it. She fell asleep):



You can read about the 9th Avenue International Food Festival HERE.

Picture of the Day: This picture makes Mommy laugh. Hopefully, it will make Katie laugh in 15 years too.

The End of an Era

Wow, I just got the news. Law & Order is canceled (I'm talking about the "original" version - not the SVU soap opera). I'll admit, the show has taken quite a turn for the worse over the past few seasons, but, still...I find this painful. Maybe because there is something comforting about the show's longevity. Maybe it is because of the fun of running into L&O crews filming on our street and around our city. Possibly it's because so many Broadway actors and actresses made extra money by appearing on the show.

I'm going to go mourn now.

Picture of the Day: Why didn't you tell me you were taking pictures?

You're Richer Than You Think

How rich are you? Find out here:

Richer than you think.

Picture of the Day: So, if I climb in here and buckle myself in, can we go outside?

Picture of the Day: Pack it up, pack it in. Let me begin...jump around! Jump around! (does anyone get that?)

Picture of the Day: Or, maybe I will wear this swimsuit.

Standing by Herself

For the first time last night, Katie pulled herself all the way up by herself with no physical contact from anybody else. Katie was playing on the floor and next to her was a folding chair. Katie crawled over to the chair and pulled herself all the way to the standing position by herself. Undoubtedly, she'll be ready to drive before we know it.

Picture of the Day: I'm about to go swimming with my bff Shea (her daddy is a Met's fan)