Picture of the Day: I'm very thankful for such a pretty dress.

Katie's Starting to Move

Life is about to become much more challenging. Katie has started moving. No, she's not walking around. She's not even crawling yet. However, she is becoming a surprisingly effective scooter. Life has been so nice when we could treat her like a football. We've been tuck her under an arm and carry her around with us; when we need to get something done, we set her down - and she has always stayed. Generally, that place we would set her down in our little apartment is in the middle of our big bed. No more. Now, when we set her down on her back, she somehow scoots. For instance, I just set her down in the middle of the bed, and I sat down on one side. Within a couple of minutes, she was cuddling my leg. I moved her back to the middle of the bed. A minute later, she was snuggling with my leg again. I then tried the experiment again - same result. So, the point is...no more putting Katie in the middle of our bed unless our focus is on her.

Picture of the Day: What, you want that finger back?

Our New Neighbors

A new little coffee shot/bakery/ice cream parlor/hole in the wall just opened up across the street. One of their items: ice cream shakes for a $1.25. This place takes real ice cream, milk and chocolate syrup and blends up 12 ounces for a buck and a quarter. It's probably a good thing they weren't there this summer when Wife was pregnant.

Picture of the Day: Mommy, I'll bet that somewhere Grandma is looking at this picture and comparing it to when you wore the same dress

Picture of the Day: Blast from the Past - This is what I looked like four days after I was born

Picture of the Day: Don't bother me when I'm preparing to meditate in my summer dress (don't worry, Mom just put in the dress to get a picture)

Katie is Demonstrating Her Country Roots

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Picture of the Day: Happy Thanksgiving!

Picture of the Day; Happy Thanksgiving! Now Bring on the Turkey!

Picture of the Day: Daddy, this is a big bed. You should let me stay in here for more than just photo ops.

Picture of the Day: This is what I look like at night. Daddy, you are very, very fortunate that the flash didn't wake me up.

Picture of the Day: Ok, my bath is done. I know what's next. Maybe if I dance a little jig with Mommy, I can stay up longer.

Picture of the Day: Welcome Home, Daddy

One of the Best Shots Ever

Picture of the Day: Yeah, I can sit up on my own. That's just how I roll.

Picture of the Day: Be quiet...I'm telling stories here.

Picture of the Day: Look impressed. This is hard.

Picture of the Day: Check out my new kicks.

You Can't Make the IRS Say "I'm Sorry"

This week, the Tax Court ruled that they CANNOT make the IRS say "I'm sorry" to a taxpayer. You can read the case HERE. Or you can just read the fun part below:

The part of Caldwell's motion which we characterize as a "Request for Apology" asks that we require the IRS to enter into the record "a written apology to the Petitioner, signed by the Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service" ...

The Tax Court may exercise jurisdiction only to the extent authorized by Congress. See sec. 7442; Naftel v. Commissioner, 85 T.C. 527, 529 (1985). ...

Despite the Court's warning to him in the previous case that the Court's powers to grant relief are limited, Caldwell has not stated why he believes that we have jurisdiction to order the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to apologize to him ...

The IRS objected to the Request for Apology on the ground that Congress has not, through section 7430 (relating to administrative or litigation costs) or otherwise, authorized us to grant such relief. [Fn.3] We agree.

We lack jurisdiction to order the IRS to grant the relief requested in the Request for Apology, or similar relief, and will accordingly deny the Request for Apology.

[Fn. 3]: The IRS further argued that the Federal Government's sovereign immunity would prevent us from granting such relief. Since nothing of which we are aware even suggests we could grant the relief, we need not consider whether sovereign immunity prevents us from granting it.

HT: TaxProf Blog

Picture of the Day: My Daddy and I like to play

Picture of the Day: Batting at things over my head makes me tired

Picture of the Day: Ok, I know you want me to smile and all, but even I know that acting like that is not cool

Picture of the Day: Ok, now that the serious shot is done. I'll be cute and adorable again.

Picture of the Day: Stop acting so silly. I'm trying to do a serious pose.

Picture of the Day: You probably can't tell, but I'm doing the Macarena

Picture of the Day: I'm a Happy Girl

Picture of the Day: Daddy, if you want me to smile, you're going to have to make funny faces and noises like Mommy does.

Katie's First NBA Game

This past Friday night, Katie attended her first NBA game. Katie was fortunate enough to get to watch the New York Knicks against the Golden State Warriors. What made this game memorable is that we were able to see two of the very worst teams in basketball this year. With the Knicks loss, they are off to their worst start ever, 1-9. We were a little worried that the arena might be a little too loud, but we realized that it is impossible to get too loud for the Knicks this season. As the Knicks got blown out, the loudest noise were the boo-birds and the chants of "Get LeBron...get LeBron."

We were given the Firm's tickets. The Firm has two sets of tickets: the very, very good seats and the shockingly awesome seats. We were given the Firm's very, very good seats. This was a fun area to be in because we were surrounded by D-level starts (or maybe even G- or H-level stars) who seemed to think they were really important and that it should be their pictures on the big-screen for everyone to see they instead of the A- and B-level stars whose faces constantly appeared. Wife and I were humored by the moaning and complaining of these self-centered narcissists trying to get noticed. But, you know who did get noticed? Yep, our little Princess.

Picture of the Day: Mommy and Daddy were in this picture, but Daddy cropped them out because we all know I'm the star of the show.

A Sad Story: Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Click HERE to read the sad story of Madalyn Murray O'Hair, America's most famous atheist. You may want to get a cup of coffee first; it's a long article.

Picture of the Day: You know my daddy loves me because he lets me control the remote

Picture of the Day: I'm Mommy's Little Rock Star

Picture of the Day: Yes, I'm really this precious

Picture of the Day: So, Mommy has decided that I like ladybugs

Picture of the Day: Mommy says I can go outside now. At least Daddy talked her out of making me wear the helmet.

Picture of the Day: Mommy and Daddy think this is their bed

Homegirl Gots Rhythm

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Picture of the Day: Stop telling me to smile. I'm contemplating the meaning of life right now.

Picture of the Day: Mmmm....Watermelon

Picture of the Day: I Like Batting at Things Swinging Over My Head

Picture of the Day: Yeah, I'm a Pretty Happy Baby

Picture of the Day: Daddy, hurry up! If you don't get a new picture of me up soon, people might DIE!

Daddy's Funny

So Tuesday night, election night, Husband was holding Katie while watching the election results coverage. He was getting frustrated with the local anchors and their stretching the truths, so he started arguing back at the television. I immediately "urged" him to quiet down because he was holding Katie and I was afraid she would be startled. Nope. She thought it was hilarious! She was just staring at her daddy and laughing. Is it a problem that Katie thinks it is funny when Daddy is riled up?

On a side note, Katie really loves her daddy. As soon as he gets home from work at night he comes right over to her and she rewards him with a huge smile. It is so precious!