Age-Old Questions

While we were driving down the road yesterday, there was a man, we'll say he was "exercising" along the side of the road. Mike looked at me and said, "That begs the age-old question - Is he running or walking?" Now, though, that was a good point to make about this person, I'm not sure that is an age-old question. I thought age-old questions were often things that are a little more philosophical such as: Which came first, the chicken or the egg? But what do I know?

TLA

Yay!

Libby rolled over (finally) yesterday! We didn't get to see the first time because she did it at daycare but I did get to see it today! Mike hasn't seen her do it yet because he's been out of town but hopefully she'll do it for him tomorrow.

TLA

The Backyardigans

Libby's new favorite TV show is The Backyardigans. This show can always calm her or put a smile on her face. It's a computer animated cartoon about 5 friends who have very active imaginations. They pretend their backyard is any number of things from a pirate ship to a race around the world. They sing and dance a lot during the show and Lib just loves it! I actually really like it too. It's really cute. And I'm thankful that she doesn't like Barney or something else that would really annoy me after awhile.

Libby's also sick right now. She has Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease. I guess it's really common for kids to get. Unfortunately, I'm sick right now too so it's just a party here at the Kosher house!

Anyway, here's some new pictures for everyone to see!



Libby and Daddy taking a little nap.



Watching The Backyardigans this morning before heading off to the doctor's office.



Libby in my FAVORITE PJ - Golden Boy.

TLA

Homeless Dog

Mike intended to post about this about 2-3 weeks ago but his statue of limitations is up....

Whenever we give Earl a bath (which doesn't happen nearly as often as it needs to), he looks homeless when he gets out of the bath. He has wild fur and is very mangy. It doesn't hurt that he runs around the house like a wild man. He runs into every room looking for each person in our house and then will run around and check again 2 or 3 times before he's satisfied with the search results. This probably isn't as entertaining to others as it is to us but he's really a very unique animal with some very strange habits which we occasionally find endearing.



TLA

Allergens and other musings...

OK, so after my lovely wife called me out last week, I figured that I probably should crack the whip and blog every now and again. What was funny about the whole last blog entry was our conversation shortly after she blogged and then told me about it:

TLA: So I blogged today.
MK: Yeah?
TLA: Yeah, since you never blog anymore...
MK: You're calling me out aren't you?
TLA: Yep. I even called you out in the blog.
MK: No you didn't.
TLA: Whatever...read it!

So needless to say, she is trying to light the proverbial fire underneath my butt about blogging. She's right, I am slipping on the blogging. I keep talking about what I want to do for the 100th post on our blog (which is only 8 more posts away), but without her blogging and waiting on me, well, we may be waiting until December for 8 more posts from Mike! So honey, keep on me and we'll get to 100!

I have always known that I've had allergies. Pretty much anything that grows outdoors, I'm allergic to. When I lived in West Virginia, I had to get allergy shots as a kid. When we moved to Florida, my allergies didn't seem to bother me at all, and I took no shots or anything. With my move to Missouri in 2002, they flared back up again. After living here for over 4 years, I finally went to the allergist (with a needed push from my loving wife). My appointment was last Friday. Shortly after they began the testing, I started to itch and I could feel my skin reacting to the needles. Unfortunately for me, I had to wait 15 minutes for the testing to be completed. The doctor comes in and starts rattling off all of my outdoor/seasonal allergens - all trees except for sycamore and cottonwood; all grasses; all weeds except for cocklebur. Then he mentions my year-round ones - house dust, phoma molds, and cats...that's right, cats. At first I don't think it really registered about what he said, but when it did I said to him, "you're saying I'm allergic to cats?" He said yes. Now, let's think about that for a minute - I've had a cat in my house since I was 8 or so, and we currently have 2 - Karl (the cat with 2 names) and Zebby. I've never been bothered by them at all. I found it pretty funny that I'm now allergic to cats. Needless to say, Karl and Zeb are probably the last 2 cats that we'll own. Hopefully my new allergy shots will eliminate my non-allergic reactions to the boys! I've taken now to calling both of them my little allergens! I do have to say a big thank you to Tricia for making me go to the doctor - hopefully with my shots I can breathe during the spring and fall seasons!

Our most faithful commenter, one MJA73, will be MIA for the next few weeks...who'll step up to the plate now in his absense? :)
(From Tricia: That's right, my brother will be in Europe until the end of October, so someone needs to fill his shoes!)

MK

Blog already!

It's funny how much Mike talks about blogging something and then never actually does it... That's right, Honey, I'm calling you out.

WARNING: This is a post full of random thoughts.

Libby is almost 5 months old - she'll be 5 months next Tuesday the 19th. She still hasn't rolled over yet... We're not worried though. She's a very laid back kid (if you know Mike then you know where she got this from). She just seems content to look at things from whatever view she currently has. I think she might actually sit unassisted before she rolls. She will scoot around on the floor on her back though. It's a little interesting to leave her for a few minutes and come back to find her in a slightly different location and position.

At daycare there is a little girl who's 13 months old who has taken to playing with me when I drop Libby off or pick her up. She will make her way to me and reach up with her arms and say "up". She wants me to pick her up and blow raspberries on her cheek and hold her high in the air. It's sort of funny that I now have to say bye to both Libby and Elizabeth in the mornings.



Libby in her Florida State t-shirt. It says "Daddy's Little Seminole". Mike wants to take her up to the gym in this one day because the owner went to the University of Florida - they keep trying to teach her the gator chomp. Don't worry, my alma mater isn't left out. I bought her a Mizzou shirt today so she can be spirited when we go to games.



Always ready to go, even in her sleep. This kid's on the fast track!

TLA

In Libby's world

I've been going to Becka's now for about 2 weeks and I really like it! There are 2 other girls, Elizabeth and Ollie, who are a little bit older than me. I play with them all day! Elizabeth gives me kisses all day long and I really like her. Becka has started putting out Halloween decorations and they really make me laugh. One is a giant Frankenstein who sings "Thriller" - he's my favorite.

This weekend Mom put together my highchair and I finally got to eat sitting in a normal spot. I also got to try oatmeal. Mom thinks it smells worse than the rice cereal but I like it better. It was the best stuff I've had yet!

Put the food right here, Mom!

Yum!!

Libby