And he's back! Just look at him go! Check out that hip, handmade shirt and that go-getter attitude....choogle baby, choogle!

A number of people that I don't usually hear from on a regular basis have been casually emailing me, mentioning The Choogler and what's up with it like it just doesn't matter. Tracey finally called and said, "Are you dead? Because that would be the only excuse for me not getting to see pictures of the boy." Well, I am not dead and here is another photo. David, as usual, took this photo because I am always too tired when I get home from work to do such things as taking photos. Now, instead of working late at night, I start work at 6 a.m. I feel lucky that so far, since I have started this schedule, I have been arriving to work every day with matching shoes and a pair of pants. On my legs. Why am I working in the morning now? That's because I am the new cheese buyer, a.k.a. the Cheese Queen, and apparently cheese buying can only happen in the morning. I'm blaming it on the cows, those early risers.

Austin has been getting up early too and I feel, I truly feel for David because he is the one who has to play with Austin at 5:45 in the morning as I leave for work. I would say that I feel for the neighbors, but until I figure out just which neighbor has been banging on the wall whenever Austin cries at night, I am lumping them together as a group and sticking my tongue out at them.

Our Little Choogler spent a great deal of time today gathering pinecones and handing them to people with the expectation that they would, in time be handed back to himself. He was not disappointed. He also put the cat food in the cat bowls, or at least on the floor near the cat bowls, which was fine with the cats as they are not too picky about these things. He also chased the cats around our apartment, something that they are rather picky about. If you don't do it just right, they will run and hide under the bed.

Austin can now shake his head to say "yes" or "no", with no being his preferred headshake. Example: "Do you want to stop swinging now?" Head shake no. "Do you want to stop swinging now?" Head shake no. "Do you want to stop swinging now?" Head shake. No.