My mother put my sister on a leash because of my sister's fondness for running into traffic and got all kinds of grief for it. I later read an article that said that leashes are much better than holding a toddler by the hand, because a child can pull hard enough to dislocate his shoulder.

Ellie is so sweet and her parents are pretty damn good looking too.

BABY!!!! You guys look amazing and so happy. Slightly jealous of all the babies with hair!

We put kid books and toys on the lower shelves, and our books that wouldn't fit on the upper shelves went in boxes.

BABY!!!! You guys look amazing and so happy. Slightly jealous of all the babies with hair!

Aimee wants a hairbaby!

Ellie's so dear! I think she has Joe's nose.

Baby noses, are, I think, even cooler than baby toes. I didn't think about them much until I realized that Lily totally had Paul's wee little button of one, where Hanna so obviously had her mother's (which is good, because no girl deserves my brother's beak), and there's just so much variation in the honkers!

I'm totally pro-leash. I was leashed. Mother claims that not only did it allow us both the illusion of freedom, it saved me from spills because she could yank up on the leash to right me.

BABY!!!! You guys look amazing and so happy. Slightly jealous of all the babies with hair!

The bald ones look like babies longer, though.

I'm totally pro-leash.

So, you're going to leash the Bean?

The bald ones look like babies longer, though.

Yep. Teething changes that some, though. It's really amazing how their little faces appear so different, after they get a mouthful of teeth.

So, you're going to leash the Bean?

Hell yes.

It's really amazing how their little faces appear so different, after they get a mouthful of teeth.

Yes, they look like little killer gnomes, bent on savage gnawing destruction.

Congrats again, Stephanie!