I have nothing but respect for Endless Mike.

ETA: I'm off to sell enough things to hopefully get me an iPod Shuffle. Wish me Music Store Guy!

(pssst...E-m-e-l-i-n-e.) :)

Oh God! Don't tell her I screwed it up!

I'm tellin.....

I bought my niece a black onesie the other day that has a silver glitter transfer of a cartoony girl rock band (drums, guitar, bass) and says TEENAGE COOL. It's so cool. I'd wear it.

Em was in her Led Zepplin onesie the other day.

Aw, rock babies rule!

ETA: They had another onesie that somehow made me think of you, Aims. It was black with white letters that said, "Hand over the tit and nobody gets hurt."

I just wish she'd hurry up and talk.

I've been told you spend the first two years teaching them to walk and talk and the rest of their lives telling them to sit down and shut up.

I would like to go on the record as being pro toddler leash

I am also pro-toddler leash. Now that O is a running little terror and can't stand to be carried when he could be walking, I'm shopping for a leash right now.

Ellie pictures are now posted here

OH. MY. GOD. Beautiful. She has Joe's nose.

And you could light up Times Square with all of those smiles.

When we get to teeth + nursing, I may revisit this statement.

Considering O started teething at 3 months, I'm REALLY glad we stopped nursing early. I'd cringe every time he tried to bite the nipple off of his bottle thinking, that could have been me.

I still say teeth are nature's way of saying it is time to wean.

MY SISTAH!

Leashes bug me on a gut level though I certainly understand the advantages.

I saw my brother in law ran out into the street when he was 2 1/2. That took care of any reservations I ever had about toddler leashes and aged my MiL about 10 years in 2 seconds.

Poor Frances. She looks wise beyond her years and why wouldn't she?

WROD. So sad.

Pretty Ellie! Pretty Stephanie! Happy Daddy! Happy Family! So many exclamation points!

I am very pro leash. A dear friend of mine had five children in 3 years (two sets of twins). I babysat for them all the time. I'll tell you...when you've got two babies in a stroller and three under three walking next to you at a busy county fair, leashes are a godsend! I babysat for them a lot, and it really was easier taking them out to entertain them than trying to entertain them in their small apartment. So, I'd pack 'em all in the car, with the leashes and the stroller, and off we went.

Oh, and I survived work. Got two huge compliments, but I don't have enough energy to explain the situations tonight, so I'll probably share those tomorrow.

I've been told you spend the first two years teaching them to walk and talk and the rest of their lives telling them to sit down and shut up.

I've been frowning over the BabyCenter webpage for warning signs of language delay: [link] It's supposed to be a problem if a 15-month-old doesn't have 1 to 3 words and doesn't say mama or dada. Annabel is now 14 months and does none of those things. Granted, that gives her a month, but it's starting to worry me the way she keeps flirting with missing social/communicative milestones--she was slow to smile and laugh, too. However, she's already doing some things from the 19-24 month list--pointing at objects of interest, imitating our actions, responding to simple directions. So I don't know what to think.

Think that she's a beautiful, gorgeous, smart girl that is doing fine.

Em was in her Led Zepplin onesie the other day.

I KNEW the size on that was wrong. How did she react to not wearing a pastel?