Aimee, Owen gets changed pretty much wherever he'll stay still. He will still tolerate his changing pad on his dresser but often, it's on the sofa, floor, bed or wherever. I also keep some of these handy to flip down in case it's a messy diaper. Because really, who wants to be cleaning poop up off the sofa or bedspread?

Too bad I threw it all away...

No. Not this. You are wonderful and your choices made you what you are. I don't know the details of your life, and it may be turning out differently than anticipated, but not this.

Moms of children over 12 months: Where do you change them?

I've never had a changing table. The babies have always been changed on the floor, the couch, the bed...wherever. We keep diapers, wipes and ointments in the top drawer of the dresser, and just grab what we need before chasing down the small person so that they can be changed wherever they're cornered.

I love spring more than any other season. I can't remember a bad spring day. I think one of the things I liked best about spring when I was a little girl was getting a new dress, shoes, purse, necklace, hat and gloves for Easter Sunday.

Nowadays, one of my favorite things is the smell of the air as spring starts creeping in. Even when it's snowing, the air knows it won't last. It's still cold, but there's a liveliness in the air.

2. Moving Day! First Home! A yard!

My dad called today. They have a puppy that a cousin and his family abandoned when they moved--a rat terrier named Daisy. They also have a slide they found somewhere, and one of the neighbors just took down his picket fence... and Dad and Mom are bringing all that up to help us get settled in to our new house. Dad's going to build a playhouse, attach the slide to it, a swing on another side, put up the fence to corral the kids and the puppy and build a back porch for us.

So, lots of things to look forward to around here.

Do you like it? It's adorable. I don't think I've seen it that short on you before.

I do like it. It wasn't quite this short when I was a freshman, though it was short; and after I started college, I just stopped cutting it to shorten and only cut to trim. But it hasn't been this short in like six or seven years. It's sort of my kicky pseudo-spring look. I actually got 10 inches or so cut off before I went to Guatemala, 'cause I didn't want to take all that hair with me. It was really heavy.

Y'all granola-chomping Bay people and your vibes... Spring days: We honestly have some lovely ones, although Fall is my favorite, but the spring does feel precious here because it's before our major indoor season so it is with a real sense of making the most of it that we approach the spring...a few years ago, I went to the botanical gardens after a rainstorm and I could smell all the mesquites and palo verdes wet and that was very nice. Looking forward to: Sopranos every week. Yay! Sundays just are *not* the same without whackings and Satriale's Pork Store and stuff.ETA: Most gallant Hecubus, did I just harsh your mellow? Or drop a big chalk outline on it? Cause if so, I'm sorry, bunk.

Looking forward to: Sopranos every week. Yay. Sundays just are *not* the same without whackings and Satriale's Pork Store and stuff.

We honestly have some lovely ones, although Fall is my favorite

erika and I are as one.

Oh, ick. Baseball.

I'd forgotten.

::twitch::

Perfect spring day? That'd be a year ago next month. Holy carp, can you believe she's 11 months old today?

Cool. Although how pathetic a fangirl am I, waiting around for *two years* My next tattoo will have to be "Chase's Bitch", huh?

I woke up from my nap not sweating -- I think my fever has broken. So if its spring yet, today.

Holy carp, can you believe she's 11 months old today?

Nope. Happy .917 birthday, La Squeak!