Regarding the car seat, and I don't know what the law in SoCar is, but in SoDak, if the parents of the baby do not have an appropriate seat before the birth, the hospital is required to give them one.

Just a thought - you might not have to buy one for a while if cost is an issue.

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Buhhh. Well, for one thing, we aren't having the baby at a hospital (we're having her at a birthing center) and for another I'd rather pick it.

(For a third I feel like it would be bad karma to take shit like that when I make above the median income.)

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Good call, probably on all three points.

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You need a tiny saddle for Bourbon.

Slowest mount evar.

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Clearly you haven't seen him make a mad dash for a tree he suspects of Criminal Squirrel Harboring lately. He can actually haul down Circus in a straight line. He's gotten in WAY better shape in the months since the dogs moved here.

Neither of 'em can hope to catch Turbo Dog, of course.

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Well yeah but he drags his ass in every other case.

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I'll need your advice on baby book selection! :)

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Oh no. The cuteness is making me cry!

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Just a couple of suggestions, my kids loved these when they were babies:

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Serra just came and looked over my shoulder and said that It Looked Like Spilt Milk was her favorite book.

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Heyyyyyy... that third one is totally a bukkake story. Shame on you, won't anyone think of the CHILDREN?!

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perhaps they are thinking of the children a little too much if they're writing kids books like that

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fuck that, i'm reading my kid



or possibly

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I guess Stephen King isn't normal bathtime reading after all. Huh. I still asked Dad to read me more of "the haunted car book" every visit though.

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on the carseat thing:
while i was originally more inclined to one that adjusts for the child's age (0-3 months, then take out the mini-baby-holder-padding and it's a 3-9 months seat, then expand some straps and blahblahblah and it's a toddler seat etc) BUT my little sister and wife's coworkers insisted that a carseat that has a base that stays in the car and a detachable seat is a much better deal for transporting a baby in and out of the car as opposed to in and out of the carseat constantly.

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That post left me with all kinds of warm fuzzies. It's so lovely to hear of your happiness. Have a great Christmas with your new family! :)

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Hooray for Craigslist! I bet a ton of baby stuff gets shuffled through there, since you usually only need to use it for a few years before the kids outgrows it.

In totally unrelated news, I saw this and thought of you: http://www.pajiba.com/the-worst-southern-accents.htm

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I'm reading it right now, and I can't BEGIN to tell you how pleased I am to see Reese Witherspoon's Sweet Home Alabama listed. (I'm having difficulty imagining what they're going to top it with, frankly... scrolling, peeking... heh, haven't seen #2 or #1, so I guess I'll have to watch the YouTube clips before rendering an opinion.

I LOVED the "Honorable Mention" of Kim Basinger in 8 Mile. Seriously, what the fuck WAS up with that (not horribly done) deep south accent in the middle of Detroit?

Btw, as for baby stuff... forget a few YEARS, stuff for infants is generally rated until "25 pounds". For a girl, that's 19 months (median). For boys, median is 15 months... and 75th percentile is 12 months!

Craigslist does seem to be an awesome way to go, though. The $90 we spent on Craigslist got us about $600 worth of stuff, and it all looks pretty much brand new. The glider is a little loose in the joints, but otherwise is perfect and probably a little quality time with a socket set will fix the loosey-goosey stuff. Everything else looks like it just came from the store, and matched the stuff I had liked the best from looking in the stores to start with!

The one thing I don't think I'm going to have much luck getting a cheap Craigslist on is an LCD projector... I decided the hell with those cheap baby toys that project "stars" on the ceiling, I want to hook up a laptop to an LCD projector and let the kid see real planetarium shows, play classical/baroque/romantic pieces with great abstract lightshow plugins, etc. It's gonna be awesome. =)

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Renee Zellweger's was pretty wretched, IMHO. The sad thing is that she, Julia Roberts, and Reese Witherspoon are all actually from the south. Even if they didn't grow up speaking with a southern accent, you'd think they'd know how to imitate one well enough. I don't know if it's the director's fault or what.

I love the idea of the tricked out baby room with theatrical-quality light shows. You'll need to get her some tiny tie-dyed t-shirts to wear while she's watching that trippy stuff. ;-)

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