Posts from ‘June, 2007’

Have you seen the chipmunk video yet?

Dr. Steven Parker put up a fun guess-the-celebrity post on his WebMD blog. Think you can identify a famous person from their early photos? Can you identify these kids?

I’ll give you a hint: they now have a baby of their own together. Give up? Wanna try some others? Follow the link.

I’ve never been good at “doing hair,” my own or anyone else’s. I figured having a baby girl meant that I’d have plenty of time and opportunities to practice. So far, I haven’t done anything fancier than tying Pooky’s hair into pigtails, and that’s been going pretty well. I’ve discovered, though, that I don’t [...]

Okay, so it wasn’t literally Sodor; It was in China at the Thomas the Tank Engine toy manufacturing factory.
As an American journalist based in China, I knew there was a good chance that at some point I’d be detained for pursuing a story. I just never thought I’d be held hostage by a toy factory.
That’s [...]

From photo editors and online photo sharing services to photography blogs and photo mixing, Mashable has compiled a list of 90+ online photography tools and resources for people who take a lot of photos (i.e. parents).
(via Lifehacker)

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I used to be a big fan of messenger bags. Then, I had a baby and discovered that they aren’t very convenient when you need to find something in a hurry. Lifting the big flap out of the way to [...]

Looking so cute in her Zutano outfit
The state of our little family, in the style of Time Magazine’s Milestones section. Just because.
Expanding: Pooky’s vocabulary. We can no longer keep track of all the words she knows. Alas, she tends to favor some more than others, particularly “mine” and “no.” She can never resist pointing out [...]

I don’t “wear” Pooky as often these days as I used to when she was less mobile. There are still times, though, when she wants me to carry her while I’m trying to get things done around the house or when she has trouble going down for a nap, and those are the times [...]

Guess what this is:

Bet you probably didn’t guess that it’s a vacuum cleaner. Yep, it’s a riding vacuum for children. It doesn’t actually exist (at least, not yet). It was designed by Kristina Anderson as her thesis project.

I think it’s a great, innovative idea. I’m not too sure how well it would fit into [...]

Way back in December of ‘06 I wrote longingly of a future without diapers. Billions of diapers later, potty training is still but a tantalizing dream. At least I know that when the time is right, we’re all set with the ultra cool Potty Bench, from Boon. This baby’s got everything we’re going to need [...]