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You can get one at Urban outfitters!
http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=16588782

I have one in my nursery and I love it! I did the same thing as TammyE and put a sheepskin on it. I'm small, and my kid was also small. (For the freshly post partum stage, I used a Swiss Ball. The ball became a foot rest later). It may not be for everyone, but if you are small, it works great!

Here it is on AT:
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/my-room-bunnycape-cod-ma-159577

I use Facetime all the time!

Here is what worked for us: we took in the used stuff and and tried it with the kid. Any thing that didn't work was passed along to another baby.

Pre-baby, I never ever would have imagined my life would include a garish Fisher price swing and later a jumper. We intended all natural fibers and wooden toys. However, she loved the swing (she would not sleep without it) and the jumper is must have. I am so glad I gave them a try-- as it allowed me to pee in peace!

As someone who lives in a builder grade Colonial, I was inspired by the house and love the cute family. I love what they did with it. I too could not afford what I really wanted (quirky modernist house-- they are well over $1M in my area), so I got the one I have. I nearly cried the day I moved in. But I've grown to love my home.

Yes, it's a suburban house. But its fabulously energy efficient with a new(ish) roof for my solar panels. And it's been a really fun challenge to try to make the house my own.

I think many of these comments are ridiculous and mean. There are 5 members of this family so each person lives in 600sq ft. I know plenty of single people who live in energy inefficient 1000 sq in Boston-- but no one would attack them on AT.

Moreover, I'd like to know what people think we should do with McMansions? No one should *ever* live with them? Even if you burn them to the ground, the costs of building a new smaller house would mean a huge foot print.

One more thing-- so there are more than few cute family pictures. Big deal. Does it really ruin your day that much? REALLY?

In short: I love this house. Lots of great ideas, and applicable for the AT audience.

Ex academic here-- I also use Billy book shelves and group by topic (and within each subtopic, alphabetical by author).

I found that keeping the shelf height uniform across the room makes the space look uncluttered.

Here is our book depository.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/seasnowlet/5778315612/in/set-72157626844840572/

It used be exclusively a library study, but then we had a kid, so we had to move back into it. Someday we will re-do our basement so we can have dedicated study space again.

It's my first mother's day and my husband is giving me a cherry tree for our yard. I love the idea of looking at "Mom's tree."

That said-- no tech on the list? How about an ipad 3?

I always thought my house "must" be a quirky-cool-modern-architectural-gem, but that comes with a hefty price tag. I settled for a builder grade center front colonial (yes, some of my friends still find this hilarious), but one that had excellent energy efficiency and sound construction. I've spend my pennies slowly upgrading the rather boring interior to my taste.

It's a project, but I'm happy.

I'm taking a picture a day of the Kiddo (it's my parents first grandchild) in her first year (she's 6m old now). I created a 5x5 grid on Blurb so I could get plenty of photos per page. It's really interesting to see her progress when photos are in a row-- even "blah" cell phone pix are interesting in context. And it will be a fantastic gift for grandparents!

We never used our rocker (a great looking Eames knock off) -- however the Swiss Ball got tons of use (she liked up-down motions than back and forth). I keep hoping all the bouncing toned my abs ;-). I used the ball at night and the couch during the day. The swiss ball is still used for crunches and is loved by my nieces and nephews (my daughter is too small still for that). I know this is sublimely unhelpful, but every kid is different. If you can, I would try borrowing a glider.