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I did one last year, inspired by the Photosanity class. I found Shuttercal to be a good low-frills app for keeping track of and (optional) printing the photos.

Yay April 1 birthdays! People will always remember it :) And cute party, too, love the playable cake and the t-shirts!

Please come to Denver!!

My parents get Christmas tree ornaments - either something with the name of the place or something that represents the place.

I bought the naturepedic one - luckily so far haven't had much test of its waterproof-ness but it is soft (no plastic crinkle sound) and safe (no plastic, no bad smell, even right out of the package).

Great idea, and well-executed!

This is a good idea, and I also love The Snowy Day (which I have rotated away). Would love to hear anyone's suggestion for good spring or summer books.

I think this website is both a blessing and a curse when you are mid-nervous-breakdown obsessing about the perfect nursery (and I have also been there!). On the one hand, it has such great ideas, but on the other, it could add to your pressure to find the perfect everything, because it seems like everyone else's nursery is perfect and the nesting urge is so strong. Hang in there, it sounds like you have already bought some great stuff (and the big ticket items), and the rest will come, and if it doesn't all get done right away (or at all) it's not the end of the world.

It also is a giant pain when you don't live near an IKEA. You can get Closet Maid shelving that is similar to Expedit (or half of an Expedit) at Lowe's, Home Depot, or Target. Closet Maid also sells fabric bins in fun colors. Target also has cute lamps and rugs. Good luck!

Great idea for the wall art. On another note, does anyone know who makes that cool birds-on-wire wall mount?

I agree that it depends on whether you are a worrier or not. I am, and I LOVED the Angelcare. You can just glance at the parent unit and see the little metronome ticking that tells you it is detecting the baby's breathing, and many a time that glance was enough to get me back to sleep. I also agree you should not use it as an excuse to violate any of the SIDS rules, especially with thick bumpers (also love the breathable baby mesh bumper). I stopped using the monitor when my daughter began to really roll around in the crib, around 8 months or so, which would make the monitor beep (and occasionally go to full alarm). At that point it was costing me more sleep than I was gaining, but those first few months it was the best device in the whole wide world.