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Sorry, I only clicked on this link because of the poorly photoshopped main image.

That said, I HOPE my son wants a play kitchen. I loved them and they're not just for girls.

Too many comments to read through. My feelings on gift cards (for ANY age, not kids) is its a lazy gift. Plain and simple. Can you buy it next to gum and bottles water when you buy cat litter at the grocery store? Not a good gift then! You don't know the kid or the adult well enough to get them a gift on your own so you cop out with a gift card. Even the most difficult in my family to give gifts, I take the time and thought come up with something besides a gift card. The whole "it's the thought that counts" totally true. I'll smile and hug someone for a not so great gift because they put the thought into it. Graciousness gets you far and I agree, its a skill we teach kids less and less nowadays.

jenrepps- sorry, forgot to clarify it was an infant carseat with a child maybe 6 months old. And since it was an infant seat, the seat was tilted far too much so rather than leaning back the baby was almost facing the ground.

Also, totally agreed about BBC shows. Sherlock (understand they're 2 hour "episodes" so buckle in!) is AWESOME. Doctor Who is great. My husband loves IT Crowd.

This is tough cause it's so specific to a person's taste. I've watched most of these shows listed and never would rec many of them. Battlestar isn't most people's cup of tea and, while I love British comedies, the original Office was tough for me to get into.

That said, my husband and my recent burn throughs have been:

-Once Upon a Time (no way to explain it without sounding really dumb, but its a great show)
-Breaking Bad
-Parks and Recreation
(I don't think it's on Netflix) but Community is a great one to watch

Lost is great for the few people on earth who haven't seen it already and we loved going through all of Alias a few years back.

I don't think we could go so far as to give up our coffee table (we put corner bumpers on it and our son has been fine since) but the candles/ knick nacks on it had to go.

A big misconception of "baby proofing" we quickly came to learn from other parents we met was more "how can i make my house safe so i can do my own thing and not have to worry about my kid or pay much attention to them" Seems obvious, but the parents who were more involved with their kids and played with them/watched them never had to baby proof much beyond the biggies like outlets. The ones who wanted a big sterile bubble were the ones who wanted to have a worry free afternoon sans baby.

I love it!

Even better was this with the floor:

http://thecraftychica.blogspot.com/2011/07/mi-vida-loca-how-to-glitter-concrete.html

If my husband wouldn't kill me, I'd do it!

rosebud- i'm not sure but my guess would be flavor enhancer. If you left the leavener out of cookie dough it wouldn't taste right- hard to describe but almost like "flat" cookie dough. Sodium Bicarbonate is a flavor enhancer just like salt, so that's my best guess.

We're a crescent roll family too. They are essential for buttering and sopping up whatever is left on your plates!

I look forward to holiday baking! I can't explain it but certain recipes- certain cookies, rum cake, etc in particular, I feel like I'm only allowed to make around the holidays!
That said, the only pressure I get is often that I'm pretty advanced when it comes to decorating and Christmas cookies and the like, rather than homemade messy cookies of my childhood, family and friends have come to expect elaborately piped, glittered, cookies and treats. It's quite an undertaking!

This is my first year with a baby too, which takes a huge toll on my free time. Leisurely nights to bake a cake for the next day have become frantic rushes to get things in the oven and cleaned up in time to not fall asleep at the sink!