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New Priorities

Originally, J and I had planned on using the bassinet that comes equipped with this Pack 'n Play for the first couple of months of the baby's life; we would have the baby sleep there beside our bed for easier night feedings and as an extra precaution against SIDS. However, upon further examination of our limited space, we decided to get a freestanding bassinet instead and decided to forgo the Pack 'n Play. Yesterday we made a trip to BuyBuyBaby (Did you know that you can use Bed Bath & Beyond's 20% off coupons there? Score!) and picked up the Carters® Classic Comfort Wood Bassinet. (I don't know why the colors look so horrible on the website. As you can see in the picture...

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36 Weeks (Mega Update)

I am now officially in my 9th month of pregnancy. Only ~4 weeks left to go! I have a friend who gave birth at 36 weeks and I keep thinking back to visiting her and the baby at the hospital. Sure, the baby was tiny (about 5¾ lbs) but he was still pretty darn cute with chubby rosy cheeks, and was able to breathe on his own with no complications. All I can do is smile, knowing that at this point, our baby is at a similar stage and that even if I were to give birth right now there would most likely be no complications to her health. I also learned something new yesterday while reading Baby 411 — if the baby...

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Evil Movie Corporation Websites

Web designer Mikko Vartio took it upon himself to research several evil movie corporations and develop representations of what their websites would look like, modeling them after real-life corporation websites. Enjoy!   Company:  OCPMovie:  RobocopReal-Life Inspiration:  AppleDesigner's Notes:  "OCP is the nasty corporation from Robocop, but Apple does much better job succeeding in the path of evilness. My vision of OCP site has some same resemblance of Apple’s site, but that is purely a coincidence."   Company:  RekallMovie:  Total RecallReal-Life Inspiration:  RyanAirDesigner's Notes:  "Paul Verhoeven directed Robocop, but he also directed another fine masterpiece called Total Recall. The evil company Rekall is specialized on screwing your brain with false memories, stuff like travelling into Mars. If there is evil travelling corporation, it is definitely RyanAir – the wicked airlines with their their cheap tactics and butt-ugly websites."   Company:  Weyland-YutaniMovie:  AlienReal-Life Inspiration:  ToyotaDesigner's...

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