This and That

• Check out our new morsel of goodness to the left.
• It is still light outside here at 9 p.m.
• Baby likes to sleep in the "knee-chest" position.  Which means she sleeps on her tummy with her legs tucked under her so she's on her knees.  
• I read about this new study about infant sleep.  The money quote: "What this study means to parents is that if a baby is crying and waking often during the night, it's more likely attributed to your baby's genetic predisposition than to a mom or dad's parenting." You can read the whole study here at the Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
• I'm in love with European shoes.  Well, maybe love is a strong word.  How about I'm totally crushing on European shoes?  Yeah, that's better.  I stopped by a shoe store today.  It was a bad idea because I absolutely don't need new shoes of any kind.  I wanted to buy half the store.  Flats, heels, wedges, athletic-casual, sandals... All of them oh, so gorgeous!  Seriously, there were at least 25 pairs I wanted to buy.  It was reminiscent of the Nordstrom Rack incident of fall 2007.  Let me just say it's a good thing I have absolutely no idea what my European shoe size is (and that I had to get home to baby) or our German bank account could have seen some serious damage.  
• T and I are watching West Wing on DVD.  It really is my favorite TV series of all time.  Followed by Gilmore Girls then Perfect Strangers.  After that the rankings get messy.