I don't know which Spock I need

Belle has two little points on her ear. I first noticed them in the hospital when she was first born, and I thought maybe it was the kind of thing that would go away over time, but it hasn't. Sometimes I try to feel my own ears to see if she got it from me, or what. I think it's the kind of thing only a mom would notice; nobody's ever said anything about them to me.
Eventually, though, Belle will notice them, and I have these terrible flash-forwards to an eleven-year-old screaming at me:
I hate my ears, Mom, and I hate YOU!

Brokedy-ass Cookie Gun

I made cookies tonight, and I brought out my cookie gun so I could have flower-shaped cookies. My cookie gun is already cracked in two places, so it's a little tricky to operate. While I was shooting cookies, the back of the gun disconnected with the barrel, leaving me with a useless, busted-up carcass of a cookie gun. I tossed the gun, but kept the shape discs, in case they fit in the next cookie gun.
I asked D about it, and my cookie gun is the equivalent of a Saturday Night Special, which are apparently notoriously cheap. He says that what I want is the glock of cookie guns: serviceable if not particularly pretty. I'm feeling kind of turned off about plastic guns right now, though, so he said a Smith & Wesson would be a fine alternative.

Dear Santa,
I would like the Smith & Wesson of cookie guns. It would be nice if it took the same size bullets as my old cookie gun.

Pray for Immortal TiVo

I don't know what we'll do when the TiVo eventually conks out. It was a gift, and at the time, you could pay a single amount for a lifetime-of-the-unit subscription to the TiVo service. The subscription was part of the gift. I know the service now "doesn't cost that much" per month, but it's SOMEthing new that we would have to add on to our monthly expenses if it ever came time to get another one. I see this as such a luxury item, I don't know if I could justify the expense. After all, we could be putting away that $20/mo towards our retirement or Belle's education, and I think my values structure is such that that's what I'd want to do. Unfortunately, I think I would clash with D over this, because as much as I do love the TiVo, I think D believes that he NEEDS the TiVo, education and retirement be damned.
So my affection for the TiVo these days is bittersweet, because when the end comes, it will bring a domestic shitstorm. For now, though, I'm enjoying new shows whenever I feel like it, and the occasional Xena rerun.

Holidaysholidaysholidaysohgodholidays

I'm a little freaked out that the holidays are coming up so soon. There aren't a lot of weekends between now and then, and there isn't a lot of time to figure out gifts for people. I don't get gifts for that many people, just family members, but still - it's the figuring out that can be fun but looms a bit stressful this year. I think I might just shortcut by buying things from stores people like and then including a gift receipt. That way they can go when things are on sale anyway.
And then there's the Christmas Card Question. Now that we have a baby, people are going to expect cards, right? I figure folks expect cards as soon as a couple gets married, but we got a break the first year for being newlyweds, and the second year for being pregnant, but this year the baby excuse is trumped by the need for baby pictures! Send photos! So I think we have to do the photo card, and really there's no excuse not to, except that I'm not sure when to take the photo. I'd like to as soon as possible, but then she might be too young in the photo? I dont know; I think we'll take it asap so we can get everything ordered.

Cereal

I've got nothing to say today, so here's a link to the cereal Belle is having once a day these days, mixed with breast milk. She loves having cereal! She loves the spoon! Sometimes she grabs the spoon to feed herself which is ok with me, but most of the time she just lets Mommy handle the logistics.

Another self-explanatory website

I just ordered labels for all of Belle's stuff. All stuff must be labeled!!! How do you do that? You go to labelyourstuff.com of course.

We had a note from day care last week to label Belle's bottle lids. I put the three flower stickers on them that I've been using to mark her bottles but NO THAT'S NOT ENOUGH ANYMORE apparently, because when D brought Belle home, all the bottle lids had Belle's name written on them. This must be some new initiative, because Belle's been in day care since the end of August, and labeling bottle lids never came up before. So I decided it was finally time to buy some of those stupid labels to slap onto everything. Hers are red with the butterfly logo. (The ladybug is ugly.)

Exactly where you might look to find it

Last night I found a nice website for downloading free kids' music: freekidsmusic.com

It has a several classic songs, which is really nice for songs where you don't know the lyrics but wish you did, and it has a few songs each from a bunch of contemproary childrens' music composers, like a build-your-own sampler pack.