@dootsiebug, your comment is awesome.

I featured a bunch of Naughty Monkey shoes in this post, even. :)

She does custom work -- you could always put in a request! :)

This reminds me of a friend's experience -- she is half East Indian/half Caucasian, and her husband is lily white. Their daughter was born a pale red head, and looked NOTHING like my friend. When she confessed to her mother that she felt sad about her daughter looking so little like her, her blonde mother laughed and said, "Oh honey, I understand. I cried a little when my baby was born brown and covered in fine dark hair."

It's likely that you inadvertently triggered a spam filter. I'll check the spam box. :)

As I mention in my post, the only differences are a new intro, new budget chapter, new cover, and new subtitle. :)

We had a bad link to the alt registry service. This should answer your questions. :) http://alternativegiftregistry.org

It's all good! If you want an easy way to start dipping into the 3 years of archives on the site, try clicking the links under the "Topics mentioned:" section for each post.

Caroline, this is an issue that's been hotly debated on OBB. :)

They were submitted to the Offbeat Mama pool quite a while ago, so if you've looked through the pool ... you've seen 'em. :)