VW makes more than confusing commercials

Sometimes at work I have a bit more spare time than I have actual work. At those times, I surf the Internet. A lot. And I find interesting and sometimes hilarious sites. And sometimes I even find things to occupy more than one minute of my time (as an aside, yes, I do realize I'm lucky to have a job, even a slow one).

One fun site I found is this Baby Maker program on Volkswagen. It's hilarious, and every time you upload the pictures you get a different baby. You can make it look more like the mom or more like the dad, which is totally fun. The only problem is the baby has creepy eyes that follow the mouse. But you should all try it out. And if you already have kids, I'd love to hear how Baby Maker compares with the real thing. Ü

Here's our hybrid.

Pride: a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority

I've hesitated to show the scrapbook I made for Lindsay because it seems like bragging and fishing for compliments (this could totally be an Ask Miss Tacky post). But I'm going to do it because (1) I am fairly proud of quite a few of the pages, and (2) you guys had great ideas that look wonderful in reality, so I wanted to help you brag too.

I don't have full bragging rights--a few of the pages were done by my cousin Shannon; it was so nice to have her help and perspective.

The scrapbook is fairly personality-specific, which means the pages aren't light blue with Winnie the Pooh and babies in clouds. They're a bit edgy and unconventional, but so is Lindsay so it's perfect ("edgy" and "unconventional" are my excuses for "made by someone who rarely scrapbooks"). My favorite papers were from the nursery rhyme album. Those pages were all so cute, and glittery! Glue doesn't stick to glitter very well, though.

I got some fantastic flair for the pages--it's so hard to walk away from those aisles in the store. My favorite was this adorable animal mobile . . . that moves!

And I couldn't resist this totally cute duck with real feathers on his head--it's so Lindsay.

The pages are here, if you want to view them all. It was a really fun project, and I greatly appreciate all the insight and ideas you guys gave me. I had a blast integrating everything.

Where everybody knows your name (and that name is "brother" or "sister")

Heh. "Why can't Mormons send flowers?"

It's a cake

I finished Lindsay's baby scrapbook a few weeks ago. I've been wanting to post pictures, but I don't want to spoil it for her and I don't know if she'd be able to not peek (although we sisters all seem to relish a surprise and are surprisingly good at not shaking our presents, as it were).

But her open house is this weekend, so I'll post pictures after that. (Let's hope I remember to take pictures before I wrap it. My wrapping paper obsession doesn't allow me to destroy a perfect wrapping job.) The pages are not phenomenal by any means, but you all had such great ideas for the pages and I'm pretty dang proud of it. Plus I used the cutest papers ever. Ever.

So, I know you're probably not waiting on pins and needles, but I have nothing else to blog about so here's your baby scrapbook present update.

(The creepy baby shower cake is from one of my favorite blogs. Try not to read the entire archive. I dare you.)