When last we checked in with our hobo hero, he was still living in his van.

Well, not so much at the moment…

Behold, Dr. Neighbor’s new Ecuadorean digs.

Over at Babble this morning, I am reminding other mothers – women like myself who love our babies with all our hearts –  why we have to stop letting people like Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich categorically vilify the women among us who have been faced with the tragedy of “late term abortion.”

I hope that you will read, comment, and share with your sisters, mothers, aunts, and best friends.

C skips down to the creek on a warm February day.

Remember back on January when all of you stepped up to help Serge & Monica Bielanko get back on their feet after a house fire that left them with virtually nothing?

Well, today Lisa Belkin gives y’all a kind shout out in her new story for Adweek about the real relationships that exist within online communities like the one we have hear at

Thank you again to each and every one of you for being part of the community and conversation here.

xoxo – Katie

Emma Stone, by a mile.

Love. Love. Love.

Are you with me on this one? Do you love Emma’s gorgeous frock with the passion that I do? Which dresses at last night’s Oscars did you love (and not love)?

As I mentioned last year, C has done some catalog modeling for a line of children’s clothing called Cotton Kids.

This year – today, actually – C and NC got to do this super fun thing together, and even Danger Baby got in on the act.

I can assure you that I will be doing the proud mama/auntie thing and showing off plenty more pix from today’s photo shoot, but here are some outtakes to give folks a taste of how it all went.

E and cousin El were our munchkin model-wranglers for the event. They were very helpful.

(Note that G is mostly attempting to escape in every photo.)