Me too!! And I could get up an hour earlier, and STILL be late. It doesn't matter what time I go to bed or what time I get up, I leave late every freakin' day. We used to never have Alex wear shoes either, until he started walking, and now I can't stand the thought of him walking anywhere in public w/o shoes. And now he always wants to walk, so he knows that he has to put shoes on if he wants to go out.
We will tell him we're going to go bye-bye and he will say, "Bye-bye? Shoes?" And run and get his shoes so we can put them on him. And when he wants to go outside he will bring us his shoes so we know that he wants to go out.
Vaylie never wore shoes for the longest time. Just when she started walking. But she does the SAME thing. She'll say, "Bye-bye? Shoes?" or "Outside? Shoes?" They are so much alike!
Add me to the list for requesting a little girl next time! There is so much cute little girl clothes out there, and I can't wait to have a princess to play dress up with (as long as she'll let me anyway!). Luckily, DH has told me that he'll "let" me have a girl next time, so I'm holding him to that promise!
I highly reccommend a little
I want another girl too!
you are doing the podcast cruise? I am considering it with my mom and my cousin. I just discovered the podcast this year and love it. i've never done a cruise before at all, disney or other. DS is too young to really have a good time (he would be a year and a half) and i think it would be a good girls trip for me, mom and my cousin (she's like a second mom to me). 
Mo won't sleep! I tried CIO today and he cried for nearly 20 minutes....was that too long???? I'm finished. He falls asleep in my arms and when i put him down he wakes straight up!!!!!!!!!! He usually takes his morning nap even though it's only 30 minutes, but today nada!!! I don't know what to do, I use Mo's nap times to get things done....oh well. 
I was so horrified and pulled it off then check to make sure DS was still breathing! Sometimes I want to kill DH, b/c I am sure it is just laziness, not stupidity.
Sorry you're having such a hard time with Mo's sleeping. I agree that I probably wouldn't let him cry 20 minutes straight, probably only 5-10 then check on him. But DS isn't a crier unless something is wrong. I hope Mo is sleeping better for you soon!
When we talked to our ped about doing CIO, she encouraged us to committ to doing it and NOT go in - that Brady would not understand the difference if we went in after 5 min or 30 min - all that it would mean to him was that he cried and someone came in to soothe him. I guess looking back it was kinda a severe method. But.....after the first few days....he never cried for more than 20min, and now goes to sleep (usually) without a peep. So, it worked for us! 
LOVE the color-coding....that is soooooooooo something I would do!!! 
