"'When I had my daughter I remember looking down at my newborn and thinking there's a reason God made babies ridiculously cute. So we wouldn't give them away. Or eat them. Because having a kid is like the hardest thing on earth.' Karen Alpert, self-deprecating writer of the blog BabySideburns.com, shares funny stories and pictures from her experiences raising her young son and daughter. When your son wakes you up at 3:00 a.m. because he wants to watch Caillou, he's an a-hole. When your daughter outlines every corner of your living room with a purple crayon, she's an a-hole. When your rug rats purposely decorate the kitchen ceiling with their smoothies, they're a-holes. So it's only natural to want to kill them sometimes. Of course you can't because you'd go to prison, and then you'd really never get to poop alone again. Plus, there's that whole loving them more than anything in the whole world thing.

In "I Heart My Little A-Holes", Karen Alpert shares hilarious stories, lists, and deep thoughts on the joys and horrors of raising children. Accompanied by cheery illustrations and photos, she will make you laugh so hard you'll wish you were wearing a diaper. "The first time you hear her call you Mama, your heat melts a little The second time you here it, your eyes swell up. The 918,009,576th time you hear it, you want to stab your eardrums with an icepick."