My iweb site... give it a look

Guys and Gals,
This is my latest iweb site and I would appreciate your feedback. The demo videos have no audio yet. The site is hosted on my Xserve and a very fast colocation facility. The service it describes uses the Mac OS X Server WIKI and blog features on the backend.
Take a look.
http://www.ourparentingspace.com
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Nice site, and how refreshing to see an iWeb site not using a default theme. It is clean and uncluttered which is good. I (personally) would change 3 things:
1. The color of the 'selected' nav-bar is dark gray and becomes lost against the bluey-gray header. Perhaps make the 'selected' color stand-out more...light blue... And change the Red rollover color. It really doe not go with the rest of the design. Stick to blue.
2. Move the Google Ad. It looks as though it has been added as a last minute afterthought and really looks out of place where it is.
3. I would add a dedicated 'Contact Us' page. I can't help but think that people who your site is aimed at really want to talk to people. You really should have your contact details all over the place.
They are just my minor thoughts.

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