Can someone throw me some suggestions?

I had numerous large species of reptiles for quite a few years, everything from Anacondas to Monitors to Retics, i have a passion for the larger reptiles, however my husband is afraid of large reptiles and we have a 9 month old + one on the way so unfortunately i am not "allowed" to work with the reptiles that hold a special place in my heart.
I'm looking for an interesting species to work with and turn into a breeding project later down the line, does anyone have any suggestions? Neat morphs of that species?
I was looking at Cresties, i think they are the cutest little guys but more suggestions would be awesome!

Why not boas? They are relatively slow growing. By the time they reach adult size your kids would be much older and able to safely be around them. I love the dispositions that my red tail boas have. Most of mine are literally puppy dog tame.

If red tails are still too big, Brazilian Rainbow Boas are a great option. Their care is not much harder than red tails, just need a jump up in humidity. Maybe bull snakes? Easy to care for and relatively cheap. Some can even get to six foot.

Cresties are cool but kinda boring in my opinon.

It's more so my husbands issue than it is with our children, he does not want any "big" reptiles in the house, he saw pictures of the Boa's i had in the past and that is still too big (some being only 5ft while others were almost 8ft). lol.
He nearly had a panic attack when i put a 400g Ball Python in his hand when we first met but i am slowly but surely easing him into the industry.

He is much more content with lizards at this point, but he would be alright with smaller snakes such as Sand Boa's.

Any of the Anteresia stay small, Savu Pythons, Rosy Boas, hognoses

for lizards, Blue Tongues are fun, if that is still too big, maybe look into different geckos, crock skinks, fire skinks...

This is so hard because my husband and i are on polar opposite sides of the spectrum when it comes to size.
I am looking for a decent future breeding project and also something that is striking looking but i can't seem to find anything small that truly catches my eye, the closest i've cpmw to is Cresties, Leachies and Hognose.

I'll just drop a picture of my crestie here. They are great fun to have. Especially when you get to feed them crickets. They don't get big at all and you can have a few in quiet a small area http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05...cb1418ad70.jpg

This is so hard because my husband and i are on polar opposite sides of the spectrum when it comes to size.
I am looking for a decent future breeding project and also something that is striking looking but i can't seem to find anything small that truly catches my eye, the closest i've cpmw to is Cresties, Leachies and Hognose.

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I'll just drop a picture of my crestie here. They are great fun to have. Especially when you get to feed them crickets. They don't get big at all and you can have a few in quiet a small area http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05...cb1418ad70.jpg

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He is so adorable! I love Cresties because they look like pint sized dinosaurs. I think i am going to purchase a couple and possibly a Hognose at the expo next month!

For reasonable sized lizards I certainly like the leachianus. I don't think they have very many morphs, though. Gargoyle geckos caught my attention, as they're around crest size and have some variety to them. Other than that I can't say, I didn't look too far into them since I'm not interested in anything with an adult size smaller than my hand.

Rainbow boas and most corns/kings/milks grow to a pretty manageable adult size? They can get some length on them, but they aren't as thick bodied and bulky as most larger constrictors so they still look smallish. Lots of fun looking corns if you're into those?

Savus are tiny but can be very nippy as babies. I have 1.2 youngsters, fortunately they're rather "clutzy" and don't have much to speak of in the way of teeth, so on the very rare occasions they do connect it doesn't hurt.

My BRB's are the same way, except they usually hit what they're aiming at. At least they mellow out quickly.

If you want to give boas a go try some of the smaller localities, Tarahumara and Sonoran females top out around five feet, the males are shorter. Generally it's frowned on to make morphs with them, people like to know they're getting pure locality lines.

Dumeril's boas get bigger than the smaller BCI's but are more likely to be couch potatoes/lap snakes, they're not at all hard to handle. There's also a line of dwarf dums available that stay even smaller.