Shopping For Baby!

Last night we hit Babies-R-Us in a big way! Managed to cross a lot of stuff we needed off the list.....Infant car seat, stroller, pack-n-play, Boppy, diaper bag, and the glider. Well ok and loads of clothing too....but that was earlier in the day when we were up at the Carters Outlet. I decided to introduce Gareth to the joys out American-style outlet shopping. And wouldn't ya know it, Carters was having another sale! Boy, did we get lucky or what.

So anyhow, being the nutter I am, I had to take pictures of Gareth baby shopping. And I've gotta hand it to him, he's a pro at this stuff!!!!



1st item....a car seat. We kinda went with the same theme for the car seat, pack-n-play and stroller. Graco's "Windsor".....stop rolling your eyes Mom! It's not pink!



Next up, the pack-n-play. I am so glad we got this over a bassinette. We'll get so much more use out of it over a longer period of time. And there's my He-Man hefting that thing into the cart!



Oops....it doesn't fit in the cart. Better try putting it under the cart.



We decided on a glider with an ottoman over a rocking chair simply for the comfort factor. Well that and my big butt probably would have broken a rocking chair in no time flat. Here's Gareth checking all the bits and pieces out. And this is the one model we did end up getting. Getting that bad boy home, well now that was another matter entirely! It comes in a box big enough to fit me and a few close friends in. We ended up taking it out of the box just to get the damned thing home!



Yours truly, taking a break from all that exhausting shopping. Well and I was "road testing" another one of the gliders. *lol*



Gareth on the phone with my son Matt, calling from Seattle. Matt is always glad when he gets a chance to talk to his step-dad. They're very fond of each other. And I think Matt was glad for a break in the baby-shopping chatter that he had to endure with, talking to his Mom!



Gareth taking a well earned break in the glider...have to make sure the ottoman is up to par!



Remember the post about procrastination and breast pumps? Well guess who took an active interest in which pump we'd be getting? Yes, my darling husband. I asked him if I could test it out on him - as a pregnant mom-to-be should not use it on herself, it can bring on premature labor - and the look I got from him was something I can't quite find words for. He did tell me though that it brings to light a whole new meaning for the British slang term; "gets on my tits". For those not in the know, "gets on my tits" means someone annoys/irritates you. I dare anyone to use this term to describe a co-worker whilst in a meeting. I guarantee hours and hours of endless water-cooler gossip and strange looks. Don't ask me how I know this.



And here is my wonderful husband enjoying a nice hot chocolate at Starbucks after we'd loaded all of our goodies from Babies-R-Us into the car.

While it was exhausting, we had the best time picking things out for gidget (I don't call her peanut anymore) and talking about things. Gareth is so very enthusiastic and we're both so excited. We can't wait to meet this little girl and show her how very much we love her.

We did go back to Babies-R-Us today and pick up a few more things. I really must endeavor to stay out of that store. Alas, I know I'll be going back. There are still other things we need to pick out and get before gidget makes her appearance.

We also hit Best Buy today and got a handycam/camcorder thing and all the goodies that go with that. Dear God in heaven, that thing is as intimidating as ever! We also finally got the wireless router thingymajigit for the computer. We need to get it moved out of the bedroom and into the other room and decided on going with a wireless set up rather than having Time Warner (grrrrrrr) come out and install another jack for the cable model in the other room.

I guess that's about it from this part of the expectant duo. Gareth will undoubtably be out in a bit (he's putting a computer desk together right now - and managing to not swear up a blue streak too I might add) to post about his surprise this morning- with pictures too!