Calling all mothers!

As I mentioned, Kevin and I registered at Babies 'R Us on Saturday for all those baby necessities. As you also know, we are grade-A, 100% rookies! We would look at each other with a glazed expression and one of us would ask, "Uh, do we need one of those? Which one should we get? How many different kinds of bottle nipples are there in the world?!?"

While we feel pretty confident in the things we registered for (absolute lack of experience talking there), we are also confident that we usually have no idea what we're talking about. That's where you come in!

I received a fantastic email from my dear friend Amber W. in TX telling me that after 2 kids, if she could go back and register for ONE thing, it would be a temporal thermometer. It's a little pricey (about $50), but when you have a sick baby is absolutely essential! It is the kind they use at the pediatricians office, and she said that if I don't register for one I'll want to run right out and buy one the first time the Littlest gets sick, and to heck with the cost.

This is invaluable information that I, of course, would not have known if it hadn't been revealed to me by the loving wisdom of my friend.

Sooooooo, mothers...if you have a beloved product that you feel like no new mother should live without, let me know!

**Disclaimer: If, after you have lovingly passed along your hard-earned wisdom, you should visit my registry and not find your item listed, I'm sure there is a very good reason, such as any one or more of the following: a.) I haven't gotten around to adding it yet, b.) we already have one, c.) I will be borrowing said item from Kev's cousin Carrie who has 3 children under the age of 3 and whose house is a veritable Babies 'R Us all by itself, or d.) I once again have completely forgotten something else important -- what my friend Amber W. refers to as "my brains are falling out." See here for explanation.

23 Weeks down, 17 to go!

We took this picture on Saturday morning just before we went out to register for baby gear. We spent about 2 1/2 hours at Babies 'R Us down at Union Square. We don't have a Target in the city, and the only other baby megastore is Buy Buy Baby, which they don't have in Texas. (Kevin's sisters are throwing me a shower in Dallas at the beginning of December).

Babies 'R Us has a great packet of information they give you before you register, obviously to try to help make this overwhelming process a little less daunting. But even with that, we find ourselves standing in front of an entire wall of pacifiers going, "Ummm..." I mean, really? Who in the world knows?!? And how many millions of kinds of bottle nipples can there be? Or kinds of diapers in different sizes with different features? We don't know how big the baby will be...do we buy the smallest ones? Or the middle ones? And how many of which size do we need to start? And which bathtub is best? Does it even really matter? And there are like 17 different thermometers. It's like, how confusing can we possibly make it for these first time parents. We also have the added concern of serious lack of space...so we register for the basics, and the smallest available option as well.

In spite of all of that, we actually had so much fun. Kevin definitely enjoyed this more then registering for our wedding. He was so cute, expertly wielding the registery "gun". We would have two options of a product, and he would say "yes, but which one is the best? Is that the Rolls Royce of..." whatever it was. His favorite item of the day was the Baby Bjorn, which he will be getting plenty of use of. He has been wanting to carry around our Littlest in a Bjorn for years! Well, in about 17 weeks (or so) he'll finally get his chance!

Latest pic of the tum!

20 weeks

We're about a week behind on posting photos, but we'll catch up...promise! I'm at 21 weeks now, but only have the 20 week photo on my computer.

The black band around my waist is an amazing product recommended to my by my dear friend and fellow-preggo, Tami. It's called a Bella Band, and it's a super stretchy tube of material that goes over the top of your pants and your stomach. That way, you can keep wearing your pre-pregnancy pants that don't quite button around the tum anymore, and no one can see that they're unbuttoned. It's awesome! I clearly have it pulled down a bit here so you can fully appreciate the tum.

I had to share a pic of my favorite t-shirt! I got it in a load of maternity clothes from my dear friend Dana. It's got a Buddha on the front and says, "For Good Luck Rub My Tummy." Ha!