Shoooooping

After procrastinating as long as we could, we went and faced Babies'R'Us. And I thought registering for a wedding was a chore!

We spent several hours with our checklist and a barcode scanner (crappy UI, if you ask me) wondering what the hell all this stuff is that you're supposed to get. I made an emergency phone call -- and discovered that I'm perfectly capable of asking my cousin "whether she pumps" -- and we evesdropped on other shoppers who seemed to have a clue. They really should tell you to bring along a pragmatic mother who's recently been through this all. As it is, we decided to put stuff on the list that we may or may not use and plan to vigorously take advantage of the store's exchange policy. I must say that those nursing rockers felt awfully comfortable after a couple of hours of pink and blue exposure.

We still need to narrow down our stroller preferences and decide on what type of bottles to use and, really, a bunch of other things we didn't have the energy for. We didn't bother with clothes or toys, but I like primary colors and Baby Einstein.