I realize it's been awhile since my last post, but we've just been so busy! Ever since we found out the sex of the baby we have been registering like crazy! So far we're registered at Walmart, Target and Shopko. Registering for a wedding is a hell of a lot easier than regsitering for a baby! Atleast for our wedding we knew what we wanted and were familiar with the products we were registering for. With baby stuff there's so much to research, I feel like I'm being put through some sort of baby item test, and if we don't have it we're screwed.
I thought I had an idea for decorating the baby's room. So far the walls are yellow....... We thought having yellow walls would cheer up the room a little, and give us a positive thought when we had to walk in for 2, 3 or 4 am feedings. Well, MORE of a positive thought. ;) We didn't want pink or blue. I was thinking a dark brown and pink as accent colors, but I may need a little help with it.
I'm also trying to wrap my head around the thought of having a little girl. I was never a girlie girl, always a tomboy. I never played with dolls or had tea parties, and if our girl is into that I'm not sure how to deal with it. Maybe decorating the room with decals of pink cows will help. After all, she'll probably be showing cattle in about 6 years!
I'm thinking she'll have some aggressivness to her. She's been kicking me like crazy! I think she's trying to kick my belly button out so that it turns into an outie, or as Heath would say my "turkey timer." He always asks "Is it done yet?!" No, no it's not.
The little kicks are cute, and kind of gives me a warm fuzzy just thinking about her. But when she really gets to kicking I have to yell out "Baby!!!" and push my stomach a little. It doesn't always stop her, which goes to show she may or may not be stubborn. She gets that from her dad....;)
I remember being the SAME way and still am with the "baby buying list". I ended up buying the book called Baby Bargains. It lists all the top baby items to register for and the top brands of what items. I think they have a website too. It helped me a LOT - I had no idea what high chair was the best or what stroller to buy. I remember going to register for the first time being scared because I didn't know what I needed and what I was just getting because I thought I was supposed to. I didn't want to have a lot of "stuff" just what we needed. I also sent MANY emails to friends asking for their thoughts and suggestions.
ReplyDeleteAs far as the nursery goes I can't wait to see what you guys come up with and I do want pictures!! (AND bump pictures too!) What about some sort of nature thing. We had thought about doing that with a large tree decal - we ended up buying WAY to much furniture and ended up not having room. I know your dad would like a Husker football theme - not sure what would go along too well with yellow walls though!
Thanks for the tip on the book! I've done a alot of reading and that's helped some. I just get nervous that i'll have a stroller and get criticized for the kind I have from other new moms when I take the child on outings. Ugh!
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