2004-09-25 - 6:23 p.m.
Hooray!
I have finally been able to start my Target baby registry! I'm so happy about it. Practical gifts, reasonable prices, convenient for all.
Today, I went with Mom to Target. She needed a baby gift for a friend and I needed to start my registry there, since I had a hard time doing it online at home. Well, by the time we were done, we were both exhausted, but it was very fulfilling. They gave me a scanner gun and I zapped bar codes of stuff that I like. It couldn't be any easier.
I have a registry at jcpenney.com, target.com, and babiesrus.com. I tried Field's, but they only have a bridal registry. Nothing for babies. That's okay, though. It's nice to have three registries. There's so much to get and you really don't know how much you need until you get pregnant and are forced to browse the baby items. Yeesh. It's overwhelming.
I'm pumped, though. It's exciting shopping for things I've never had to buy before. I can't wait until this baby comes and I can finally use the Diaper Genie, the pretty blankets, the baby wipe warmer, and the onesies. It's a great feeling to know that I'll be spending tons of money on someone that will need it...my baby.
Hubby is looking into the video camera we want. Knowing him, he'll find it online for a fraction of what we'd spend in a store. He's got a knack for that. The camera is about $1,000, but he's found it online for $650. It records videos and pictures onto DVD's, so we can copy them on his DVD burner and send them to relatives. I also made him promise not to bring that anywhere near the delivery room. He's not stupid; he knows better. We haven't bought it yet because he's still "camera hunting." I leave that purchase all up to him because I don't like spending that kind of money on anything. He enjoys it, so he can go ahead and buy it whenever he feels it's the right price for us.
Hubby's mother is giving us a "baby basket," which is somewhat like the bassinets you see these days, that has been in her family for 75 years. She tried to find one like it in a store and an equivalent turned out to be $1,500. It was passed down to her from her grandparents and she wants us to have it, since we're the last ones that will be having babies in the family. Apparently, it's very big and it's white wicker. I'm excited about it. We'll still get a regular bassinet. We'll need one of these to go upstairs and one to go on the main floor.
All this baby stuff is making me nervous, excited, ready to jump out of my skin, and a little scared, too. I'm going to have a lot of things I don't know how to use, store, or play with. It's almost intimidating.
I found an 11.5" brown labrador by Animal Alley at Babies 'R Us. I put it on my registry list. I think it's so appropriate for our baby, since we have two, live, larger-than-life-sized Chocolate Labradors in the house already. It's one of the cutest things I've seen so far. I've chosen lots of "puppy" gifts, too. My dogs can be overwhelming, but I don't want my baby scared of dogs, ever. Dogs in my life have saved my sanity, at times. They are my pals and I want them to be my baby's pals, too.
There's so much to get, so much to order, so much to read about, so much to digest, so much to learn about, so much to research...I think I know why pregnancies last nine months. You've got to be given a chance to prepare your mind, not just your body, for the ultimate life experience. It's amazing that so much can change in a person's life in just a matter of months.
In a few months, I'm going to be devoting every second of the rest of my life to a little person who will depend on me for all the days. I'm excited; I'm scared; I'm ready. Right now, I'm not even thinking about the birthing part. I'm thinking much farther ahead than that. Tuition, prom dress/tux, first broken heart, first scraped knee, first driving lesson. These are things that tell me I'm finally "arriving." It's safe to say I'm more excited than scared, though, but I won't deny the latter.
This is all new, but not foreign. I was made to be somebody's Mom.
Oh...my...God. Did I just write that? I think this is really happening. This isn't a dream, after all. This is my life and it feels like it's only the beginning of it.
I'm going to cry now (out of happiness, of course).
Today was truly a great day! (Remind me not to blog on bad days.)
