February 25 - Let's talk about registries

Dear Baby,

I am going out to California in a couple of weeks and on March 15th, your lovely Auntie Kerri and her mommy Dee will be throwing me a baby shower. It is a little earlier in the pregnancy than when most people have baby showers, but it will be my only chance I will be able to make it out to California for a while. I will only be 19 weeks preggers at the time of my baby shower. I am hoping that you are cooperative on March 10th so that we can make sure that was really a little boy part that we saw in the last ultrasound.

Ok, let's talk about baby registries. I knew that you would need a lot of things when you are just a wee one, but I never expected to see how much you really needed. About a month ago, your daddy and I went to Babies R Us and spent about two hours in there just looking around. We didn't buy a single thing. Just wanted to see what was there. Then we went to Target and looked there and were just as overwhelmed.

So what did I do? I consulted with all my lovely friends who have recenltly given birth within the last two years and asked them what I needed. Boy was that helpful. Hopefully you will be able to meet all these wonderful kiddos and be good friends with them like your mommy and daddy are with their parents. We were able to pick out some things that we wanted. This past weekend, I took one of my friends with me to Target and she helped me finish up the rest of the registry. Thank goodness thats pretty much done with for now. We are registered at Target and Babies R Us for those who are curious. I am sure there are things that we still are missing, but its a start for now.

I just never realized that planning for you was going to be such a huge chore. Oh well. It will all be worth it when I get to hold you in my arms.

I will always love you,
Your Mommy