Getting Closer

Not really much been going on these days in the baby department, but I think things are gonna quickly change in several areas.

* Leah's finally decided that her handful of maternity clothes aren't cutting it, and that we're actually gonna have to invest in some more. She's got several tops, and a couple of "outfits", but she doesn't really have those versatile pieces that than go with just about anything. You know, the khaki pants, the long black skirt, etc. There's been several occasions where she's come home and said, "I'm gonna have to buy a ___." The problem that we've found is that there really isn't a reasonably priced place to get maternity stuff. That is, at the likes of Wal-Mart and Target, the "maternity section" is about 2 or 3 racks of stuff (mostly shirts and tops), and specialty places like Motherhood Maternity seem like they're a bit high. I guess we might have to bite the bullet and face the music (oooh, 2 cliches in one sentence!). Adding to the dilemma is BancorpSouth's draconian dress policy. Namely, nothing sleeveless is allowed. Now, while I'll concede that guys don't need to be wearing khakis and a sleevless button-down, many cute, summer women's tops--maternity or not--are simply sleeveless. Nope, can't wear them. So that's a challenge.

* Our next doctor's appointment is tomorrow, and I'm sure there won't be much to report. However, we've already set our next appointment, which will be the day of our ultrasound. For obvious reasons, we're excited about that, but it certainly adds to the practicality of shopping and such. So many of the upholstery patterns of strollers, carriers, carseats, and the like seem to 'lean' toward being masculine or feminine. Now, I realize that our moms (and thousands and thousands of moms before them) had to deal with not knowing the baby's sex until it was born, but alas, I was born in an age of budding technology. So sue me.

* Leah and I went ahead and started a registry at Babies R Us. For reasons documented above, we held off on some gender-specific choices, but we had already decided on stuff like bottles, diaper pail selection (although Diaper Genie is probably the leader, there are other competitors, namely the Diaper Champ), baby monitor, etc. It was almost closing time, and Leah was wiped out because of the long day she had had, so we left it a abit unfinished and will come back to it later. But stay tuned for a link.

* Leah attended a baby shower for Kristi yesterday, and I facetioiusly made the comment, "Honey, I wanna have a shower. When are we gonna have a shower?" I know that nobody throws a shower for themself, and I suppose it is a bit early. But I simply made the observation that there seems to be this unwritten rule that you can't have a shower before about 7 months. Why is that? It wouldn't be unheard of for a person to go into labor that early (I was 6 weeks early), so that would mess that itinerary up. Our time will come, I know, but dangit, I'm ready for my child to be center of attention for a couple of hours!! Joe was talking about how many things he had to get out of the box, put together, etc., and I can hardly wait to have that staring at me. We're buying nursery furniture next month, and as I mentioned in a previous post of things I'm looking forward to, putting together that furniture will be fun and an honor, all rolled up into one. I'm sure I'll be telling my son/daughter that I just couldn't figure out one particular bolt, or rail, or goofy set of Japanese instructions. But it will be a job well done, I can promise you that!