The smallest person in our house will have the most crap!

So... We spent 2 hours at Babies-R-Us yesterday. Wow. There's a lot of baby stuff out there. But they think they've got it all figured out for you. When you tell them you want to develop a gift registry, they give you this notebook with a handy "New Parents' Checklist" to guide you through the selection process -- there were about 220 items on this list!

One of my favorites... the light-up musical wipes warmer! Okay, I'll never actually understand the logic of this. It brags that it "warms wipes in 10 minutes!" So, you're supposed to anticipate the need for a diaper change, then run and turn it on so it'll be ready. Then, when you get in their to change the diaper, this plastic box sings and dances to entertain the baby for one minute. And all for the low low price of $39.95! Needless to say, you won't find that on our registry.

So we diligently took our time walking around the entire store meticulously inspecting every item, the discussing the use to see if it was needed, desired, or just completely useless. And if we decided it was useless, we laughed about the type of people who would spend money on such a random silly purchase. And, worse than 5 years ago when we did our wedding registry, I was reminded of Quick-Draw-McGraw I have for a husband. Never let this guy have a real gun - he wants to shoot everything. If I even touched an item on the shelf, he was there with the scanner gun, micro-seconds from hitting the trigger!

But alas, we finished some sort of registry there. We included neutral-colored clothing and onesies, changing table cushion and covers, a "manly" diaper bag for Jeremy, diaper wipes, diapers, and blankets and matress covers. We picked out bottles, formula dispensers, baby cutlery, tiny tupperware bowls, and bibs. There's the ear thermometer and a snot-sucker. And we couldn't leave off the Boudreaux's Butt Paste! There's washclothes and towels. And a few toys and some books. We have carseat and stroller accessories. But no car seat or stroller yet! (We're still deciding on one!) Oh, and no high chair yet, but we did pick a booster seat. And, I can't forget the animal crackers. Yes, there's this big giant bin in the middle of one aisle filled with gallon-size bags of animal crackers. I said "Mmm... Animal Crackers! I want some!" (Translation: I've been walking around this crazy store for 2 hours and I'm getting hungry.) So Jeremy scans two. Yes, apparently we're requesting two bags of animal crackers for the baby. I was going to get online as soon as I got home to delete them, but I think I'll leave 'em there for now. I makes me laugh. :o)

Then we headed over to WalMart. We created an additional registry there. At least by this time, we'd decided on what we wanted, so it was slightly easier. It only took us about an hour there. But we've got our registries established. I'm now off to continue my high chair/stroller/carseat research online. We must pick one soon!

Visit our registries, if you want to browse and entertain yourself. See if you can find the animal crackers!