Registering Fun

I really wish I would have taken pictures of us during our registering adventure....Some moments were quite memorable :)

The trip started off with HORRIBLE traffice when we were almost there.  We kept our cool though since the end of the drive was in site.  We decided to register at Buy Buy Baby rather than Target or Babies R Us.  I've heard that Target has a not so great return policy on registry items (and they don't carry everything) and Babies R Us...enough said if you've ever stepped foot in that store.  What took us three hours at Buy Buy Baby would have probably taken at least double at Babies R Us.  Sorry to those who love the store.  I just can't handle the confusing layout and I haven't had much luck with the staff at our location.

I really do love Buy Buy Baby.  It came highly recommended and it didn't disappoint.  This was our first trip.  It's a little far from our house, but I knew it would be worth it.  The location in Grand Rapids is right near the Babies R Us, so I knew it wouldn't be too inconvenient for family.  Plus, their return policy is amazing, you can use Bed Bath and Beyond non-expired coupons on most items, and they have designated staff in each area who are specifically trained on their section.  Let me tell you, they knew a lot.  Way more than us :)

We started out strong in the clothing section.  We had tons of energy and were feeling good.  Side note, we realized in this section that people who find out the gender have an advantage over those who are keeping it a surprise.  There are way more clothes/PJs/blankets/you name it items that are gender specific.  We managed though.  Next was on to safety...ummm...what do we really need?  I mean our baby will come out doing nothing but pooping, eating, crying and sleeping for the first how many months?  So I pulled from memory what I knew for sure my friend Kate had at least in her kitchen.  Then there were a few things I knew on my own.  After that, we decided that we could get the other stuff later when Baby T is actual mobile :)

After this, things start to blur.  Thank goodness for Baby Bargains.  I know I've mentioned it before, but it was a lifesaver.  I definitely think it added time having to find my tabbed pages, but that time was worth it.  Knowing that someone had reviewed and recommended the products we were scanning was so helpful and the pros and cons were laid out. 

The stroller/carseat section was last.  And coincidentally, this was the section I was most excited for.  It was probably good this was last, because Aaron was broken down at this point and pretty much scanned whatever I wanted :)  Anyhow, we had an idea of the brands we needed to look at but holy cow.  This was the motherload.  I know, I'm weird.  Strollers really excite me.  We first attempted to tackle the carseat.  But wait, they are all attached to their bases, and how the heck do you unattach them?  We both kept saying how we felt like complete idiots.  All of the staff were busy so we decided to move on to strollers.  We found the one we wanted and started playing with it.  Finally, someone could help us.  He was so knowledgeable.  He showed us how to figure out the carseat (I felt really dumb having an unmarried, college guy, who clearly had no kids show us, but hey, we need to learn somehow!).  He then showed us all the tricks of the stroller we wanted.  And we were DONE.

I was pretty happy it only took us three hours :)  And we are pretty much completely finished.  As I said before, I'm meeting Andrea on Thursday to chat about it all to make sure I didn't miss anything, but hopefully there aren't too many edits :)  I thought for sure we'd have to go back, but it's looking like we're good!

Next on the list...crib, glider, car shopping, nursery decor....I know there is more, but those are the major items.  We're getting there! :)  And we know which crib and glider we want to get.  It's just a matter of ordering them at this point.