Sunday, May 26, 2013

Registering

Friday night Eric surprised me and wanted to go register for Baby Spills.  When we got to the store, we went up to the desk, filled out the paper work and got to work. We scanned one item, hit a wrong button and deleted all of the newly input data. It was going go be a long night...

I went back to the desk, and the exasperated worker retyped our information into the system again, told us that's never happened before and to ONLY push the yellow button from that point forward. She then sent us on our way. As we started over, it began to set in just how overwhelming this process can be. What does a baby really need? Apparently ALOT. There's safety accessories, bath time, bedding, activity gyms, play yards, swings, travel systems and so much more.

We spent an extra long time in the bedding section, because we couldn't decide on what we wanted. I didn't want anything "too babyish" and Eric didn't seem all that interested at this point... apparently safety supplies and bath time took a lot out of him. I digress... He didn't like the giraff bedding I thought I liked, and I didn't like the giant monkeys he thought were cute. From there, there weren't a whole lot of neutral bedding sets that would fit in with Baby Spills.  A nice worker helped us settled on what we had originally envisioned as a very plain light blue and dark brown bedding set that was on clearance and a must buy that night. From there, I decided we would accent with Dr. Seuss' "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish." Growing up, I hadn't really had a "favorite" bed time story... sorry mom, but I don't really remember reading bed time stories instead my memories include praying before bed... I do however remember the big yellow book, and I have long admired the literary works of Dr. Seuss, and so our nursery was born.

Next, we found the travel system section and there were quite a few to choose from. Once we picked the one that we wanted, we had to figure out which car seat base would fit the carrier... fingers crossed we chose the right one.

After more than an hour, I was done and was proud of what we had accomplished. We once again found Mary Ellen to complete the final process in the registering experience.  As we left, I told her I thought we were done with the whole list and I was really proud of myself. I got home and sent a text to my sister, who went to check out what we had and the next morning, she called me to say, let's go back and get what you really need.

To my surprise, Mary Ellen was working again and she made light of the fact that I brought back the mother of two, really five, for reinforcement... as we went around the store and got the other necessities I missed, like safety locks for the outlets, a thermometer, sheets, and breast pump accessories, the same worker that helped Eric and I the night before choose our bedding, approached and asked if this was to be our, Christine and my, third child together. As Christine said yes, and I nodded in agreement, it took us a moment, well actually me a lot longer, to realize that we had just acknowledged that instead of being sisters, we were instead a lesbian couple registering together. Now, the really funny part of this exchange isn't that she didn't remember me from the night before, or that she mistook us for lesbians, the funny thing is that if you were to see my sister and I together, we could easily pass for twins. The worker may have needed glasses, but I nonetheless am grateful to my sister for taking time out of her schedule to help me with this overwhelming process. September here we come!

2 comments:

  1. LOVE!!! It's like a whole new world trying to figure out what you need for Baby Spills!!

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  2. Good for you for not finding out! We didn't either and it was the best surprise ever! And when baby gets here you will find that there isn't much they really need except love.

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