"Tedium & drudgery are good for the soul" ~Boober Fraggle

This past Sunday the Soon-to-be parents set out on a recon mission to evaluate all of the stuff needed to raise a new born. After sleeping in a bit to make sure we were properly rested. (or because we were really friggin tired) we ran a few quick errands we decided to start at the farthest point and work our way back. Which means Target was our first stop. Since we had done a quick glance through Target’s Baby Section, when we first found out Michelle is pregnant, we sort of knew where most things were. We looked at all types of things from nursery furniture, to high chairs, to car seats, to strollers. Even found a few things we liked even though we are still working out the layout of the nursery and the monitoring system.

We spent well over an hour in Target comparing products, checking out new and strange gizmos and in some cases reading over the instruction manuals to figure out how the heck some things work…



After spending nearly 2 hours in Target’s quaint baby department we were both intimidated and concerned as we entered Babies R Us’ sales floor. Luckily we were greeted with a sample registry and we found ourselves an understudy baby…




Our understudy helped us pic out furniture…



Blanket sets…



Even check the sizing of a few other infant household needs…



All in all we were able to check out most of the major items we’ll need for Spraggle. We also had a lot of fun. Tony bought a diaper bag which he will claim he only bought because it was on Clearance Sale however we all know he bought it because it is Really Cool! Other then that Michelle bought a new Maternity shirt and SOMEHOW our Understudy Baby found it’s way into our car and eventually back to our house. Good thing he’s Insanely Soft!