Shopping

First, thanks to everyone who commented with an opinion both on here and facebook!! I really appreciate it!

From what everyone said, we are going to go with 1 long flight and hope he sleeps through it ;) Actually thinking it over I think this trip will go much smoother than the loooong drive when we move after residency 10-12 hours back towards home with an 8 month old :) Now to just bite the bullet and book the flight.

Apparently, Judges do not work on the weekend, so if we do not get approval to leave by Fri we won't get it until sometime Monday and won't be able to get a flight until Tuesday :( Thats 2 whole weeks!! With the way things usually go, I think we will be best off if we just book the return for that Tuesday and if we can leave earlier decide if it is worth the added flight expense to get home or not. It will probably just depend on the timing - 1 day probably not worth it, a few days would be though.

We went baby shopping today!!! I was a little hampered by the hubby who was not quite as excited about all the cute outfits, but he did help keep me on task since this was about getting the the bigger items.

We don't have that many good stores here in small town USA, but the local Toys R Us has a small baby section and then there is Target. We hit Toys R Us first and found a nice rocking chair, a couple swaddle me blankets, a great diaper bag that I really love and isn't girly so Dusty can carry it too, a couple sleepers, and an adorable fleece zip up hoodie with matching fleece pants. Dusty made me put back the newborn size wool peacoat arguing that it would only fit him for about 30 seconds and would probably stay on for even less time, but man was it cute :) We messed around with the travel strollers there for a long time, but just didn't any of them for what we need/want. They have a nice jogger, but for an everyday stroller it is big and obnoxious.

Target was next and we finally found a stroller we liked. I wish the colors were a bit better, but it is unisex so if we ever do this while thing again and have a girl this should still work. It is lightweight but still sturdy and is cushy inside for his little baby body and head. Of course I had grabbed a shopping basket and Dusty looked at it asking me how on earth I was planning on fitting it in the basket. He then ran and got a cart grumbling that it would never fit as I called out that it would. Well, when he got back he looked at me and said "make it fit" I picked it up, but it was awkward and I dropped it. A worker was walking by as I was laughing and asked if I needed help to which I replied "no, he is just being a bad husband and not doing his job" which made Dusty turn red and the guy laugh :) Outside of that we got a pack of muslin blankets that can be used for tummy time, swaddling, burp cloths...you name it! It was a successful trip.

All that is left is to fill that diaper bag and get formula, but we are going to wait on that stuff until it is a little closer.