On Saturday, Jes and I went on our first baby shopping field trip to Babies R Us and Target.  Our mission was to look at Pack n Plays since it would be the only thing that we’d have for Kumquat to sleep in for the first year or so.  I had looked online but it’s hard to tell how sturdy stuff really is until you actually touch it and shake it around a bit.  🙂  So, we went to the store and got to park in the Stork Parking spaces.  Pretty funny.

We picked a model that has an attached changing station and lots of pockets and a hamper on the side for easy access.  Kumquat can sleep on the upper level until she’s old enough to sit up and potentially climb out.  Then we’ll remove the top layer and she’ll have the actual bottom part to sleep in.  It’s a pretty cool to know that we don’t have to buy a crib for our little fishbowl of a house.  Still not sure if it will fit comfortably in the bedroom but we’ll figure something out.

We also looked at car seats and strollers.  There are so many brands and styles that it was pretty annoying.  Jes attempted to unlatch one of the carriers from the base and it took a little figuring out without resorting to just throwing it on the ground to see if it’ll come apart.  After that experience, we put shopping for one of those for another day in hopes of possibly acquiring a hand-me-down from a certain someone in Las Vegas.  We shall see if it works out.