Coldplay – Charlie Brown
19 weeks kids, you know what that means? We’ve got movement, and not in the typical fashion that you would think of after a huge steak dinner. This last week we’ve had an official 4 “I think it moved” moments, and to be honest, the first couple may have been questionable due to confusion on the amount of fish tacos we had that night. That being said, we aren’t yet in full “stop moving, you’re making me have to pee” mode either, so we’re just enjoying our time before that hits. I say WE, like I’m actually being affected other than the occasional nudge in the middle of the night when my wife has to hit the bathroom. All in all we’re still in sit and wait mode as we learn daily about new people thinking about having kids.
Let’s see what else we did….baby furniture shopping maybe? Our visit to the Mercedes Benz dealership of baby furniture only wet our appetite for items that would cost more than OUR bedroom furniture. I mean when a lady that says she’s only 125 pounds, who is more like 145 pounds, stands in a drawer and it’s doesn’t break, you have to feel pretty confident that even using the furniture as a base for a baby trapeze act in the coming toddler years shouldn’t be a problem. Of course then you go to the Hyundai dealership, other known as Baby’s R Us, other known as the seventh circle of hell, and you really just can’t see your kid living in something that doesn’t come from Europe. Oh, there is a 3 month waiting period before it arrives and it doesn’t include the mattress? NO PROBLEMO my Italian furniture maker. Thank god that we have a friend who owns a business furniture store telling us that there might be a cheaper way to bring it in. So for now, we’re going to go that route, or at least start hitting up the blood bank to save some extra cash.
Either way I think we’ve got some time to decide, and I have to come to grips with the fact that giving my kids a better quality item that I use may be something that I have to deal with. At least now I’ve got a few additional gift ideas for wife. Somehow I have to find a blanket that looks like a lamb and is softer than a cloud…..in adult size. That or string 8 of them together…..
FYI, this is awesome: 
traveling daddy 