Bells, Baby Stuff and the end of an era

Friday night Steve and Joanna stayed with us in Kzoo. It was nice to have some time for just the four of us to hang out. We cooked dinner at home and then headed downtown to introduce Joanna to Bell's Brewery. It was a drizzly night, so not an ideal evening to spend in the beer garden, but luckily it wasn't crowded, and we were able to sit on the covered stage area at the back of the garden. We had a great time, and I officially like Joanna. :)

Saturday Todd and I went to Babies R Us and started our registry--talk about overwhelming! Luckily we had already figured out what car seat and stroller we wanted, and gotten the opinion of our wise mom friends about baby carriers. That reduced the number of items that we had to spend a lot of time trying out, opening/closing, shaking, inspecting, etc. So we got a good chunk of stuff on there, but got pretty fried and decided to leave all of the confusing bottle/feeding stuff for another day.

Today we had an open house, so we spent the morning cleaning. Last night Todd posted an ad for the Corolla on Craigslist, and almost immediately his email and phone started buzzing with inquiries! The first person who came to look at it this afternoon bought it--we are happy that we got what we wanted for it, but have a little remorse that we could have priced it a little higher!! So it is the end of the era in which a compact car will meet all of my needs. I will miss Lola the Corolla, but I am excited to find a Subaru wagon that will fit a baby and a dog, as well as make it up our driveway easily in the snow. I'll keep you posted as the car search continues.

After all of that excitement, we decided to add one more exciting event to the weekend. Earlier in the week Dan and Nancy purchased our crib for us!! Sidenote: you would not believe how hard it is to find a crib that is just a crib, and not a huge piece of furniture that converts into a bed--but at least having fewer to choose from made the process a little less overwhelming. We waited until after the open house to set it up, but I couldn't wait much longer than that! :) So we assembled it and set it up in the nursery--I love it! Here are some pics: