Adventures in gift giving …

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So it’s finally started to happen — my friends are having babies. Nick and Chelsea, and Amy and Alex are both having baby girls over the next few weeks. So this weekend, I went to Target to get baby shower gifts for the expectant couples.

Oh my.

First of all, it took me a while to find the stuff they were registered for because for some reason, the baby stuff aisles are labeled Q (at least they are supposed to be, I never saw a Q sign), while all the other aisles are labeled A through G or something like that. Something alphabetical that makes sense. What Q has to do with babies, I have no idea.

And it didn’t get any easier after I found the stuff my friends had registered for. Body pillows and breast pumps and other things I didn’t even recognize, but that look like torture devices from the Middle Ages. Seriously, I have no idea what a Diaper Genie is, but I bought refills for it, even though they look like expensive rolls of duct tape. And this musical, light-up toy thingie that will probably drive N&C crazy. :joker:

I felt like Alice in Wonderland trying to navigate through this strange and curious world my friends have entered into. Maybe I should have bought a Glo-Worm and seen if he could give me some mushrooms to eat, like the caterpillar in the Disney movie. Things might have made more sense then. 😮

6 Responses to “Adventures in gift giving …”

  1. Tia says:

    You crack me up! We actually pitched our Diaper Genie after a while and just put the used diapers in old Wal-Mart grocery bags, and twisted them shut. Worked just as well and it was free.

    And yes, breast pumps can be implements of torture!

  2. Chasity says:

    Oh the joys of the baby aisle.

    To this day, it still scares the shit out of me. And I have a 4 year old.

    Those breast pumps scared me so bad, I refused to breastfeed.

  3. Amy says:

    I don’t know what half that crap is and I registered for it!! The breast pumps do resemble torture devices…one of the big reasons I’m bottlefeeding! (They really remind me of “The Machine” from Princess Bride. I don’t really want to drain 10 years of my life away.)

    Still no baby has arrived for me yet. Any day now. I hope. I am enormous and resemble Jabba the Hut.

  4. Jennifer Estep says:

    Tia — Well, I do try to be funny. :scooby:

    Chasity — Yeah, it freaked me out too. I never realized there was so much baby stuff. Yikes.

    Amy — I’m sure Rhegan will be here soon. Good luck! :bubbles:

  6. Amy says:

    What’s fun is going to a baby shower and seeing the mom-to-be open the gift that is the breast pump. I went to a co-ed shower where the woman opened that and the guys were a hilarious mixture of confused as to what was and embarassed when they figured it out.

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