So this past weekend was a big one for the family. My sister FINALLY took me up on my offer to go and spend the day on Saturday, so my father, Bella & AJ, my sister and my nephew all piled into the truck for some shopping and some lunch.
It was a bittersweet shopping trip. Following AJ's doctor's appt on Friday (in which the poor thing ended up getting shots), the doctor gave the okay for us to start cereal and introducing baby food and for us to get him an exersaucer!! Woo-Hoo!! So this particular shopping trip lead us to Babies R' Us (do I EVER go anywhere else??) in search of these items. My initial steps into this "holy mecca" of all things baby always brings me to a point of hesitation, irritation and sometimes even hyperventilating. When I go shopping, 9 times out of 10, I know what I need and know where it is in the store. This eliminates, at least for me, any needless wandering around. UNLESS it's something that I"m not really looking for, trying to get ideas on certain things or just trying to kill time. HOWEVER, I am always painfully aware of others around me and don't like to get in anyone's way. So why oh why do people feel the incesent need to get in mine!!! (I know, I know...beacause it's always ALL ABOUT ME!)
Anywho, I grabbed a cart and headed straight for the section where the exersaucers are and after perusing the small selection, I felt defeated and resigned myself to the fact that I would not be buying one that day. But, as luck would have it, I glanced to my left as I was leaving the aisle and there it was. The adorable (read: affordable) Evenflo Exersaucer that I had seen online and the even better part, it was on sale for $10.00 less!!! With a quick swoop, I grabbed the second to last box and placed it in the safety of my shopping cart. After picking up my other odds and ends, I headed for the checkout. Total damage: $143.00. Ouch. And that was after using almost $20.00 in coupons! Gotta love those formula checks and diaper coupons.
After loading up the car, a short trip to AC Moore and picking up the rest of the family, we headed for lunch at the Olive Garden. Always a tasty meal, OG didn't disappoint. After a bit a more shopping, we headed home. My sister and I were extremely excited to get the exersaucer set up and we set to work. After 10 minutes, we were done. We gently put AJ into the exersaucer to see what would happen. He was cautious about it at first, but immediately loved it. It was adorable!! He was so excited and couldn't get enough of it. It was there, right there that I realized that he was getting big and it was happening so fast.
Up Next: AJ's first foray into Baby Food!
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