getting more stuff...

Wow, babies need a lot of STUFF!! Now we have:

• crib/mattress
• Rainforest crib sheet and blanket
  
• bureau
• storage bins
• stroller/car seat
• bouncer
• rocker/ottoman

We bought the stroller/car seat and bouncer (in the RAINFOREST design that we both LOVE) off of Craigslist...now, for those who know me, I'm not a big fan of recycling stuff (I mean, I am a recycler, but I don't like to use used stuff like books, beds, etc.), but the prices of new vs. used were too good to pass up. The Combi travel system on babiesrus was $350; the one we bought was $95. The bouncer goes for about $50; ours, $25. Now granted, if we had gone to look at the stuff and the place was all bus' and the people were gross, I wouldn't have bought it, but it was a beautiful house in Mililani Mauka, which was immaculately decorated in obviously expensive Japanese samurai-ish decor (seriously, like had the full Last Samurai suit thingy on display, plus a sword framed on the wall)...and the peeps were Japanese/Chinese, so I got a good vibe. Ask my mom...I was traumatized by almost having to ride to gymnastics in an "American" person's filthy, dog hair covered, stink butt car. I literally cried until my mom drove me herself. It's her fault for making me anal about things like that anyways.

So, Dave is now trying to figure out how all these things work together (putting the car seat in the stroller, figuring out how to open and close the stroller, seeing how the base attaches in the car). I guess I gotta learn those things too, but I'm not into it right now.

BTW, Dave made his second dinner tonight. Granted, it was Hamburger Helper, but at least it's another meal he can cook on his own.