road trip for jack

the reason i was glad i had a laid-back-relaxed Easter was that the next day i was going to be at the mercy of some crazy shopaholics.:) monday my mom-in-law, sis-in-law, niece, my mom (they were so sweet to invite her!) and i went to maple grove, mn in search of nursery furniture. we stopped at a super target along the way. i registered for a few more items, then realized that i was all alone. they ditched me! i found them in the baby clothes clearance aisle. they were about to buy jack some totally bogus vintage pooh clothes. gag. i instead showed them the cool fringy cowboy boots and hightop camo sneakers i was going to buy jack. they put down the bogus pooh and grabbed jack's shoes instead. whew! that was a close one!

we finally made it to babies-r-us. i started getting terrible "braxton hicks" contractions. that's where your tummy (uterus) turns hard as a rock. these were the worst ones yet. jack decided he needed to start squirming against this rock hard belly like he was doing a cardio class or something. this kept up for the next 3-4 hours. you hurt mommy! but i forgive you.

the moms were very generous. my mom bought jack a lovely white crib. mom-in-law bought him a white armoir and a changing table! gorgeous furniture! jack is going to have the nicest room in the house. even if i don't get to the murals in the nursery. hope i do.

at "pottery barn kids" i bought jack a melmac pirate ship plate. ahoy captain jack.

at "the children's place" i bought jack the sweetest light blue collared romper with sail boats, anchors and little stars. i also got him a pair of white leather wingtips and light blue socks with a navy oxford pattern on the cuff part. preppy baby! it is going to be his first Church outfit.

mother insisted on buying him a pair of truly heinous red plaid pants with built in suspenders on clearance. i told her not to, but "grown ups" don't listen. fine. i am going to let jack wear them with his "mom" tee and a mohawk. my punky little sid vicious.

the highlight of this road trip? (from which i am still recooperating. traveling while preggers is totally exhausting.) besides the expensive furniture... a stop at the krispy kreme doughnut shop! "hot doughnuts now" were rolling off the conveyor belt. we all got a free one and ordered a dozen to go.:) my fave are the lemon. they don't usually stock those in the gas stations (where rural minnesotans get their k.k. fix), so it was truly a treat. good thing i can't get them easily, that is toooo tempting.

i ran out of doughnuts today and i switched back to pineapple.:)