Baby shopping

Yesterday we went to Potomac Mills mall with a few baby-related shopping errands. We went to IKEA for a computer desk. That might not sounds baby related but it's part of an effort to make better use of our space and re-organize our living room, as we've decided to stay in our apartment in the District for the foreseeable future. We also went to Motherhood Maternity to look for a maternity swimsuit for Nikki. We found one at clearance prices. My work has a huge gym with a pool in the basement so we'll be re-joining that this week so Nikki can swim. I have a bit of sympathy weight to work off myself.

We also went to H&M there. They have both maternity clothes and baby clothes there. As expected, they were super cheap and really cute. We got 3 outfits for 20 bucks. Nikki and I had previously talked about not genderizing a girl too much but we are both finding that all we want to buy is little pink onesies. I think we were overthinking it a bit. Not that we are buying her stuff that says Princess or Heartbreaker on it...

The highlight of the trip, though, was a stop at Build-A-Bear Workshop. I've seen these in malls before and thought that they looked like bottomless pits into which parents could toss their money. Nonetheless, we just had to make a bear for our daughter-to-be. Well I was a bit wary, and Nikki even more so, but it was actually really reasonable and a lot of fun. We ended up getting not a bear but a Triceratops. We named him Leopold. We got him some converse-style high tops. The whole thing came to $27. I figured it would be twice that. The stuffed animal alone was only $18, and the plain teddy bears start at $10. I am currently looking for excuses to go back and do another one. Anyone want a teddy bear for Christmas?