More Stuff

Not surprisingly, I've mastered the whole "buying stuff" phase pre-tty quickly. Guess some things just come more naturally than others! Here's a brief rundown of "the purchases and preparations" so far:

1. The Wego Twin. With great fanfare I present to my very first major baby purchase, the:

From the online description, it seems to be the perfect hands-free-tote-twin-babies-around-to-Embassy-appointments-in-Delhi contraption (how useful it will be beyond this stage is questionable). Nevertheless, babies can be as small as 3 lbs. (which clearly, I no longer need to worry about) and it adjusts for parents from 5 ft. 2 in. to 6 ft. 3. (Hilariously I still fall outside the lower parameters and Duane still falls outside the upper parameters, but heck, it's the closest we're going to get to a one size fits all contraption.)

Of course, while it only took me 6 months to work up the courage to click the "submit order" button, it took the company less than 5 minutes to email me that its out of stock at the moment. Of course it is. Luckily, the company is expecting a shipment this coming week. For those curious, I'll give a full review upon its arrival.

2. Diapers. Anybody wanna know what a box of 700 diapers looks like?

I ordered from diapers.com on a Saturday afternoon, received it Monday morning AND got a fantastic discount. THIS may be my new favorite store!

3. Did My First Load of "Baby" Laundry. So I happened to do a little bit of shopping these last few days.

Into the washer it all went. Quite sure that the novelty of this activity will wear off much quicker than the whole purchasing part.

Forcing Carlos to try on a hooded towel for size. His look says it all.

Swiping a baby toy when I wasn't looking. Let's just say this dog is going to need some major therapy come May.


4. Booked a Pediatrician Appointment.  This one made me nervous. Oddly enough, while friends, family, coworkers, gymmates, the UPS guy at our office,  etc...have been nothing short of thrilled for us, we've tended to get a mixed reaction from people in the medical community. We are hoping that this provider (who came highly recommended by friends) is fully supportive of our most unique family.

So I called and asked about scheduling a consultation because "we are expecting twins with a surrogate in India." After an awkwardly long silence, the best the receptionist could muster up was "Well... is she on bed rest?" Really?!? How about starting with a simple "Could I have your name please?" It's ok. I'm used to it.

Of course, when she asked the question I was too amused to be annoyed, as an image of my surrogate in India getting up at 5 a.m. to grab her Starbucks latte before heading to a spinning class followed by a 12 hour day at the office flashed through my head. I decided that for this receptionist's purposes (who frankly, had no business asking) the answer was yes, she's on bedrest.