Confessions of a Mother-to-be

I have a confession to make. I copy other mom’s registries. I am sure you are thinking, why would anyone do this? Don’t you want to pick out your OWN stuff?

Before you pass judgment, hear me out. Chris and I decided that we would start registering for a few of the bigger items so we planned a trip to Babies"R”Us. Now, I L.O.V.E.D. registering for our wedding, so I thought this would give me the same thrill. Instead I found myself lost and completely hopeless in baby land. Chris and I were there for 3 hours and registered for 2 things (both of which we were unsure of). I followed my friend Katie’s advice and bought Baby Wise, a book that rates any and every baby product you can imagine and tells you what is worth the extra money and what is not. I skimmed the book before we went, but thought it best to bring the book and look up the products as we went….BAD IDEA.

So, there we are in the middle of mommy mania, with our little book trying to figure out what in the world we are doing. Basically, we looked like tourists, only we were not in a foreign country…we were at freakin Babies“R”Us! All the other moms were frantically scanning items like they had a doctorate in baby goods. I wanted to cry.

I finally decided that I would turn in the gun and go home. Once we got home, I decided to look up a very smart and wise mom’s registry and simply rely on her research and knowledge to get me through this hard time. So, I did the unthinkable...I copied her registry.

Now, I did not tell her right away. I told her after she left me a message talking about how I registered for the best stuff, and how they had the same bathtub and loved it, and how they had the exact same pack n'play and it was amazing! There was a few other items she mentioned, but you get the idea.

I had to confess, I called her up and told her that this was no coincidence, I was in fact a cheat. I cheated on my registry and did the only thing I knew to do…copy hers.

Thanks Katie, let me know if any of your products aren’t up to snuff…I want only the best for my little one!