Girlie Stuff

Hey all, I need your advice.

I'm trying to update my baby registries, and am both frustrated and overwhelmed by all that's out there (and having to decide on things from a computer screen vs having the luxury of seeing these items in person) and reading all the reviews - ie, trying to find the safest, best, and most affordable items.

Also, I'm thinking that since we're wanting to have more children later, that I want some of the larger items that I would reuse (stroller, car seat, high chair, pack-n-play, swing, baby sling, etc) to be gender neutral.

And I'm stumped on what color to do the baby furniture in (crib, dresser, changing table) - I'm definitely leaning toward the white or light wood. Opinions?

I'd LOVE for your ideas on what you love and what you'd recommend for a first-time Mommy. We're registering at Target and Babies-R-Us if that helps. But if you have other suggestions for some cute things someplace else, let me know that too.

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This bed rest thing is totally annoying. I just lay here and think of all the things I could and would like to be doing, and I can't do any of them. I'm ready to organize, purge, clean, etc. And I'd love to scrapbook again. Darling hubby got me a new desk/hutch and organizing cubes for my scrap space for Christmas, and all I can do is peek in the room from time to time and long to be using them. There aren't many options for being productive when you're living a horizontal life. And the unproductive part of all this is killing me. I asked hubby to install a program on my laptop so I can do some digital scrapping, but otherwise, I'm sooo bored! Any ideas on how to fill my time?