The SARD

The Hubs and I decided to venture out to our first baby store a few weeks ago.  We weren't sure exactly what to expect, because it was a store that I had just heard commercials for.  We were pleasantly surprised when we walked in and saw dozens of cribs that were set up with bedding/decorations along with other baby gear along the perimeter of the store.  We found the strollers and decided to play with them for a while.  The hubs was determined that we would figure out which stroller was the easiest to fold down and the sturdiest.  It was so much fun for me to see him start to get into all of the things that we will need once the baby comes.  He took his job seriously and even tested for rollover effects and speed (yes, picture him running down the isle with a stroller and then letting go of it), I'm pretty sure that might be why the employees kept asking if we needed any assistance.  Without quite as much gusto we tested every glider in the store as well.  We like the motion of the gliders, but I am having a hard time liking the style of most of them.  As the hubs was sitting in one of the gliders, my eye was caught by a couple that was testing a crazy contraption across the store.  As soon as they were done looking at it, we made a beeline for it.  It was one of the.coolest.things that we have seen!  It is a baby swing/mp3 player/white noise maker.  We now refer to it as the SARD (Space Age Rocking Device), and after just mentioning it to my sister, she is convinced this will be her first gift to our babe. 
I am looking forward to many more shopping trips and exploring the other items that until now have been completely foreign to us.  Plus, the hubs totally makes it a blast!  Case in point:

                                                    I love this guy!