{"id":9942,"date":"2014-02-03T08:31:08","date_gmt":"2014-02-03T13:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/?p=9942"},"modified":"2014-02-03T08:31:08","modified_gmt":"2014-02-03T13:31:08","slug":"the-baby-registry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/the-baby-registry\/","title":{"rendered":"The Baby Registry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well if you <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/meridithdesmond\" target=\"_blank\">follow me on Instagram<\/a> we all know that little Baby Desmond will have enough shoes that&#8217;s for sure! \u00a0The boots on the left are from my good friend Karrie in Phoenix and the cute Sock Monkey shoes are from my other good collage friend Katie in Seattle. \u00a0Aren&#8217;t they the cutest things? \u00a0OK well I&#8217;m biased because they are so tiny and I LOVE shoes! \ud83d\ude09 \u00a0Thanks again ladies!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9943\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/baby-shoes.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/baby-shoes.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/baby-shoes-300x149.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Last week Chris and I went to register for all things baby and we were there for over 3 hours and I think just walking around in circles at the end of it all. \u00a0I&#8217;m going back tomorrow to look at bottles because I just couldn&#8217;t deal with looking at like 113 different options. \u00a0Seriously, how to you pick? \u00a0What will our baby like? \u00a0Too confusing if you ask me and do they really need all that stuff? \u00a0Our house is quite small so I&#8217;m keeping things to the bare minimums on the registry. \u00a0If you want to take a look we are registered at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buybuybaby.com\" target=\"_blank\">Buy Buy Baby<\/a> and I have to say the woman that helped us with the stroller, car seat and high chair options was the friendliest and most helpful person I have met in a retail store in a long time. \u00a0She knew everything about the products and knew what questions to ask us so we selected the right items for our lifestyle. \u00a0It was so much better for us having her guide us with the selections.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I did enjoy picking out some outfits and the sheets\/bedding because of the textile patterns- I&#8217;m a surface pattern design major- remember? \u00a0Also why does everything have animals printed on it or only comes in baby pink and blue? \u00a0I need some more options on the print choices and colors out there for this baby stuff:) \u00a0We chose a mens diaper bag because it was camo print with orange zippers and Chris liked it too, what ever works right? \u00a0I couldn&#8217;t picture myself with a pink one or a fur trimmed leopard one, it&#8217;s just not my style. \u00a0To all the moms and dads out there do you have any suggestions of what worked for your baby? \u00a0What you loved from your registry? \u00a0What you never ended up using at all? \u00a0If so leave a comment below and I will be forever thankful!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Happy snowy Monday everyone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well if you follow me on Instagram we all know that little Baby Desmond will have enough shoes that&#8217;s for sure! \u00a0The boots on the left are from my good friend Karrie in Phoenix and the cute Sock Monkey shoes are from my other good collage friend Katie in Seattle. \u00a0Aren&#8217;t they the cutest things? 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