Chrimmas

“What do you want for Christmas?”

Honestly, I feel bad about this question because there are things that we need but we can’t really reciprocate the way we want to because of the current economy, the incoming baby, and medical bills.

Sigh.  One of these days we’ll be able to give out nice presents on Christmas.  I swear it.

Anyway, we’ve had some inquiries and I think people aren’t sure if they should get us baby stuff now or just wait until we find out what gender it is and/or the shower next Spring.  The short answer to that is you can do either or neither.  We aren’t picky/demanding.

Here’s a short list of stuff the Wright family would be blessed to have in order to prepare for the little one:

1. IKEA gift card. We have the furniture all picked out.  It’s convertible so it’ll last longer than infancy – and, if we take care of it, it’ll last even longer than anyone ever hoped.  There’s 5-6 pieces total that make up the set.  We’re hoping to get the furniture in January or February so we can start decorating the nursery and get it done by end of March-ish.
2. Lowes gift card. This is a roundabout one needed for baby prep.  Paint for the nursery, random things to fix odds n ends around the house, and hopefully a shed for the back yard where Stephen can store everything that’s currently cluttering up our deck.  I’d like to have a clean back deck with some patio furniture in the future for when the weather is nice and we have the little one outside.

If neither of those appeal to you or you feel gift cards are impersonal (some people do) then we do have two baby registries.

1. Target – This one has the nursery theme decor and bedding along with a glider that will (hopefully) match the furniture.
2. Babies R Us – This one has everything else.

If the links don’t work, you can simply search for my or Stephen’s name in the baby registry section.

However, please don’t feel like you HAVE to get us anything for Christmas.  Money is extremely tight, causing everyone to be exceptionally frugal this season.  Thankfully, we’re getting to see pretty much all of Stephen’s family this holiday and that, in itself, is enough for us.

Have a safe and happy holiday season.