We're Ready

The past couple months I've been watching another baby part-time. It's been great to have another little person around, and Will has loved it more that I anticipated! He gets so excited every time he sees the baby and even though it seems like they wouldn't have much to do together, Will has found plenty of activities to do with the baby.
Here Will wishes that the co-sleeper was a bunk bed. This game doesn't go on very long, or the baby would never sleep.
Here's Will and his buddy doing some ninja tummy time together.
Will, who hardly used a pacifier as a baby, dug up a pacifier and spends some quality paci time with the baby.
Hopefully his love for babies will continue because Will is going to have his own little baby to play with ALL the time! Come November-ish, another little guy/girl will join the Olson clan. It's still quite a ways away so hopefully Britton and I will be ready for number two by then too.

Getting Baby-fied

We are getting baby-fied, baby-prepped, and baby-savvy. We have the car seat strapped in, the crib assembled, and the hospital route memorized. We've been to childbirth prep, breastfeeding prep, and newborn care classes. It's pretty much set in stone now--we're going to be perfect parents. Right? I mean, with all this gear how can we not? I don't know how our parents managed without it.
As any freshly returned from Babies R Us couple can tell you, this whole becoming parents thing these days can be pretty overwhelming. I find myself worrying about the smallest details. Like, should I get the stroller that has a convenient lever to lock the front wheel in place, or do I actually have to bend down to lock it each time? Does my baby need a cashmere blanket? I definitely need a stroller with shocks--don't want the baby bouncing too much when I go off jumps to catch some air. Should I go "green" with my diapers, or let them stink in a landfill for 450 years? (That fact is from a baby shower trivia game...I'd have to ask Erin for the source) These are just a few examples, but it's funny how caught up you can get in all this baby gear.
It reminds me of when Britton and I were registering for wedding gifts. We totally bought this sales pitch for special Japanese crafted kitchen knives. They're made with the same technique as samurai swords or something. I can just see us ceremoniously raising these huge swords to cut...some eggplant. Luckily we came to our senses and bought some ordinary kitchen knives that work great!
I'm sure our gear and stuff will pile up over the years, but it's good to know that we don't have to sweat the small stuff too much. The only thing our kid really needs is us!