Thanks ben! And yes everybody keeps telling us to take pictures which we have just started doing to make a scrap book when the baby is here! We are just patiently waiting. And Yeah I'm waiting for the baby shower hopefully we get some good stuff, we actually are about to go register here soon at buybuybaby! Wish me luck with that!

Welcome. I second Ben's advice on taking time to be a couple. Congrats and good luck!

Yeah i will def listen to you guys and take time to be a couple. but honestly with my job and her job its hard since we are never home at the same time and on top of that my days off are always rotating. but I'll make the best of it!

I totally agree with Ben's advice. Don't go too crazy buying things if you are planning on having one or more showers. One piece of equipment I stumbled across in the kids closet recently that I feel is a must is the Baby Bjorn carrier. If you don't get one at a shower, it is well worth the price to buy one.

My neighbor was surprised to see me using it, she thought it would be too feminine of a tool, but I completely disagree. It is the ultimate man's piece of baby equipment. I could carry my son anywhere I went, but my hands were still free. Just like a tool belt! It even allowed me to have a few meals in piece, just make sure you put a towel on the child's head in case you drop some food.

Hahaha at Cook with putting a towel on the child's head. That was funny. But I bought the baby bjorn carrier for one of my High School buddy who recently had a baby and it looked good so I'm def going to put that on my registry. I think I'm just going to go crazy scanning everything maybe a couple of things for me, hahaha. But I will most likely have 1 big baby shower and 1 or 2 small ones at my place for everyone who didn't make it or got invited.

On the topic of baby shower gifts, if you want to return items to a store, be aware that the various baby stores have different return policies. Babies 'R Us won't let you return anything without a receipt if it wasn't purchased from your registry. BuyBuyBaby and Target will let you return items without a receipt if they carry the item.