Kelly's Belly w 19.5

As far as new developments in Kelly's pregnancy, we are pretty sure that we have started feeling the baby move. This includes Kelly and myself, which is pretty fun. Apparently the little one has a pretty active night life, especially the night Kelly had a particularly potent batch of green chile enchiladas. We are unsure whether this means the little one has an affinity for spicy native New Mexican cuisine or a general dislike of said food but I guess one way or the other he/she will be a Texan so it could go either way.
This weekend we stayed mostly around the house for a change. I tried to put up the Christmas lights (ala Griswald) and somehow got back to the corner of the house where I plug everything in with two ends and no way to plug the things in. It wouldn't be a problem to get back up on the roof but when you don't own a ladder it becomes a little more adventurous.
As all of my engineering friends and family collectively sigh at this type of oversight I might as well own up to the other comical development that continues to occur in relation to the nearing due date of our first born child. We went to Target trying to figure out which items were "must haves" and which were useless, unsafe, overkill, or flat out ridiculous (butt paste?!?, parents are all nodding in agreement, non parents look it up, it exists I promise). We investigated the ease of manipulating supposed "easy to handle" strollers, pack & plays, car seats, and various combinations of said items. We were taking things apart, pulling things off shelves, and very few of them met the manufacturer's claims of ease. At one point, no doubt seeing the look of overwhelming confusion on our faces, a good hearted woman actually recommend a pack & play because of it ease in collapsing for travel. Not to take any ones word for it and to figure it out ourselves, Kelly and I decided to test this nice woman's word. We proceeded to try our best to dismantle then reassemble this contraption in the aisle of Target (if there is surveillance footage of this spectacle I would like to see it, sound would be a comedic plus).
It included the usual,
"I think you just broke it,"
"I didn't break it you broke it,"
"no you have to push this,"
"then why isn't it working,"
"surely it can't be this hard,"
as well as significant amount of flailing and frustration. Nevertheless we push on toward the goal of preparing ourselves and our home for our firstborn with excitement and trepidation, so if you have any advice we will gladly accept it. Heeding that advice, as you can tell from this story, is something that may escape us and we may just have to figure it out on our own. To that end we will treasure your prayers and wisdom as we go about this process.