I have to admit, shopping for a baby boy has proven very very difficult for me. I really hadnt thought about it, up until this point. Considering that everything I like is, uh, how do I say this… PURPLE, and for some reason purple is not considered a manly color, its not easy to find something I like enough to buy. I just gravitate towards purple, and far far from baby blue. In fact, I’m almost to the point where I despise baby blue. I’m a fan of other blues, I guess. But enough with the pastels!
However, I’ve only been to Target, Walmart and Kohls, which are very pastel laden by nature. I’m hoping Old Navy will provide more bright colors and I’ll find a nice compromise.
Also, its not easy to shop for a baby you’ve never held. Especially since I have no idea how much he weighs now, or how much he might weigh a month from now. The crazy thing is, according to Carter’s, my baby at 3 months (14 lbs) would be on his way out of 6 month clothes and into 9 month clothes. Whoa baby! At that rate, he’ll be slipping into my jeans when he gets home.
I’m in the process of collecting a few things to send AJ in Korea. A couple of outfits, some toys, things to snuggle (that we will snuggle with first so they smell like us) and my favorite, a family photo album. I’ll also be sending a couple of small gifts for the foster family and some disposable cameras for them to take pictures of AJ over the next couple of months. I may also be taking it a bit too seriously, as I stand in the store for 20 minutes, debating if AJ will like something when I know he’s incapable of holding my choices against me. Unless there’s a picture of him in the cute monkey butt pants I bought him… then, when he’s 14, he might hate me. At least he’ll know where the nickname “monkey butt” came from.