Have we gone overboard?

Our daughter's due date is in 3 weeks and 2 days. Yikes. It will be here before we know it. And hell, she may even arrive a week early! As each day passes I realize that our time as a family of 2 is dwindling and I feel there is still so much we have to do. This past weekend we finally purchased all of the big "essential" items. I put "essential" in quotes because I know some of the things we purchased we could realistically live without. But come on, this is our first baby! When we walked into Babies R Us a month ago, they handed us a scanner and a gigantic list of the "must haves" for the entire first year of a baby's life. It's a bit overwhelming to say the least.

So we registered for pretty much everything that we could ever want for our daughter. We didn't expect to get everything but with everything we scanned, we could come up with a valid reason on why we needed it. If you think about it, babies only need a select few items in their first weeks, even months, of life. Will the baby care how cute their crib bedding is? Will he/she care how many adorable pairs of jeans they have? Will they be offended if their stroller doesn't come with all the bells and whistles as the baby across the street? Obviously, no. But as a parent you want your child to have everything. And everything is so cute! Sorry, but it's true.

So do I think we've gone overboard? No more than any other first time parents. I finally feel satisfied that we can bring our daughter home and have just about everything I think we need. My nesting instinct has really kicked in since I haven't been working. I'm constantly cleaning, organizing, rearranging, etc. This girl has TONS of clothes. We definitely don't have to buy her any clothes for at least the first 8 months of her life. I think she has more clothes than Craig and I combined! But I for see a lot of outfit changes due to puke, poop or pee so it's always good to have lots of choices. This girl will continue to be spoiled through both sets of grandparents, I'm sure. But it's only natural, she will be the first grandchild on both sides! Poor thing will just think the whole world revolves around her! Could you imagine ;)

A few pics:

Only the clothes that are hanging up. She has a dresser filled with all her onesies and pants

This is me. This is me 36 weeks and 6 days pregnant. And I'm happy to say that is NOT a maternity shirt. I feel pretty good that I can still fit into some pre-pregnancy clothes at 9 months pregnant!