Seems like always...

This post is late. But happy one month to Erika! She is starting to put on a little chub as you can see. Aren't those cheeks just so pinchable?

Baby Girl is one month old already!

It seems as though she has always been part of our lives. We love her so much! Not only has she worked her way into our hearts, buy she has worked her way into our house! 

This is what my house looked like on Friday

We had an exciting time at the Norseth house! It was early Christmas! I received a few gift cards to Babies 'R Us and I finally got around to using them. I've been watching and waiting for a good sale and 15% off and free shipping isn't too bad! Especially for a specialty store. I do a lot of research into items before I buy. I like to get the most bang for my buck. It was difficult to decide what I needed the most because we really have everything essential. I considered using all the money for diapers, but BRU is very expensive and I love my Walmart brand. Plus, what fun is that? I considered getting a baby swing, but they did not have the one I liked and again, that store is so expensive! A lot of their items I could get on Amazon or at Walmart at a much better price. We ended up deciding that we needed a high chair eventually and we would also need some place to keep the baby on our camping trip next month since we are staying my parents' trailer. With that in mind I went looking. I delved into reviews and price comparisons. Here is what we ended up with:

Safety First Prelude Sport Playard - Citrus

After much research I have come to the conclusion that pretty much all playpens are created equal. They go up and down the same way, they are all roughly the same size, and they are all very heavy. So the only differences are the accessories that come with the playpen and the color. This one is orange and has a bassinet, a changer, and storage. I will admit, I have been pretty bummed about not getting cute girly baby gear, because I wanted to use it again with any children I have later on. I splurged a bit. I got a fairly girly pattern. I know, I'll probably have little boys someday. But I really love this design. It did look much more orange and red than it did pink online, but I knew that from all the review reading I did. I love how summery it looks. It isn't extremely pink, but it is extremely adorable.

Erika is very happy with the bassinet feature 

Mom really likes the changing station

This was my present, a new diaper bag! I already had one that I loved, but I found out pretty quick that when you go out for an extended period you need a lot of stuff. This one is quite a bit bigger, not massive like some of them out there, but it is bigger. But that means heavier too, so I think now with one small and one big bag I have covered my bases. Little bag for quick trips, big bag for days out. I do love that this bag has lots of pockets for organization and the pattern is cute!

Cute pattern, bro.

Lastly, our portable high chair. I ended up loving this way more than I thought I would. At first I wasn't too keen on the tiny strap-on chairs, but they really make a lot of sense, especially at this point. Maybe when we have a bigger family I'll want something else, but our little threesome only needs this. Best part? It will have multiple functionality. It tilts for younger babies and the back comes off to use as a booster seat for older kids. And now Erika can sit at the table with us, which she loves! At breakfast the next day she smiled and cooed at us. Much better than her seat on the floor!

This baby is so spoiled!

So that's all my new gear! I'm glad we got some stuff that we needed and I had a lot of fun picking it all out.