Brad the Dad

Thanks to Brad the baby's room is now outfitted with a fabulous crib.

Hey! Maybe we are actually having a baby after all.

My pregnancy has been such smooth sailing, and Christmas at the store has been keeping me so busy, that the baby has really been listing low on the list of priorities lately.

No more!

It struck us last week that we're less than 8 weeks away from meeting our new roommate, and the room is EMPTY. (Save for a few boxes of clothes I can't wear right now and a cat toy or seven). 

So yesterday we headed into the city with the Jeep and a mission: Bring home a crib.

After a quick stop at FAB Baby Gear in both Westboro and the Glebe, a sticker shock break at Second Cup (cribs were $700 - $1000!) we headed to Toys R Us at St. Laurent Shopping Centre (a.k.a. Hell three weeks before Christmas).

In less than thirty minutes we found a really decent crib that boasted itself the "World's Easiest Crib to Assemble" and a mattress that met our $500 budget. (Brad's parents graciously offered to buy our crib).

So, for lack of anything truly interesting to blog about, I thought I'd document the assembly process to see just how easy it was really going to be. 

The pictures aren't fabulous. I took them on my phone.

Truth in advertising! 

It took Brad about 20 minutes to get the whole thing together.

It's nice to see it in the room too. We admitted to each other this morning that we've both gone in a few times to practice lifting and lowering the front panel. I think that's probably pretty normal...right? ;)