Idea 1: Have pumpkin carving contest with family when they visit for the weekend of October 24th.
Sub-idea: hay ride?
Idea 2: Invite Judy and Chuck (Jeff's mom and stepdad) to join us on this festive weekend to begin family meshing.
Idea 3: Arrange for a bike trek through the Redlick region whence these family members congregate.
Idea 4: Discard baby shower arrangements for weekend of 24th: too cliche. I can't picture both boys and girls in my social circle coming together for cheesy baby games and I don't want to disclude anyone's interests. Plus, I want my dad to come. Baby shower would scare him off.
Idea 5: Create an online document titled "9-month scavenger hunt" I was swayed to make a baby registry. So I did. Amazon.com was highly entertaining, but it rarely has used baby goods. Items are always shipped... it's just too commercially consumistic (this is a premium word derived from consumerism). I think the most environmentally friendly approach must be used goods and occasional support of new organic or free trade products.
Really, I would just like to invite those who are inclined and enthusiastic about helping Jeff and I raise a family through the purchase of material goods to check out a list of the things we don't have and are, to some extent, required to have for the addition of a newborn. Ace example: Car seat. Requirements: hopefully smells nice, not be produced by Costco, weighs less than 30 pounds, comfortable for very small human being.
So, my hope is that I can turn my running list of baby supplies both needed and already possessed into an online document that can be changed (by family and friends) as family and friends hopefully continue to scavenge needed items and place them in our lives through whatever means necessary. Jeff is the computer whiz. Hopefully he knows an easy way to do this.
Library windows: where all the ideas happen!
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