first time uncle!

I just received news this morning that my sister is now in labor, due to have their first child. This will make me an uncle and I'm quite excited. At this point, I am just hoping that the labor goes smooth as possible for her and that mom and baby are healthy and happy when all is said and done.

Since my sister lives in a different state, we ended up in a bit of a quagmire regarding her baby gift. I started off browsing her registry at BabiesRus, and was a bit disappointed that there is not store pick-up option. In other words, if I want to get her something for her registry, I need to order it online and have it shipped to her. How stupid is that? After all, I've been married for over a decade and the store we registered with for our wedding offered this, so why not now? You would think with all o the internet convenience conferences and whatnot that major retailers would have figured out how to do in-store pickup for baby registries...

In the end, I sent a check to my parents and had them pick up the item for us locally, so that they could hand deliver it to my sister for me (and thereby allow me to spend another $20 on the gift, instead of blowing it on shipping charges).