It is with great joy and excitement that I can announce that my wife and I are going to have our first baby. My wife is only 2 months pregnant, so she isn't due until April, but both of us are already doing extensive research. Besides reading baby books such as: What to Expect When You are Expecting, Birthing from Within, The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth, and What to Expect the First Year, we've also started our product research and product comparison as well. The Graco brand keeps coming up wherever I go, though Eddie Bauer is trying to get in on the baby act - saw some Eddie Bauer strollers in Babys R Us.

I know they say it's bad luck to buy baby products so early on, but we just had to buy this really nice baby cradle from Once Upon a Child that retails for $120, but we got it for $60.0. We've got our eye on a used crib that that retails for $600 (the store employee called it the "Mercedes of cribs") but they're selling it for $210. Never thought I was much of a bargain hunter, but hunting for baby bargains is fun!

You'll just have to forgive me if you start seeing me review baby products in my blog, including cradles, cribs, car seats, and Graco strollers. ;)