The Fish in Haiti

The only thing better than spoiling a new baby is knowing the money you spent is going to help rebuild a country devastated by a natural disaster. That's why I'm super excited (even though it wasn't my money!) to tell you that my baby's new crib and dresser helped contribute to the rebuilding of Haiti's Double Harvest Medical/Surgical Center. The Purple Wave auction house in our hometown held a fundraiser auction last night and donated 100% of the money to Double Harvest. Knowing the money went specifically to Double Harvest is especially important to us because my parents volunteered at that center a few years ago when they went on a medical missions trip to Haiti.

So now you are asking yourself how we'll get a crib and dresser (and conversion kit to convert the crib to a toddler bed and later full-sized bed!) from Middle America to Southern California. Well, lucky for us Craig's parents actually seem to enjoy making marathon car rides! So they'll be bringing baby's new furniture with them when they drive out here just a few days after my estimated due date, and baby will sleep in a bassinet in our room in the meantime. I love my in-laws! (And no, we don't have a bassinet yet, for those of you looking for gift ideas!)

Speaking of gift ideas, we created a gift registry at www.myregistry.com. (There's a particularly nice 10-pc crib bedding set that I'm rather obsessed with.) This site allows us to register items from literally any store in the world all in one place. It's also convenient because gift-givers don't have to purchase items from the websites linked to from our registry; shop around, find the right price, purchase the gift, and then go back to our registry, click the item you purchased and mark either "Purchased from this website," "Purchased from another website," or "Purchased offline." Simple. Who knows? Maybe you'll find a Haiti Relief benefit auction near you!

For those of you wondering, here's the manufacturer's picture of our new crib.

And for certain blog commenters, here's a picture of the entire decorated "Gender Cake." Make your London friends proud (and thanks for your help decorating it!).