Congrats on the baby boy Mommaducky!!
My mom is planning a baby shower for me. They are very common here and my family is all excited about it. It will be around mid october. So we've decided to stop buying things until then. So far we have a crib and a mattress, some reusable diapers, a baby carrier, car seat, and some second hand things from my friends like clothing, a baby bath, nursing pillow..
It's also when I hope the nursery will be done (so I can put all the gifts in there!). We bought an old house last year, we have to reinsulate the exterior walls in the baby's room (OH just emptied them so it's a huge mess right now). Then we have to finish the floors… my dad is going to help with that near the end of the summer when it's cooler… It takes a while because they can only work on weekends and I'm not much help. I'll probably paint when everything is over but for now I don't want to have to deal with all the dust (there's already enough to clean around the house!)