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Baby Bucket List

Some ladies had a really great suggestion about passing the wait time checking things off of their baby bucket lists. That really got me thinking that would be something great for DH and I to create. Is anyone willing to share some of the things on their list so we can all collaborate?

Or for those who have already brought their child home, anything you'd suggest putting on the list prior to bringing a LO home? After all, you have the first hand experience!

TIA!!

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  •  I wrote these down this weekend:

    -Go to Cardinals Opening Day

    -See one of my favorite bands at a winery

    -Have a bed day, where we lay in bed all day and watch movies, including eating in bed

    - Have a slumber party with my

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  • If I understand your question correctly ours is to travel. We love traveling and seeing new places. That's one of the nice things about international adoption is we can expand our family and incorporate something we love which is seeing other countries. I
  • I'd suggest lots of couple time and any travel you can squeeze in. Go out to the restaraunts or sites with special meaning, see shows, take hikes, throw parties, whatever you like to do to bond as a couple. That won't disappear when you have a baby, but i
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  • This may be kind of weird, but now that it is looking more and more like we may adopt instead of being pregnant, I am trying to get six-pack abs and then I want to get my belly button pierced. I had it done in HS but took it out. I want it back.

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  • We'd still do it if LOs birthday was at a different time, but a birthday party and a Halloween party within 2 to 3 weeks is just too much. We still hope to revive it at some point.

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    This may be TMI, but have ALL the sex.


    Haaaaaaaa. So true.

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  • Do something spontaneous every week, even if it is just go to the  movies. This is one of the things that I miss the most. Now that my kids are a little older, we can all be a little spontaneous together; but at first, it just doesn't work. I will al

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  • I made a list and posted it on our blog when we were first waiting: 

    https://thelifethatiswaitingforus.wordpress.com/2012/11/02/before-baby-bucket-list/

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  • We didn't have a list specifically for before our kids, but we followed our passions.  We traveled to our hearts' content, skied, and spent late nights up talking, playing board games, and dancing in our kitchen.  I know it sounds corny, but all
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