Registration

One of the hardest things to do, in my opinion, is to register for gifts. We spent a couple of weekends registering for things, and it is surprisingly taxing. One store even gave us bottles of water.

Not only are you going to multiple stores, looking around at EVERYTHING they have, trying to imagine in your head what they'd look like in your house (nevermind if you'd actually use them :P), but it also teaches you a lot about working together as a team and compromising.

Example:
Teresa: "We need a teapot. Here's one I like-- I think I'll add it."

Alex: "We don't really need a teapot. We don't drink tea THAT much."

Teresa : "But I want a teapot. It's cute! And look at the cute cups it comes with!"

Alex: "Honey, we have to take off the teapot because the more gifts we take off the better chances there are of us getting something we want more. Like those sixteen knives we registered for."

All in all, it's been a great experience. You hear all these horror stories about how the girl usually does all the registering and the guy just sits there and groans, wanting to go home, but praise God that it's been such a team experience from the getgo. We even bought a bed, a dining table, a coffee table, and a comfy couch for our new home :).