back where we started

it has been about a year and a half since we've had a baby monitor in our house. in our last house, we got rid of it when jack was about 1 1/2 because our bedroom was close enough to hear him without it and there was no other place in the house where we couldn't hear him (the kid has a set of lungs).

well, we had the big screen set up in the basement this week and jeff and i both realized that if we're watching a movie down there, we won't be able to hear the kids 4 flights up (jeff said the subwoofer to the new system is 2700 watts. apparently that's a lot and is why we can't hear anything else when we're watching a movie. the house literally shakes during action scenes. i think our neighbors like that a lot). so a new baby monitor it is.

today was my first trip to the baby aisle at target in i don't know how long. and this is what i got: