Baby clothes

I've learned a lot recently about where to find baby clothes -- specifically, the market stratification and where to find the clothes I like best. Here's a primer:

Strasburg Children: VERY EXPENSIVE. Cute clothes if you like little seersucker overalls and sailor suits (I do). Here's a sample:

and they're made of fine fabrics -- the knit items are pima cotton, and the other items are generally also cotton, like expensive sheets with a high thread count. One outfit can run you about $80.00. There are certain members of our families (not naming any names!) who probably would prefer that we dress Baby G. in nothing but these clothes. I was in this store today, and I wanted pretty much all the clothes in there, but I imagine if I'd bought anything, Jonathan would have vetoed any garment from there with extreme prejudice based on the admittedly outrageous prices.

Gymboree: These clothes I love, love, love, and I think this will be my first go-to store. I generally prefer baby clothes that don't have writing on them and that are very simple -- something like this:

The image is a whale, by the way, and the outfit is just $12.50. I went to Gymboree today as well and bought two little dinosaur-themed outfits on sale. I can't find them on the site, or I'd show you.

Then Target and Babies'R'Us also have baby clothes, along the lines of the plain, practical white Carter's onesies variety, which I think Jonathan prefers. I like those fine too. I just don't want Baby G. to wear something with a trying-to-be-funny slogan, like "If you think I'm cute, you should see my Daddy!" or this:

It must sound silly, but I want Baby G.'s little clothes to be dignified. In addition to those two outfits, I also bought a car seat yesterday -- the Britax Marathon, for those wondering. I feel excited but also somehow wary: these items are not for me, nor are they for Jonathan. They are for someone else, some other person.