ha! congrats bro...
I have a 10 month old now... a few must haves, some for now some for later:
1. compact dining chair for restaurants. This, you'll thank me later.
https://philandteds.com/us/Products/Feed/Lobster
2. If your wife plans on breastfeeding, you'll want this to keep your sanity
https://www.armsreach.com/
3. Baby carrier...any type really, there are times, you just need to do shit and your kid wants to be carried
http://www.babybjorn.com/?market=us
4. This is debatable as to "futureproofing", but there's no such thing as being future proofed with a kid. But at least up to 1 year old, go with a carseat/base/cart all-in-one. It'll just make it much easier until the kid's like 25 lbs or so.
http://www.chiccoshop.com/gear/strol...062950070.html
So get the cart, the base and the seat...(multiple bases if you'll be using both cars).
5. if your wife plans on breastfeeding, a breastfeeding pillow
6. Some type of infant pillow. This will help hold your infant (up to about 4 months) so you can do shit around the house.
A few things you should NOT buy yet:
1. A full baby crib. You can wait until about 10-11 months, b/c your infant will need soothing every 2 hours, you don't want to drag your own ass out of bed to pick him/her up out of a separate crib.
2. 4moms rockaroo swing (not every kid likes this...a colossal waste of money if your kids hates it like mine)
3. pack-n-plays (you have so much time to buy this later on, plus even at 10 months, my kid hates being boxed in)