Second Crocheted Hat

 I made this one today to coordinate with one that I made for Lexi a while ago.  I have a feeling it may be a little big for the newborn age, but I hope it fits in the Fall.

First Crocheted Hat

I made a hat for the new baby.  This one is pretty gender neutral and plain, but I have some other hats already planned in my head.

Nana Shopping Begins. . .

I really think that one of my mom's favorite things in the world is garage-saling.  She love the hunting, bartering, and deal-finding.  I think she loves the chase.  Even though the true garage sale season hasn't started yet, she can still sniff out the random early garage sale.  So, when she called me yesterday to tell me about her find, I wasn't surprised.

Now, we saved our favorite clothes from when Lexi was younger and we have some gender neutral stuff (because the sonographer wasn't 100% on her gender).  I've also been gifted some gender neutral things from generous friends, and I've picked up a few things that I couldn't pass up.  So really, the new baby has enough clothing for the first 0-3 months.

My mom confirmed that this baby will indeed have clothing by buying 15 boy outfits at a garage sale yesterday.  She's quite proud of herself and her thriftiness.  She should be proud, considering she only spent $10.

Preparing for Baby

I ran to the store the other day to return some Christmas gifts.  They sat in our closet for a couple months, and with the homestudy just around the corner, I've started cleaning out closets.

After I returned the items I started browsing the baby section and I just felt this urge that I needed diapers in the house.  So, I bought some.

Now, I plan on cloth diapering at home, because we really saw the benefits when we started with our daughter.  I have some that can fit a small baby, but not enough.  I feel the urge to buy some more cloth as well.

I started thinking about all of the necessities of a newborn more this weekend.  I started searching through all of the bins in our storage area and I could not find our newborn and 0-3 month clothes.  I mentioned it to my mom and it just so happens that the box of clothing I was searching for was in her garage.  My sister borrowed them when she had her baby and left them at my mom's

I went out to her house this weekend and we pulled out all of the little clothes.  I remembered my daughter in each of them.  My mom said she was amazed at my memory of which onesie had pants and which had a skirt.   There are many little pink outfits, but there are enough yellow and green outfits to put me at ease.

I guess I just needed enough baby stuff in the house to know that a newborn won't be naked and cold if we get a call that there is a baby born.  My mom assured me that her love of shopping will continue with the next grandchild.  I can sleep soundly tonight.