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Clothes for garage sale,
un-matched socks (How were Caleb's feet ever this small!?!),
& down to ONE tote of 0-9 month clothes
and 1/2 a tote of maternity clothes.
I finally did it, I've started to purge some of our baby things, and honestly - it feels good.
 
My sister-in-law is expecting a child, and although we have no idea what the gender is, I have a strong feeling that she will be having a boy for her third child. This week her family was visiting us, and seeing as she lives Far, FAr, FAR away, I thought it might be a good idea to let her take what she wanted now, instead of trying to figure out how to ship all the clothes over the ocean! If she doesn't have a boy, well then she has a couple trash bags full of 0-9 month clothes - lol! BUT if she does have a boy, then hopefully I helped save her a few dollars, not to mention she can have better quality clothes than what she can find where she lives.
 
I also had an alternative motive for her doing this. I've had in mind for about a year now that I am ready to start cleaning away some of our baby things. The likelihood that we would bring home a child under the age of 1 is quite small, and if we do bring a younger child home, then my Mother and I have become REALLY good at shopping garage sales and it really won't be a big deal. So along with the bags I'm sending home with my SIL, I also have three boxes of clothes to put on a garage sale, and I'm now down to only ONE tote of some 0-9 month clothes (versus SIX!). I'm hoping to do a garage sale in the fall and put the money towards adoption expenses.  :)

One hears stories of Mom's crying as they sorted through their old baby clothes and having a hard time parting with anything. I really didn't feel this way. Perhaps it was because I know I will be able to see these clothes on another family member. Or maybe I'm just Really ready to get my basement clean. Either way, I was happy to know I can move on from the baby stage. Would it be great to have another baby - of course! - if that is what God brings us, we would be absolutely thrilled. But just to add children to our home would make me one happy Mama - no matter what the age, size, color, ethnicity, hair, eyes, or gender of the child.
 
 
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  1. Go, Mara! You are going to be so ready for your children to arrive! Rock on....prayers are with you!

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  2. Good work! And I just have to say 6 totes of baby clothes?!? Wow! I have 2...and that is one boy and one girl tote. Clearly Caleb was a much better dressed baby:)

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