HOLY MOLY!
Why didn't anyone gently nudge me & say "Sara Lou, it has been almost 5 months since we were able to read about your BEAUTIFUL family!"???
okay - maybe someone (Carrie) did. But really. If there is anything more boring than the past 5 months... it would involve an empty room & a can of paint.
Okay - this is a mercy post.
The exciting thing for today is....
There is a HUGE kids' consignment sale this week in Brooklyn Park (Just Between Friends is the *company*)...
I just saw that I have sold all the new-born baby stuff at the consignment sale. Swing/bouncey/bed rail/rocker-chair/tub...
It is bitter-sweet, actually.
Sweet:
I am not really that emotionally attached to STUFF. Right now it is just stuff that is just sitting in storage, taking up space. Tim & I aren't planning another child right now... I know that IF the Lord blesses us with a 3rd child, there will be a consignment sale or a garage sale, a cousin, a friend or TARGET when the time is right. (& I am making some good $$!)
HOWEVER - Bitter:
I remember who gave me that stuff.
I remember Aimie Joy & Baby Jared assembling my swing at my shower.
I remember putting Hayley in the swing when she was 5 days old & Sara Jo saying "Oh, I don't think NEW babies are supposed to be in the swing yet" (but she didn't know why... so I did it & Hayley survived).
I remember Hayley staring at the yellow bee hanging from the swing like it was her Special Life-Guide... communicating: "NEVER sleep, ALWAYS bounce off the walls & NEVER EVER - no matter the circumstance - listen to your father. Occassionaly you can do what mommy asks - but that is only to survive childhood..."
Guess what -
I kept the yellow bee. I have pictures of Aimie & Jared *test-driving* the swing & I have a video of Baby Hayley swinging her hert out while I'm narrating "Sara Jo doesn't know..." (I LOVE YOU JO!!!)
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Now if there was just some pictures of your lovely family for those of us that don't "do" Facebook. HA!
Aunt Renee
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