Today my big baby items hogging up major space in my basement – items that have been around since baby number one – moved on to a good home. It was a really good home, to those adorable twin boys you see up top. I secretly (maybe not such a secret now) fantasize about having twins. And if I could be guaranteed twin boys, I’d probably sign up for that pregnancy. Because honestly, just one boy in this house might have a rough time of it.
When me and the Mister got married I said I wanted two girls and he wanted two boys. Both of us grew up with one brother and one sister, but not a sibling of the same sex. So at this point, if we have were to have a boy, I kind of hope there would two of them. Not that any more babies are happening at all! Err, right now at least. I have to say, when I saw these twins today my out loud reaction was, “It’s a good thing I ovulated last week.”
The twin boys are my neighbor’s newest nephews. Giving up this stuff is never easy for me. Seeing I have pictures of all three of my girls in that red Combi baby rocker seat at age four months wearing the exact same outfit. It’s a seat that was the posh thing to have seven years ago, with built in speakers for your walkman, yes walkman! Technology has come a long way since then! But the cord also holds today’s iPod, to stream those peaceful tunes right through the built in speakers in the canopy top. Ridicules really, but hey – Gwyneth Paltrow had one! So it was cool.
The bigger picture here is that I’d rather see this stuff go to good use than to live in my basement when someone else could be using it. Yes I could have sold the red rocker, the jumperoo, the wooden booster seat, the extra large playpen that they don’t even make anymore, and the wooden German made floor gym. But it was too much trouble to think about. And it just feels better this way.
My baby stuff in general has been passed around my neighborhood where there have been 22 babies born in the last five years. It’s like my free storage plan and insurance just incase I need them again. Just incase there is another baby, I know where to find them. However, my co-sleeper and my Australian made baby hammock are staying with me – those are the two items as a new mom I have loved them most. The hammock is super expensive. But I got mine for a great deal, from an Australian couple in my neighborhood who brought it back to the states and decided it didn’t work for them.
But oh look at those twins. They are too sweet for words. I could eat them.
