I am in awe

[aerdran]

I'm sitting here sorting clothes. Baby clothes, to be exact. Yes, I'm up at almost three am doing this. I'm waiting for Mikel to come back from taking what has turned out to be a long walk (although hopefully there's been quite a bit of rest in there for the walk) in thirty some degree weather, so I figured I might as well be productive. Add to that the fact that I really have a hard time falling asleep lately and it all is very logical.

Anyway, we got these clothes from one of John's firefighters. She had a baby during the summer, and we got a good deal of clothes from her today that her baby has outgrown. We've also gotten quite a few larger things that her baby hasn't grown into yet, but that she gave us because they simply have no room. Apparently, her parents are rich and therefore they have a huge amount of clothes to spare. If this is any indication, I can't imagine how many they have now. We got oodles. I'm really impressed with this, especially since these clothes are really good quality stuff. There's no cheap thrift store thing in the bunch. Madison will be well outfitted for some time to come. And of course, I won't be able to resist buying her some other clothes when the urge hits me, for I do like to pick out some of the things. She'll also likely be wearing some of the bigger ones earlier than most babies, since she's going to be big. I will then have to pass on these cute little things to someone else who might need them. Yes, many women go gaga over something so simple as baby clothes (you understand, right Heather?). But they're so damn cute!

So yeah. Right now I'm sorting them into size categories so I can be better organized with them. I'm going to be writing a very nice thank you note to the firefighter, I can say that. This was very nice of her. She also gave us a bouncy chair that is almost completely unused, so that's cool. We also got a very nice hand knitted blanket from one of the firefighters that was knitted by his wife. The thing is absolutely gorgeous and very soft. This child is spoiled right from the start. She'll certainly be one of the best dressed babies around. I can't wait to see her in some of them!

We also apparently have a few more things coming from some of the firefighters, which is really cool. They're great people. There will be much gratitude coming from me for all of this. Hell, I feel spoiled myself. I should bake something for them when I can, really. They certainly deserve it.

Comments

[ladycoyote.livejournal.com]

Here's to donated clothes though! I still have a bag to sort through myself from a client's mom who also had a girl this summer...and although I try to resist the urge to buy, I DID get Teagan another preemie outfit and an extra pair of pants so she'd have more than one pair of pants to wear with the massive amount of onesies she owns...it is chilly here, rvrn in the house. And the gifts keep coming!

I never mentioned that I love the name Madison! What a terrific name. And I need your address, please send to pt8912 at yahoo. And can't wait to see your lil one. We can be up in te middle of the night together! =)

[aerdran.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, donated clothes are definitely tops in my book. The cool thing is, if we'd had a boy, another firefighter has a bunch of boy clothes he would have given us. So we were covered either way! Sometimes I just can't resist some baby things that I see in the store. I will definitely be buying her one of the Christmas dresses I saw the other day. I gave one to the baby of a friend last year, and she looked so adorable. We ended up with about 18 onesies from this one person, even. We won't be short of them at all.

I'll definitely be happy to keep you company during the nights we have to both be up with the little ones. It will be nice to have someone to chat with who's going through it, too. Hopefully this one will be out and about soon. I know she's getting impatient, and so am I. It would also be nice to get some of the pressure off of my hips. It gets painful! Due date's Thursday, we'll see if she waits until then or after. I'll make sure to get pictures up as soon as possible after that. Showing off the baby is always necessary, after all. The more you put up of Teagan, the better. My son loves to look at them, too. I'm glad you like the name. It's always been one that I've loved.

E-mail forthcoming!

[dj-rabid-angel.livejournal.com]

As much as John can be an asshat, at least he's got some decent friends. I like seeing stuff like this because it speaks of a vibrant sense of community, something that I very much appreciate.

[chrisondra.livejournal.com]

It's amazing what baby clothes will do, just looking through them even. It certainly helped to lighten the mood a little bit when those clothes came out.

[aerdran.livejournal.com]

I totally agree that it's great. The thing I like best about being married to a firefighter is how close that small group of people is at the fire station. I don't even know most of them very well at all, and yet I know that they'll be there if I need them. I think that's really great. It's definitely something for which to be thankful.

[aerdran.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know. It definitely did make things a little cheerier. Cool baby clothes!

Now I can just hope that Madison doesn't look like an alien.

[rabid-zombie.livejournal.com]

I can't wait to see her either! Bummer that I can't do it right away, what with school and all. That's no fair! So I get extra time with her when I come, which I might try to do one of the weekends right after.

[bristara.livejournal.com]

You know, now that I think about it, Jim's comment works perfectly with Doug's comment that one time he felt my stomach move when he was half asleep. Alien. Hmm.

You can never have enough baby clothes.

-Bree