and it's okay. I've been sort of grieving the passing of C's baby days and thought I'd be more upset about letting go of her baby stuff. I was certainly sad enough when she stopped using it, especially since she won't sleep in her crib and has stopped sleeping through the night LOL.
My BIL in called the other day to tell us that his wife was pregnant. This is dh's brother. I know they've been trying for at least as long as Charlotte's been born, so quite a while.
I am so excited. I haven't been this excited that someone else is pregnant in probably a decade. Sad commentary of events but the ravages of infertility made it difficult. That doesn't mean I wasn't happy for my pregnant friends but I can't say I was truly excited for them and certainly I was downright jealous.
Now, however, I mostly feel our family is complete. In any event, we really cannot afford another child, my body probably couldn't carry one and our home definitely has no room for one!
So after Charlotte was getting too big for the bassinet I asked my dad if we could store it at his house. Normally, I would have just sold it on Craigslist or Pennysaver or something but since my dad and his wife just bought it for Charlotte I felt bad about simply selling it for a cheap price. But we also don't really have room to store it.
It's only been a couple few weeks, perhaps three or four that we've stopped using it. And K is only about 13 weeks along but she seemed more than happy to come get it and store it in their basement instead LOL!
She looks great and isn't showing at all yet. But I think that's how it usually goes with the first one. After that you're stretched out and show sooner, in my opinion. Heck, with Charlotte I couldn't fit my shorts before I even knew I was pregnant. I thought I was just getting fat and started exercising more. How's that for a laugh for someone who's known or not known they were pregnant long before the end of that vicious two week wait.
K is very excited. M, her dh, is very excited and we're just ecstatic for them. They are rather laid back and seem to have their priorities straight. I think they'll be great parents. K said she doesn't have any mom friends in the area so she'd probably have lots of questions, want to go shopping and the like. I'm happy to oblige LOL!
The plan is to shoot all our outgrown baby stuff to them as we finish with it. They are NOT finding out the gender (or at least not sharing it) until the birth. So we have a long way to wait (May) regarding all our pink things from C but that's okay. Again,she offered to store whatever and if they have a boy or they don't use it, they'll send it back here. Did I say how excited I was?
DH teased and told them they had some time to get their basement ready for the 'rents. That got a good laugh. So I guess we won't be buying any pink or blue but that'll give us a good excuse to buy something after the birth.
Wishing you well, K. :)
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