I think this weekend I will be packing up the clothes of warm weather and bringing out the clothes of cold weather. Every year I do it and when I switch out the kids clothes, I pack away any of the clothes that I don’t think either child will fit into the following year. In fact, in our home are boxes and boxes of boys clothes from tiny baby on up. And I’ve never gotten rid of them. Maybe because my boys wore those clothes. And when I go into those boxes and pull out a little shirt or a tiny romper, I see my babies all over again.
I always thought it was nice having two children of the same gender, and one reason was because I got fill those clothes again with a new little boy.

Lately while shopping, I have been looking at little girl clothes and it is so hard to walk by without buying, but since I don’t know how old she will be, and what size she will be, I haven’t gotten much but some super cute hair clips and a pink hooded sweatshirt with a little flower on it…. (I do have a looong list of other items for the referal celebration shopping!!) At this time we are focused only on the one child we are bringing home, but there is every possibility that some day when I’m packing up her clothes, knowing good and well that she won’t fit into them again, I will be longing for a new little girl…

But I wonder what it is about those little clothes. What is it about the blankets and booties that make it difficult to let them go?