Apparently my blogs have a character limit!! Wow!! I never knew that! Guess I hadn't reached it before! Crazy!! Didn't realize I'd written that much! :P That being said, this is just a continuation of my previous post, lol!
I have a lot of baby things that are gender neutral. The nursery is all in green and brown to work for a boy or girl. I'm glad that the nursery won't need any changes before Connor gets here. One thing off of my list already! A few items are more girly, and while I know it doesn't matter, and that Connor will not know if he's in a pink bath sling or a blue one, it matters to me. I'm sure he'll get plenty of hand-me-down items over the years, I can get him a couple boy-specific things when he's born. ;) Another exciting thing is that Sis and Adam have a boy, and boy accessories! They have agreed to let us borrow as much of Dayton's old stuff as we'd like! :) What a blessing! Even better is that Dayton was born at the beginning of April, and Connor is due at the beginning of May! So the seasons will line up perfect for Connor to wear some of Dayton's hand-me-downs! (See, he's getting them already!) Yay!! :)
From Sis and Adam we are going to borrow: the boy bathtub sling (so I can take pictures of Connor in the bath and he won't be in a pink sling, lol), a play mat (ours is gender neutral, but Sis and Adam's lights up and plays music, much more stimulating, we would have loved to have borrowed it for Avery, but since they are so close in age, Dayton was still using it), the Bumbo (maybe later, ours is pink), their swing (if Connor likes spending lots of time in the swing and we end up having to change the batteries in ours too often), the floor swing (again, if Connor likes swings), and clothes. It will be great to be able to borrow lots of stuff and not have to buy a bunch of new stuff!! Can't wait to dig through the clothes and pick out some cute stuff!
A few things we'll need new for Connor, some personal things for him so that he's not getting everything handed down. He's a special little guy and the only boy in our family, so he deserves some special things of his own. However, there's not much that we'll need! Here are a few boy specific things that Connor could use: hooded towels, receiving blankets, baby blankets, socks, hats, clothes, and (I'd never turn down new) cloth diapers. ;) I'm sure we'll need new pacifiers for him, and maybe a few other odds and ends, but for the most part, we have all the stuff we need! :D Yay!!
I know one other thing I'll need to get for myself, not for Connor is a new pump. I borrowed Sis' pump when I had Avery and used it for a few months until the motor went out. :( I read online that that was a problem many other people had had with it. So I'll need a new one. I have a manual pump that they give you at the hospital, but it takes FOREVER to use, and doesn't work as well in the middle of the night when you're practically asleep and all you can do is sit up. I'll be doing some research on double electric pumps. Hopefully I can find something reasonably priced. If not, I'm sure the high price would be worth it for a good pump. I think the pump will be the most expensive new thing that I need. Other than that, we're set for baby number 2! :D Yay!!!
I can't wait for Connor to get here. I don't have as much to get ready for his arrival as I did with Avery, so instead of getting excited about all the stuff and the anticipation I am simply excited for him. :) We're going to have a little boy. We're going to have a daughter and son and be the perfect family of 4. :) I'm so excited! God has blessed us so very much! We are looking forward to what more He has in store for us! It's been a pleasure watching Him tell our fairy tale story before our eyes. :)
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