2/24/08

Well, I’m on my way to getting the online baby shower in place. I did my registry at Target and Wal mart. I really prefer Wal mart, personally…was able to put a whole bunch of bath stuff on there :).  I can’t add diapers though, darn it.  Oh yea, if I want CLOTH diapers (not!)  Okay, so I SHOULD want cloth diapers, I just don’t.  I also liked some of the stuff better from Wal mart… I put some 3 in 1s on there, like the swing, which is a bit expensive, holds a toddler up to 40 pounds!  So it’ll hold Sammi, and it’ll hold the new baby for quite a few years.  I also put in a thermometer which can be used by the whole family, so I’m loving that.  I put a couple of play mats in there, a lot of toys.  I think EVERYTHING is under 100 dollars :).  I need to put some other bassinet sheets in there though, the ones I found (and don’t love) are not available online.  So now I’m just putting together a list of everyone’s emails, and hoping the people I haven’t spoken to in awhile won’t mind ;).  I still consider them friends… I just haven’t talked to them in awhile.  Some things I have on both lists.  But not much, from looking at it.  I am getting kind of excited about this idea :).  I should have done this for Sammi, it just didn’t quite work out the way I wanted/planned.  Well, I just wanted people to make her scrapbook pages, and a lot didn’t want to.  This will be better.  I would still like to have a "real life" shower, there are people I’d like to see, darn it!   Oh well.  Maybe.  What I am hoping is that some of my friends in the area aren’t miffed that I allowed someone else to throw an online shower for me, lol…isn’t that nutty?  It’s true though.  But I know that Linda just doesn’t have the health… and Kim isn’t really in my life.  Jane…well MAYBE… but doubtful.  THAT could be interesting though.  I know I for one could never hostess a shower for someone… well, maybe the girls, when the time comes…but I’m just NOT that organized, much as I would like to be.

Holy cow!  I just looked at the swing I want, and I ended up putting the same swing on both lists without really knowing it…it’s 10 dollars MORE at Target!  Gees!  See, now THAT’S why I like Wal mart better.  I just hope I don’t end up with 2 of stuff… I’m thinking maybe I should just advertise the Wal mart list, not the Target list (though there’s a couple of things on the Target list, I don’t think I can get at Wal mart.  I should double check before I say that’s for sure though)  Yea, pretty sure I’m going to be able to add in the stuff I want at Wal mart.

Well, I went ahead and added a crib… we can use the old one, but it’s gone through 3 or 4 kids now, and it MIGHT be time to replace it.  I really don’t know, honestly.  I found one on clearance for 150 anyway, good price.  So we’ll see.  I do know the old crib, the side that lowers has to face the wall because it’s broken, so we can’t lower the sides, not that I ever could anyway… it’s not a feature I miss, is what I’m trying to say.  I guess if we can squeeze one more use out of it, that’ll be fine.  Cribs are expensive.  I don’t think the one we have will turn into a toddler bed, it MIGHT.  Asked Jerry, it’s supposed to turn into a toddler bed, but he thinks the parts are missing… well… eh, I’m not going to put any more thought into that one.  It’s difficult to know what we’re going to do with Sammi when it’s time to move this baby into their own room… oh, the girls were talking about who was going to share a room, and Becca of COURSE thinks she’s too old to share a room.   I swear, she is just becoming self centered with a sense of entitlement.  She really DOES need to be knocked down a peg or two.  If we DO end up losing this house (and they were asking when we’re going to move!  GEES!  I think they might have been joking, but I’m really not sure, truth be told)  Anyway, I told her that if she’s not willing to give up her room, she really needs to quit talking about it. 
Really, by my calculations, it may be 9 months before I need a crib.  I won’t have the baby for another 3 months, then I’ll probably co-sleep them, or possibly put them in the cradle for 5-6 months, so 8-9 months before I need a crib… maybe I can get Sammi into a toddler bed without wandering?  I dunno.   By that time, she’ll be how old?  Let’s see, 17 months now, plus 8 months, puts her at….25 months… 2 years and one month.  WELL…. 
On the other hand, maybe I can wait, and get the crib myself then… I don’t know.  I’m not really going to need two cribs, I don’t think… and I THINK we have a toddler bed, a cheap one, in the garage.  I could also check garage sales over the summer, Craigslist…etc.  The crib is probably a non-issue…  and it will probably HAVE to be a non issue, since it’s highly unlikely I’ll even get a crib.  🙂  So we’ll just put that one aside.  It’s on the wish, not "must have" list.  We’ll make do, we always do.  I mean, the current crib started with Syd, then Nik used it for a bit, then Shabree, now Sammi.  That’s not bad.  Nik is Jane’s son, and this was when they were living with us.  The cradle has housed them all, even Becca.  I wonder if Bec will let me even use the cradle this time… without complaint?  She’s getting to where she doesn’t want to give up ANYTHING that’s "hers" even if it was a toy she had when she was 4, hasn’t played with in 8 years, and has no interest in, other than it being "her" toy.  I tried to give this toy to Sammi, and Becca was adamant that it was "HER" toy.  Good grief.  I don’t get it.  It’s not like we make her share everything.  Her bath stuff is HERS… her toys that she has now, whatever they may be, are hers.  She has a doll, I bought it for Christmas, I think she has it on a stand, and that’s fine.  It’s not getting ruined that way, and it’s hers.  So I don’t get the not wanting to share toys she’s completely outgrown, has showed no interest in them in years, and otherwise could care LESS about them.  If I hadn’t tried to give it to Sammi, it would STILL be in a box, in the garage.  Pre-teens!  DON’T try to figure them out.  Or teenagers for that matter.  All I remember about being that age is being severely depressed and hanging on most days by a thin emotional thread.

Okay, I need to post I guess.  I’m pretty tired.

OH, no…. I can’t post til I give whoever gave me a month to OD Plus a HUGE THANK YOU!!!!!!  I don’t know WHO it was, they are anonymous, but that was very generous of you, so thank you!  I appreciate it so much!

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