What to do?

Today my mom came over to help me with house projects. She is a wonderful help like that. The project of the day was organizing clothes. This is something I hate! Oh I think it would be wonderful to live in a simpler time when people had just a few clothing items. I had to work on putting all my maternity clothes away and getting out all my regular clothes but had to weed out all the items that are not breastfeeding friendly. I had to put those good items in storage until my little on weans. My mom worked on sorting\ storing the clothes Garrett has out grown to save for Tristan and organizing all the hand me downs that are still too big for Garrett. And I still have baby clothes to go through! Tristan is already out growing many of his 0-3 months clothes and soon I need to get out the 3-6 mo clothes.

(picture is of Garrett. I was trying to find pictures of the boys in the same outfit but could not find one.)

Which leaves me to a big question. Now what to do with the baby clothes? Brian feels strongly that he doesn't want any more chldren. I would like at least one more. I am not ready for this chapter of my life to be closed already! So to keep the clothes or get rid of them?

I keep thinking: we might never have any more kids. Or maybe in another 5 yrs Brian will be ready for another one (after all, he was happy with Garrett being an only child for a long time!)  To keep or not to keep? On one hand it sounds so appealing to simply get rid of the clothes after Tristan outgrows them, after all- I hate clothes management! Maybe my hand-me- downs could bless someones life? But the thought of having to acquire new clothes if we do end up having another child is not fun. But what if we have a girl anyway? Or its another 5+ years until it happens. Do I want to store boxes of clothes for so long? Or what if I get rid of the clothes and free up all that storage space- only to decide (or unexpectedly?) get pregnant again?  (picture of Garrett again wearing a gown I've dressed Tristan in a lot too.)

Who knows? At least childrens' clothing is pretty easy to re-aquire since there are a lot of hand me downs floating around in the world. I do know one thing: I'm not planning on giving away my maternity clothes or the out grown cloth diapers any time soon!

(Tristan)