Tot Swap!

This past weekend was the Tot Swap...which is a HUGE maternity, baby and kids consignment!

I have only been to the one near our new house once and on Wednesday evening when I dropped off all that I was consigning, I was hugely surprised that it has grown to almost four times as large as it was in the spring of last year!

As I walked around putting my stuff out, I looked for things to add to my list of what I wanted to get the next day!

Even though I got to get in at 4pm with a pre-sale pass the two things I really wanted were gone. I was hoping to get a big red wagon and a water table which I had seen the day before! Oh well, I still found some awesome deals! I much rather spend some money on getting a bunch of second hand stuff then EVER purchasing brand new!

I got a Little Tykes kitchen for $35 bucks! This I'm sure will be in our family for quiet a few years. Claire absolutely LOVES it and has had a hard time sharing it!

A doll house for $12. Three push-poppers, TWO PINK,  for $13. Two ride-on cars, ONE PINK, for $13. Another outdoor swing for $10, and it's PINK! Some cute girly books. Some bath books...and I am sure more stuff that I can't even remember. I also got them some Carters onesies for summer, with the tags still on them!

However, I did get a bunch of clothes for Emily that still had the tags on them! Even though she was born on a month different than the girls, she is much more the porker and isn't going to be able to stick with a lot of the clothes I had for the girls. All of the girls summer stuff was in mostly 3 months and very few 6 month, and Emily barely still fits in 3 month clothes at only 2 months! So, I took advantage of buying some really cute things for her! It's so easy shopping for one, I swear! :)


Here are some outfits, Emily is looking oh so cute in them!

Also, Nana bought the girls two power wheels ride on princess cars which I know they are going to love this summer!


All and all it was a great shopping trip!

We LOVE our new princess ball pit!

Claire won't leave the darn thing and it's been 3 days since I spent a whopping 5 bucks on this little gem at the Mom of Multiple's Sale this past weekend! Who knew!?

Of course the packaging was a little misleading when it showed the pit overflowing with balls and yet there were only 20 in the package! 

 

Nice. What do you expect for 5 bucks, but the package was never opened and it retailed for $42. I would be mad if I spent 42 bucks on this and in reality with ALL the balls in it, it looks like this...

We will be ordering some more balls...only, I can't seem to find them in the pink, purple and yellow. Only in the blue, red, green, orange and yellow. Blah, I want them to match and be girly. I'll keep shopping!

Favorite Etsy Shops?

**First, thank you for the many suggestions on "self-feeding" techniques that some of you use! I REALLY appreciate it and never thought of some of the cool ideas! MUCH appreciated!!**

Do you have your favorite Etsy "top shops" that are your go-to when wanting to order something cute?

I sure do! Some of my true favorites are:

1. Sweetteaandpickles: Actually , it's where I have ordered the girls Winter ONEderland Snowbabies themed birthday party stuff! I think every year I will order birthday stuff from this sweet woman who live so close to us and is so talented! I just love her work!
2. AddieKat Boutique: I have ordered "Big Sister" shirts for the girls when our new Little Miss makes her arrival!
3. AlexanderCreative: Hoping to get out wedding vows, since we wrote them ourselves, on an art print, LOVE THESE!
I also want to order some shirts that say "My Mommy Believes in Miracles" for the girls, a crochet baby girl hat, booties and diaper for newborn photos of Little Miss, Christmas stockings that are unique for our family, some special Christmas/Birthday keepsakes for the girls and a few other items!

Any suggestions?

I would love to hear which ones you love! Please tell me your top shops!!

**And, I PROMISE, my 24-26 week pregnancy update is coming this evening! I had an appointment with a sonogram scheduled for last week and was waiting to add photos of Little Miss then, but it was cancelled due to my OB getting sick, and was re-scheduled for today, so after the appointment, I promise to write an update on the past three weeks..I know, I'm terrible keeping updated at this pregnancy!!!**

Date Night

Tonight is Date Night...

Even though I woke up this morning feeling fine, I began sneezing the minute I walked out of the front door and have not stopped! My eyes are watering, my nose is running and I am sneezing like crazy! Not fair since I felt completely fine a few hours ago. I can tell it is getting worse too, the pressure in the front of my head is building. Lovely...a sinus infection.

But tonight is date night and it must go on. Tonight we have planned an errand type of date night...but to be honest, those are the best kind because they leave me with a feeling of accomplishment.

First on the agenda is stopping by Ann Taylor LOFT. I have a coupon that expires tomorrow and I must engage its use! Hopefully Tim will not complain much as I have already told him that we are going here.

Second will be Target...dog and cat food and cat liter, along with some personal products.

Third, Kohl's..I have a gift card and a coupon and I want to get a new front door mat and rug for the foyer.

Fourth...and what I am looking forward to the most is going to Best Buy to get a new camera!! I am so excited! We are looking at the Nikon d3000 or d5000. I CANNOT wait to get it and go to town with it!

And then dinner...at our favorite Italian place in Frederick...Il Forno...which if I have my camera I will be taking my first pictures here during dinner, which I am sure will annoy Tim so much! :)

Then I think we will go over to Under The Sun to see if they have any ski stuff on sale yet! We are SOOOO looking forward to our ski trip next week/weekend, so we'll go over there and browse around see if there's just anything we must have.

Should be a fun night, any time spent with my husband, just the two of us is always a fun time. I always look forward to our date nights.