Well, in this case maybe it's more like the clothes make the mom...happy. I met a couple friends from work for lunch a few weeks ago, from all spectrums of mom-hood. From one with older boys, to a new mom like myself, to a pregnant mom, to a maybe-mom-down-the-road. During our lunch, I was talking to the mom of the older boys, who became a very close friend while I was at Tyndale. She's given me great advice and been there to laugh and cry over all the craziness of the last year with me. I had dressed Dane up for the day, but typically, when I was at home, had been in the habit of just leaving him in his footie jammies. It just didn't seem worth it to get him all dressed up only to have him spit up or wipe snot across the new clothes minutes later. My good friend said something along the lines of, "I bet you're getting fun clothes for him!" To which I replied, "Well, yeah, sort of." It made me think though, about how I sometimes have been so caught up in the basics of taking care of him and keeping him well, that I forget to do the fun little things that make all the harder stuff more bearable. I talked to Mark about it and we decided it was time to buy some clothes for our little guy, clothes that I liked and picked out especially for him. We truly appreciated all the hand-me-down stuff that we've gotten, but it was so much fun to go to Target and BabyGap with Dane, and actually choose a few outfits. From a grey, green and orange striped onesie with little green sweatpants, to a bright red polo with a neat elephant printed on it to the bright orange chenille jacket below (that accentuates the orange hair), we've really enjoyed seeing our little man look so grown-up. Some days, we swear he looks like a toddler to us! All in all, thanks, Babs, for the reminder to enjoy the little things that we can do right now!
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