Perfect Imperfections

12.05.2012

The Universe Delivered Again

The universe delivered again and this time the universe had a name, Auntie Kim (who is also Amare's godmother). Andrew and I were going through Amare's clothes and came to the conclusion that she will be in need of some new duds (mostly shirts, this foodie baby doesn't like wearing bibs). We usually have to do all the clothes shopping out of town because we have no clothing stores locally, and this means we have to make a whole day of it. We planned on doing a trip to North Conway to get Amare's birth certificate and we were going to pick her up a few things then. But, yesterday morning I received a text from Auntie Kim and it read : "Goood morning! What size did you say Mar is wearing? I'm hauling out my attic today, so I'll get a tote ready for you!" We were so excited to hear this! Now, we won't have to go out and spend $ on clothes for Amar'e. I love hand-me-downs. Especially for the little one. It makes all the sense in the world to pass on things versus tossing them. It's a huge help. This would not be the first time we received a load of baby clothes for Amar'e from Auntie Kim. To be honest, between Auntie Kim, Auntie Stacie (future sister-in-law), my mother-in-law, gifts from friends and family, two wonderful baby showers, we have only purchased a few sets of PJ's, sneakers, and her Halloween attire. This has been extremely awesome! Children's clothes are very expensive. We can't be more grateful for this. The universe has been really good to this family lately.

Thank you Auntie Kim, and anyone who has given our little Amar'e any type of gift. I am sure I've said thank you a millions times, (kind of a problem of mine) but I can never say it enough...

Thank you!!!

Thank you Universe!

♥ Desiree

Couldn't be more excited.

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12.03.2012

Operation: "Christmas Tree"

For our family the Christmas tree is an important tradition we have. Andrew and I use to take decorating the tree very, very seriously. This year, we was more relaxed about it because we wanted to try something new. We had talked about cutting down our own tree many times in the past, but it never happened. We usually buy it from Wal-Mart, or from the local tree farm guy. Every year the price of the tree seems to go up, and they seems to go down in quality. Last year was especially disappointing. We bought our tree from Wal-Mart, and it was a $45 waste. First of all, I hate supporting anything Wal-Mart, and second of all we bought it on a spur of the moment shopping trip without prior thought or planning. When we got it home we seriously thought about returning it. Returning a Christmas tree??? Yes, it was that bad. The worst part was that it was a $50 tree we grabbed on accident because it was with the $45 trees. It was just flat out horrible. This year we wanted a unique tree, and that's exactly what we got. The best part; it was only $5! Win-win. It was also fun to go into the White Mountain National Forest with the entire family and cut it down ourselves (This was all done legally, we had to purchase a permit). We are happy that our tree is unique looking, we picked it out ourselves, and Wal-Mart didn't get our money this year. We are all about change this year and I am glad we are starting a new tradition for Amar'e and Damien. We will be doing this again next year, and I can't wait!