Last week I noticed
the babies were wearing adult sized diapers. Obviously, these are too big for
them, so I asked Mary Francis what we needed- she informed me that we needed
diapers. Luckily, Brain and the team were coming for the weekend so I asked if
they could bring some down to get us by until I could get to a store to get
some more. They did and we are ok on diapers until the end of next week or so.
So this got me thinking- what all do we Have and what all do
we Need. And the only way to figure this out is to dig in and organize. Baby
room 1 has a pretty good size closet that houses a lot of things especially for
the little ones, so I decided to start there. And Holy Cow- I didn’t know
organization could take so much out of you, of course, there was no light in
the room, and it was a sauna in there, but still……
I have never seen
so many baby clothes; socks- we have 2 large totes full of socks; 2 totes full
of shoes; a Christmas tree size tote
full of bottles, nipples, pacifiers, and plastic baby spoons; shampoo (travel
sized and regular bottles), an entire tote full of toothbrushes; bags of floss;
lotion; countless bars of soap and body wash; 4 LARGE totes of blankets; enough
boys undies for them to have a new pair from now until Christmas, and I cant
even remember any more of it. It was insane. Why on earth do we have all this,
and why is this stuff is not being used? The kids toothbrushes needed to be replaced a
month ago, we have holes in panties, broken shoes, old bed sheets, and clothes
with stains on them. That’s it- it's time to start replacing old stuff.
Probably should have mentioned what I was doing, but I didn’t
and just started replacing all the yuck for new stuff!!! All the older kids got new undies.
**Side note- As a
kid growing up- especially at Christmas time- undies were always a present. I
remember my brother and I squeezing the wrapped gifts trying to figure out
which one was the undies package, and not opening this one on Christmas Eve.
Yesterday while I was organizing I found all these undies, so I asked each
child to line up (by the way- we are doing much better about this :)) and one by one they
walked in the office and picked out a pair. The girls went first- and as you
might guess all the fun, girly, princess ones went right away. I was so excited to
see each girl get a “fun” pair. The boys were next, and I wasn’t sure if this
was going to be embarrassing for them or not, so I just let them come in one by
one and pick out a pair, while I pretended to be busy. They were awesome. They
wanted me to help and with lit faces they picked out Superman, Spiderman, Cars,
Lego People, Batman, and Toy
The madness of
organization continued, and when I found the totes of toothbrushes, I passed
one out to each nanny. Again- it felt like Christmas. I have fallen in love
with one of the nannies- her name is Florence, and she is pretty much amazing.
From day 1- she has been so helpful to me, and all ears when I suggest
something new to do. When I handed her the toothbrush- she came over, gave me
the biggest hug and kiss ever, and we just laughed for a minute together. This
wasn’t me- this was God working, and this was for the generous people who
donated the brushes. I just had the privilege of passing them out.
We are having a toothbrush party tomorrow. 68 little ones
will learn how to properly brush their teeth, and we are going to make it
fun!!! I cannot wait.
Ok back to organizing. It’s pretty amazing what you will
find by doing this :) As most of you have seen my picture from yesterday, I found the baby sling
(sorry, I don’t know the proper term) that’s pretty much amazing. Adrienna is 5
months old, and still isn’t sitting my herself, so when someone can’t watch
her, she is in her bed. As we all know this isn’t good for brain stimulation,
so I strapped the sling on and little miss helped me organize yesterday :) We chatted about all
kinds of good stuff, and we even came up with a game plan for her to sit up by
herself!
I finally finished the organization today, and I am
completely exhausted. We have way more clothes for girl 24 months and under
that we will ever need. Many with the tags still on, so I am working on a way
to sell them for diaper and formula money. All the babies in room 1 & 2 got
new fitted bed sheets, many of the older kids got new shoes, and with all the
new hair accessories found, they can have salon days at the O in the evenings.
I am telling you- it was like Christmas the past few days,
and the best part of all this, is we had every single bit of it already.
I am a bit Type A (wink), and having that room organized is
like a little slice of heaven to me. I hate clutter. But it is all clean now
and we can see what all we have!!!
Oh and we had a surprise this morning when we arrived. One
of the cats delivered kittens either last night or way early this morning. Her
delivery choice was the other closet in the baby room, so needless to say she
had to be moved outside for her post partum care. I am allergic to cats, but
thanks to nursing gloves- I got the babies in a tote with one of the million
blankets we have, and she and her babies spent the day recovering in shade
outside :)-
Just another thing added for the resume!! HAHAH
I apologize for no pictures; I was just trying to not get
scratched!
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