I had typed this all out, and then I think Kiera touched a button, the computer froze, I hadn’t saved it, and had to restart the computer. So, I’m trying this again!
Yesterday, we found some sweet deals online, which I’m pretty pumped about! I decided that I want to get the baby room ready, since it’s 11 weeks until my due date. I wanted to get a dresser and a small lamp.
Our first stop last night was at the house where the lamp was. It was a nice Asian lady selling it and right before I left, I said, “We’re trying to get the baby room ready.” She asked if I knew the gender and I said, “Nope. This is our 3rd.” She said, “Oh, you look so young.” I said, “I’m 27,” and then she laughed and said, “Yes, you are young!” Looking around at my friends, I feel like I’m an average age to have 3 kids, but compared to the national average, I guess I am young.
Anyway, when I looked online at small lamps, they started at $30 and most of them were more than $40. We picked this up for $15.
Our 2nd stop was the house with the dresser. This couple has a 3-year-old and a 5-year-old. She immediately wanted to guess my kids’ ages, so she pointed and asked, “3? Almost 3?” I turned, assuming she was pointing at Kiera and my jaw dropped when I saw her pointing at Blake! I laughed and said, “He’s 18 months.” Now it was her turn to be shocked. She said, “He’s SO tall.” He’s in the 75th percentile for height, so it’s not like he’s off the charts or anything. She asked Kiera how old she was and Kiera told her, and again, she thought that Kiera was tall. Apparently her 3-year-old isn’t much taller than Blake and her 5-year-old isn’t much taller than Kiera, so I think she has short kids. When we took Blake to the Olive Garden 2 months ago, he went up to some strangers while we were waiting for a table. They asked him how old he was and he just happened to hold up 1 finger. They said, “No, you must be at least 2 years old.” I told them he was 16 months old. I really don’t think he looks older than his age, but apparently others do.
Anyway, when we walked in and saw the dresser, I was TOTALLY impressed! The dresser is 5 years old and it looks like it hasn’t been touched. It’s solid pine and we got it for $80. Our friend came and helped us unload when we got home. He works at a furniture store and he couldn’t believe how little we paid for it. He said in their store, that dresser would be $400. Here is a stock photo of it, except it actually has 4 drawers plus the 2 on top:
I haven’t taken a picture of either item yet, but I plan to do that. I put the lamp on top of the dresser. A while back, our friends lent us a 2nd crib (we plan to keep Blake in a crib for a while yet), another friend said we could borrow their crib mattress, and I found a brand new 3-piece Winnie the Pooh crib bedding set on Amazon for $25! I’m excited and blessed to see how everything is coming together! Baby, we’re VERY much looking forward to your arrival!
