Cribs and Nesting and Stuff

So I had all these grand ideas about what my "almost two-year old" would be up for before this new baby came. The big two items being a big girl bed and potty trained.

Yeah. Except suddenly this baby is due in 8 weeks and I'm realizing that she seems to be nowhere near ready for that.

So what's a mom to do?

Panic, naturally.

And then blame it all on my pregnancy hormones.

So this week after a minor breakdown and the desire to start nesting like none other, my kind husband just says, "let's just go buy a new crib. It's worth our sanity." (Translation: Wife, chill out.) And I'm totally in.

So we look for an economical option, but the crib we like is still $200 and that seems like a giant chunk of change to spend on something we already have. Cribs are expensive, and as much as I try, I just can't feel good about craigslisting it up and wondering if the crib is safe and all that jazz.

So we walk into Bed Bath & Beyond with our 20% off coupon and tell ourselves that $160 is still worth it for the extra sleep this will provide us in the form of not having a toddler on the loose.

We tell the lady we want the crib in white and wait patiently for her to bring it to the front. She comes around the corner and tells us the best news of all-time... they have the exact crib we want, in perfect condition, but in a damaged box. And she'll sell it to us for 50% off. Plus we can still use our coupon. The only problem is that it is in mocha, not white.

Don't care! We suddenly have wanted mocha all along. Especially to the tune of "brand new crib for $80."

And that is when we do a happy dance. Thank you, Lord!




Next up... potty training.

Who wants to borrow my toddler for a week and work some potty training magic?