Once I have felt confident that things are on the right track and before we find if its a boy or a girl I like to buy at least one gender neutral piece of clothing for the baby, I've done this with Jake, Brenden, and Rylan as well. Just a little something that is just theirs. So today after lessons I ventured out to the Gap Clearance store in Kentucky, about 25 minutes away, to check out what they had. I was mainly going to see if I could find a couple of super cheap items of maternity wear to get me through the summer, but I also looked around at everything.
The place is nuts. Its all on racks just sorted by type of clothing and size. So in one area you have pants, another sweaters, and so on. The place was huge and I think the most expensive thing I saw was a coat for $20. Most items were under $10 and there were a ton of things for $1.99 or $0.99. I managed to find a pair of capri jeans that I thought would be good for cooler days this summer and into the fall, I found team logo shirts for the kids for super cheap, and I found baby's first purchase:
It was a whopping $3.99, gender neutral, and one of our favorite colors - Orange! I just loved it! And more importantly, I'm so happy that I felt comfortable enough to buy it :) Baby has his/her first non-hand-me-down item, and being #4 you know this kid will be wearing PLENTY of hand-me-downs.
I'm still planning to buy the baby a crib blanket as well- I bought each of the kids a cotton crib blanket from Gymboree that they have all loved, even Jake still keeps his in his bed. Other than that I'll probably wait until we find out August 27th for what we're having before I buy anything else, which will probably just be the coming home from the hospital outfit.
As for the growing belly......Here's the most recent pic from a few days ago:
14w, 4d
I'm looking AND feeling large and in charge! The families I visited at Zones last week couldn't believe I was only 14 weeks, and I can't believe it either. I'm huge! It normally takes me until at least 20 weeks before I look this big! Chris told me when I came back from Zones that it was the first time I really looked pregnant to him during this pregnancy. I'm a little terrified of what I'm going to look like come December - Yikes!
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