Hand-me-downs

When I found out we were having girls, one of my first thoughts was, "thank god, we can use Mikayla's old stuff!" Frankly after realizing how much stuff we needed to buy, I would have put twin boys in those pink onesies even if they were boys. For those of you who don't know my sister Laura (Mikayla's mom), she is one of those super organized, over-achiever types. Whatever Mikayla needs or wants, she gets (unless there is a reason not go give it to her obviously.... she's not spoiled, she just has a lot of stuff!). As everyone in my family agreed, Mikayla had at least twice as much clothes as she actually needed. This of course works out great for me, since we need twice as much stuff? So a few weeks ago, Laura packed up everything that Mikayla has outgrown and we shipped it over to our new house.  After working on the unpacking for a few weekends in a row (this is what I did while Boris and my dad dug ditches and poured concrete), we managed to unpack the bulk of the clothes. Here are some photos of our borrowed bounty:

Closet #1: Newborn - 9 months

Closet #1, side 2: 9-12 months

Closet #2:  >12 months

Shoes:

 Pants, PJs, and newborn stuff:

Socks, hats, headbands, and swimsuits:

First batch of bumgenius diapers (new, not hand-me-downs... and we realize these will not last long!)

One of the best parts of unpacking all the clothes (which was SUPER fun - it's like Christmas!) was when Mikayla came to "help." When she walks in the door and sees all her old stuff all over the floor, she just stares for a second before she can focus on the first thing that she wants to grab.  She typically finds some of her old shoes, takes her shoes off, and tries to squeeze into the old ones. She's been surprisingly successful. She also enjoys her old hats (called "at!"), even though they no longer fit on her head. Once we finally got things cleaned up and put into closets, she had to browse the racks to find what she wanted. Here's little Mikayla trying to decide what to wear (she's looking at the 3-6 months section, so she didn't have much luck fitting into anything!):

Isn't she cute?