barefoot and pregnant: A new way to help out!!

Sitting in my garage is a huge tub of baby clothes along with several other pieces of baby gear that I had originally thought that I would hold on to and just give Carri when the time came that she either got pregnant or had a foster child lined up. Partly I did also just want to hold on to those teeny tiny precious little tangible things that I could pick up and picture how my girls looked in them those first few months of their life. Oh how I miss those days.... Anyway, it was a great sentiment I thought but just recently a friend of mine offered to give me a bunch of her baby items that I could either give to Carri or sell and give the money to her. After thinking about it I realized that obviously having the money would be a much better option. This way she can put it towards having a child which is the whole point! Duh!!

Anyway my friend mentioned that the JBF (Just Between Friends) Sale in Portland that is at the end of April would be a good venue to try and sell everything. I had no clue what it was so I googled it and found out that it is an enormous consignment sale for all things child and maternity related. SO I thought that there might be a few other people that have some stuff laying around that they might want to give away. If this is you and you would like to give your items for Carri's cause please let me know as soon as possible. Also if anyone wants to help out with the tagging process or watch my kids on April 25th between 12pm and 5pm when I have to drop everything off at the sale that would be AMAZING!!! :)

Here is some ideas of what you can give but for a full list please go here:

- Baby/kids/Maternity clothes **Nothing older than 5 years, must be Spring/Summer related (no winter clothing), and I'm limited to 20 pieces of maternity clothes

- Baby gear: bouncers, high chairs, monitors, baby carriers/slings, etc.

-Toys

Everything must be in good condition, no holes or stains please. And any extra hangers (child and adult) you don't need I could use as well since I have to hang all clothing items up. I have to admit I'm a little intimidated at this whole process, I've never consigned anything before but it definitely beats Craigslisting everything :)

If you're going to donate your items please plan on getting them to me by April 20th. Thanks Lindsay for the great idea!!

And just for fun I thought I'd dig up some pictures with my sis. I wanted to find some ones of when we were kids but I don't have any that I know of with me. So here's some pics of when my kids were born (or close enough).

Ayla was 3 months old when Carri got to see her for the first time. Carri was living in Florida when I had her.