Sugar And Spice It Up

I’m on the verge of having everything ready for Little Sister’s arrival. I hate waiting until the last minute, and even though we’ve still got about 5-ish weeks left (supposedly), I still feel like I’m pushing it.

I am nothing if not a planner. And a preparer.

I am also very practical. And we’re re-using a lot of things we had for Caedmon. I tried to get “big” things in gender neutral colors, but once you’ve used something for a boy, that’s sort of the way you always see it – as a boy’s thing.

And the practical side of me is struggling against the “Ooh! Girl stuff is so cute!” side of me. I was at a point of indecision the other night, which really isn’t common for me. But what’s bad was that it was over sheets. I told Husband that practically, we didn’t really need any more crib sheets because technically we could use the ones we had for Caedmon (even though they’re well-worn and have a few stains), but that the pink and yellow ones we registered for and got as gifts were so adorable. But the very un-practical voice in my head wanted to use them both. At the same time. Because they were pink! And yellow!

Poor Husband. He sighed and said, “Just keep them both, You know you want to.” He was right. And I did.

But what’s throwing me for a loop is the diaper bag and car seat. I need some help to “girl them up” because I see them and think “boy.” Probably because we got them for Caedmon and he used them. And there’s no pink in sight. But I cannot purchase a new carseat (and don’t want to spend the $ on an entire new cover) and there’s no point in buying a giant new diaper bag because we’ll only use it for a few months.

And if she were to come tomorrow, I could totally use this stuff the way it is. I just, you know, want to make it looks like it belongs to a girl.

Here’s the diaper bag.

I know, I could monogram her name in pink (wouldn’t ya’ll like to see that?), but I’m not a huge fan of monogramming on stuff like this because I wouldn’t be able to use it for another kid or pass it on to someone else. So I need something that’s not permanent.

I know. I’m demanding.

And here’s the carseat.

Trump has made sure we have a pink head support for her, though that practical side is wondering why I don’t just use the blue one we had for Caedmon. See? Struggling. And since we’ll be in spring/summer, there’s no need for a carseat blanket or something similar that would cover it all anyway.

So ya’ll help me out. Give me some ideas to sugar and spice these things up. Because having Caedmon mistaken for a girl was bad enough. I don’t think I would be ok with Sister being mistaken for a boy.