You may remember that before Val was born, we didn't spend a ton of time
getting her room ready. I was too sick for too long, then too tired and
too cheap to shell out for decorations when what we really wanted was to
spend time with our little one.

So we had the crib we bought used from Jesus, a very nice new crib
mattress and a million crib sheets of all varieties (many of which were
courtesy of our nice friends, including some of you three. And I thank
you for your generosity, it means so much.) and a sort of not-that-ugly
dust ruffle. We also got a ton of lovely quilts and blankets that Val
is just now enjoying as part of her extensive life with her dolls.
Since George will be arriving during the winter instead of at the cusp
of a heat wave the way Val was, we'll get to pull them into actual baby
service!

The crib and sheets kinda concluded the extent of our 'nursery'
decorations. We focused our attentions on stuff we deemed more
important, like researching the carseats and strollers that have served
us well so far.

But now that George is at long last, on the way, I figured it was time
to go a little further towards making what will be both kids' room their
own.

So I kinda went nuts and first sorted through all of the clothes in
Val's closet, weeding out a ton of stuff. Then I went for broke and
started tossing out every damn thing in there.

That closet holds a ton of stuff. You have no idea.

After a lot of work, I'm happy to tell you that Val's closet now
contains (almost) only her own stuff, plus the few long-sleeved onesies
and pjs I've bought for George. Andrea's entire cargo area of her car
is now filled with our old clothes, ready to start a new life at the
Salvation Army.

I'm hoping that this is just the first step. Now we'll keep up the
momentum and move the rest of our former office equipment out so that
soon, we'll have room for the crib we bought from Jesus.

And I'm sure you'll be amused to hear that we found a supercute crib set
the other day that we just might end up getting for George.