Our shopping addiction

When it comes to Elizabeth, everything is game!  Between me and Greg, Elizabeth has more "things" than she probably needs.  It is truly an addiction.  Since this is our first child, she gets all kinds of new things and I will truly feel sorry for the next child that will have to use all the old stuff.  Some of the things we bought were "experiments" for our trial and error ways, but a lot of the stuff is CLOTHES.  I wish I could go to the store and just pick up something cute for myself but for her, we find ourselves trying to put back something cute because she doesn't need it.  It is funny that Greg is so into buying things for Elizabeth since usually he is our "penny pincher".  Since we have moved into the new house I have been telling him that I would like to get a freezer.  We didn't want a deep freezer but just a stand up freezer because the refrigerator freezer fills up fast.  Of course he kept putting it off and putting it off... UNTIL.... I started making baby food for Elizabeth.  Anything for Elizabeth! So, this week we bought a freezer. 

My mom always laughs at us when we put Elizabeth in her "sack" at night.  It is a sleep sack that babies use in place of a blanket so they don't get tangled up in a blanket.  We used the swaddle blankets for a long time and we finally graduated up to the sacks.  Our little worry wart daddy thought it would be a good thing and I must admit it is.  However, we only bought one to experiment with and have decided we need more than one because our little princess sleeps on her belly these days and every morning her sleep sack smells like pee pee (I think it is coming out the diaper in the front when she sleeps on her belly).  So, Mommy sends Daddy to Babies R Us to get another sleep sack... he calls me and tells me that he ended up spending $100! WHAT!  I tell you, it is an addiction.  He ended up buying her a hat, a short outfit, and two pair of jeans (12-18 month size on clearance) on top of the sleep sacks.  It makes me smile just thinking right now about how much Greg really loves his daughter.  He is such a great dad.  Here is a picture of her in her new hat...

We are definitley ready for summer time and more outdoor time!

My addiction to buying for Elizabeth is online.  This is partly to blame on Greg for signing me up for the website, but it is a great place to order things for her and myself.  The website is called zulily.com and they have clothes and shoes and all kinds of stuff for really, really great prices.  I actually just bought Elizabeth a swimsuit from there for $13 that came with a cover up (plus it matches mine!).  I also always find coupon codes online before I order so I can get free shipping or a really good discount.  I told myself that I am not going to buy anything else for a while for her because I have already bought her three outfits for the summer time... I need to practice self control!  Maybe if I would have had a boy it would be easier but do you not see all the pretty things there are for little girls!  

We are definitely ready for the weekend and we are hoping for some pretty weather... Happy St. Patrick's Day!