I need what? Oh yea--I forgot about that.

I'm standing in mini-me's room looking around and I can't help but think I'm forgetting something. Something small and not quite so obvious. There are some bigger things that we still have yet to get. But I couldn't help put my finger on it that I was forgetting something so important and yet so random that I would totally be unprepared and up shit's creek (pardon the language), if I didn't get it now. That's when I thought:

"DAMN I NEED BABY BOTTLES!!!"

Even though I'm going to breastfeed, I can't very well take mini to class with me, so she will have to get bottle during the 3 hours I'm gone. How I can forget bottles is beyond me. Even more important: Why did we throw away the boy's bottles to begin with?

I have an answer to that that's actually quite simple--lazy. Whenever DH and I move (which has been a lot over the last 3 years) instead of packing up the important stuff that we know we will need at some point, we throw it away because it's one less box to carry.

Here's an example:

Move #1: GA to NC

-->threw away all of our dishes, pots, and pans (everything but my very nice plates and bowls that I refuse to get rid of)

Move #2: NC family home to our own home in NC

-->bathroom essentials, curtains drapes

Move #3: NC to SC

-->basically everything in the bathroom (with the exception of the trashcan we got as a wedding gift. And yes we got a trashcan as a wedding gift).

--->pretty much the entire kitchen

-->entire laundry room

--> and anything that I couldn't see a use for right then and there.

So now here we are, 6 months into our rental, 8 weeks away from baby #2 and we don't have the baby basics. Diaper Genie: trashed. Bottle warmer: trashed. Bottles: trashed. The only things we kept (that I was adamant about giving to Goodwill or selling at Once Upon A Child, but was always too lazy to go) were the stroller/car seat combo and the playpen.  

Even though we will be moving once our lease is up, I am making it up in my mind now to pack early and keep everything. I really hate having to buy the same things over again. It's just no fun. 

So here I am standing in the middle of floor in mini-me's room. Looking, looking, looking, looking. And what do I see? Oh nothing. (We haven't bought any baby clothes either).

Does that make us slack or what? There is a reason behind that--and I will put that in another post.

Happy Wednesday....