A few things I would like for the baby

We really don't need much this time around. We have most everything from Eleanor still. Boy or girl, they will wear E's diapers. I have no qualms about flowers on a boy's diaper. :) And most of my wool is gender neutral. I am hoping that with all of my friends with kids, I can find most of this stuff gently used. :) But there are a few things I would like for the new baby.

-Ergo carrier and/or Beco carrier. Possibly a Kozy or Babyhawk too. I already have a few Hotslings and a stretchy wrap for the newborn months.

-a lightweight stroller. I am foreseeing carrying a baby and Eleanor wanted to be carried or getting tired. She will be 4 when the baby comes, so a lightweight stroller would be great. This isn't a necessity of course, but I wouldn't mind one.

-few more nb or preemie diapers and covers or wool longies. I have quite a few fitteds but I know how quickly they go through them when they are little. None of E's diapers fit her when she came home at 6 pounds, so we ended up using disposables for the first few weeks. I'd rather just do cloth this time.

-nb or preemie sleepers, long sleeve tees, cotton pants. We had a bunch of the up to 7 pound stuff for Eleanor and even that was a little big when she came home. For some reason I sold it on ebay. I'm going to scope out Gymboree and Baby Gap for their tiny stuff. And if it's a boy, we may need a few things. I know E wore pretty gender neutral stuff, so we should be okay.

-And we would love a king size bed again. We may struggle through with our queen until tax time and then buy a king with our tax return.

So we don't really need much. Anyone think they might have anything to sell/trade before September? :)

Treasure Map time!

It's that time again! March 26th at 9:05am will start the New Moon of Aries. This may be to woo-woo for some of you, but not for me. :) You can get some information here about what exactly a Treasure Map is. It is from 2008, but there is some good info there. I went and looked at my Treasure Map from last year to see what has changed in the past year. Very interesting year for me.

A few things were to build my tribe, to simplify, and to nurture myself and my husband. That didn't seem contradicting at the time. But it kind of was. :) I still have quite a few friends, but I have definitely seen my focus more on my family and less on the friendships. Not that I don't love my friends! I think that I put a lot of energy into them in the last year or so though, and my marriage needed that focus. I have seen an improvement in my connection with myself. Listening to music helps me to do that. Blogging helps me, as does sewing for fun.

Another one was to have a healthy pregnancy. I had just miscarried before I made last year's map and had another one in October. I was feeling pretty broken. Although this past year was probably the most distant for Jimi and I. We had some pretty serious conversations during this year. We nearly separated at one point. But going through that situation helped us to see that we didn't want to be apart. We wanted to be right here. And so I'm glad for the last year and our tough times. If we didn't have them, we would have surely not made it this far. And of course, 3 weeks after our "big situation" we conceived. It seemed crazy, but felt right too. I am now 12 weeks pregnant. This world is crazy.

So, all in all I think some of the things I needed/wanted worked themselves out. And in ways I didn't expect. But isn't that they way things go sometimes? On Thursday, I will go out and buy all of my supplies. I am excited for my next map. Eleanor did one with me last year. She put pictures of Teddy Grahams and mac and cheese. LOL The girl knew what she wanted. It will be interesting to see what she puts on her map this year. Happy mapping! :)