Recycling and Baby Clothes

These are two separate subjects here but both need to be discussed. I told Yvan yesterday that we had started a blog and that I would send him the blog address...ha ha ha! I knew that as soon as I told him he would say " what photos can we add".

Recycling - Yesterday I went to Costco and did the "how did I end up with that total" shopping trip. Costco has a way of sneaking up on you and you are always shocked when go to the till! I bought some Gillette Razors for him and when I brought them home he was disgusted at how big the package was for 16 razors. Oh yeah! We recycle - everything- from toilet paper rolls to cheese slice wrappers...you name it, we recycle it! He is always concientious about what we buy and if I even throw one tiny little juice box container out I hear about it! So, he was appalled at the amount of material used for the razor packaging. He is right! There is definitley too much plastic! As you can tell by the look on his face....something needs to be done now!! Apparently that something is the first photo he took for the blog!

All the materials went in to the recycling bin for this Saturdays' pick-up. It really is a waste and we are both pretty sure that the cost of the product directly relates to the size of the packaging!

Baby clothes - I finally decided to brave the baby section! This is something that has been very hard for me....when you are trying to get pregnant and it just doesn't seem to be happening month after month you start to withdraw from all things baby! At least I did! News of other people getting pregnant, people out walking with their babies in strollers on a summer evening, kids in restaurants, or even just commercials about babies would make be a sad and many times a blubbering mess on the couch under a blanket.

Once we made the decision to adopt, I felt free of all of this! Almost! I was still apprehensive...once our dossier made it to Ethiopia and we started meeting other people who were also adopting, I started to let go! I had an evening out with some other gals who are adopting and two of the girls were in shopping mode. This sort of lit the fire of enthusiasm in me too!

I nervously made the first trek to Superstore on my own (no one needs to see me sobbing my eyes out which thankfully didn't happen) to look for some baby clothes. Now, it is hard to buy stuff until we know what age and gender our new baby will be but I did manage to pick up a few things.

The cute brown jacket is courtesy of Auntie Danielle! How much do you love the red hoodie!! I love hoodies (bunny hugs - whatever) - hooded sweaters, shirts, coats you name it I love it. My friend Sarah can attest to this as she recently asked me the other day "Is that a new hoodie?" "What number is that?"

Rest assured our new little boy or girl will have plenty of hooded shirts just like their momma! I figure the choices I made are safe for either a boy or a girl and I bought stuff for 18-24 months so we should be o.k. Yvan loved all the stuff I got and said it brought a tear to his eye! AWWWWW!