I've started buying baby stuff! I can't believe I'm actually getting ready for a baby!

A week and a half ago I bought some pastel plaid fleece to use for making a tube sling. I don't know when I'll actually get around to sewing it. I have a couple other sewing projects I want to do first. When I found that fleece, it just seemed perfect. I couldn't leave it at the store to buy later because there was only two yards left.

Saturday I purchased a lightweight Maclaren Quest stroller. Wednesday and Friday I looked at the store in my area that carries Maclarens, and I decided which model I liked the best. I bought the 2004 model online for a great price. Stores are making room for the 2005 models so good sales are to be found. The stroller is being shipped to my mother-in-law since she is home all the time, and I want to make sure someone is home if a signature is needed.

Yesterday I purchased 36 el-cheapo washclothes because I had heard they were great for infant diapers and for baby wipes. They were on sale, so I couldn't resist.

This weekend I may purchase an infant car seat. A lot of baby stores are ending their sales at the end of this week, so I want to be sure and get a good deal while I can.

My hubby and I looked at baby furniture again on Friday, and I think we have picked out the crib we want. Neither of us was too eager to order anything right away, so for now the crib will wait a while.

Last night was a waiting families meeting at our agency. The topic was scrapbooking. My husband and I have been pretty busy with work stuff lately, so we decided to skip it and stay home. I spent the evening sewing for a school project.

Did I write about how my student thought babies and snakes are similar? I'm not sure, so I'm going to read my last entry a minute and see.

Okay, I checked and discovered that I must have forgotten to write about this. Last week my pastor's wife told me how her daughter (a 4th grader in my class) had asked her mom if she thought I was going to bring my baby to school every day. Her mom responded by asking her if she thought having a baby in her room might be distracting. Her daughter said that her sister's class has a snake, and it doesn't distract them. Then her mother said that it just wouldn't work because a baby is a lot noisier and needs more attention than a snake. So, now you know.... ten year olds think a baby is a pet!!

What makes me laugh right now at school is that the kids brought a book for me to read to them. It's called Baby Island and it's about these two girls (age 10 and 12) who are shipwrecked with four babies. I could picture some of my students loving it if something like that happened to them!! Like the kids in the story, it would be a wonderful "game" of "house."