Purchases, Easter etc.

Ok so here's our crib tale:

I bought a crib and mattress off of KSL for 40 bucks. It was a convertible crib, which is what I wanted (converts to a toddler bed) and with the mattress I thought it was a good deal, even if it wasn't the cutest thing in the world.

My mistake!

Turned out our crib had been recalled! Yikes!! But we did some searching online and found out that because the company had gone out of business, retailers who had sold the crib were accepting it and giving either a refund, in-store credit or a replacement crib.

So we spent like over 2 hours total on the phone with Babies R Us, hearing different things every time. We finally heard from one person we could take it in so we loaded it up, got there...and they said they wouldn't take it. ARG! We were pretty annoyed that we'd spent so much time on it for nothing. But Walmart was down the street so I suggested, even though neither of us like Walmart, that we try there...and SUCCESS! That time it worked. Wahoo! We got a little less than $140 in cash, after waiting only like 5 minutes!! SO awesome.

We chose a crib then and there in the store, since we wanted to be done crib shopping and were using my parent's vehicle that was big enough for a crib for that reason anyway. So we chose a nice one and just made up the difference. Yay!!!! Here's a pic of me showing off three things-my baby bump of the time, my hat from Sam and the crib:

Next, I got a little crazy with looking for baby stuff on KSL and we bought a ton of mostly used baby girl clothes that are way cute. Our crib is basically full of them, seriously.

Then, I got this cute froggie bedding and a tub for 30 bucks from a lady on KSL who was moving. I'm excited about this particularly because I can use it for our next baby, boy or girl, since it's gender neutral.

The more stuff I get the more excited I get about her arrival. It's funny-you'd think her moving around like crazy would do it, but even though I know that's her and she's a person I still sometimes have a hard time making the connection. It just makes it more real when I think of dressing her up or putting her to sleep in her very own crib, etc. I love her so much and really can't wait for her arrival. :)

Anyway. Enough baby mushiness. Easter FHE this year was a real treat. We were going to be hosting this single mother and her two girls, ages 7 and 5, so Sam prepared something really awesome that his family usually did. He had 12 Easter eggs, and in each one along with some jelly beans was an item that represented something about Christ's life. Ex. He had a nail in one, a rock in another (I forgot what scripture went with the rock), a little cotton ball to represent a cloud in another, etc.

It really was wonderful. Probably the best thing about it was the focus on Christ's life and the fact that he was resurrected: we only used a couple of eggs on his crucifixion. I always get so sad and depressed when I focus on how much pain he was in at that time, rather than the fact that he conquered it and WHY he was willing to go through that. I love my husband. :)