Welcome to My Happiness Project. I have several resolutions for this month of May. One being that I needed to organize my clutter. That goes for stuff in my shed and stuff in my house and closets. I dont have to conquer all this in one month. I plan on turning these into lifetime habits, with that I will start slow and easy. My first project was to organize all my 0-3 and 3-6 months baby clothes and make myself get rid of them( a very emotional task)
So since I have been stuck home all week with 3 sick kids I took the opportunity to organize all my first set of baby clothes and pack them up neatly for my friend Annie. She is expecting her 2nd child next month and its a boy.YEAH for BOYS!!!! 
I did it!!! Its all packed and ready to go. All those clothes that held wonderful memories of my past babies are packed and ready to be given away. Crib Bumpers and all. I did end up keeping a couple of my most favorite outfits to pass onto my grandchildren later on. 
Gretchen Rubin talks in her book about organizing the clutter in your life in favor of finding more energy. This month of May is about focusing on more energy. I will have to agree with her. Anytime Im feeling stressed or tired, I simply clean my house and I am instantly filled with new found energy. Even though this task of given my baby clothes away was hard I knew I needed to do it. It was time to move on and embrace the fact the Ryan is the last baby in the house. Its time to clear room in the shed for the next phase in life...Bikes, camping gear, snowboards ect. those older boy type of storage items.
I have been waiting for that special person that I could entrust my valuable baby clothes with. Congratulations Annie youre the winner. Ha Ha Ha! Time for her to create her own memories in these cute little clothes. I have known Annie since she was a little baby. I even babysat her when she was little, and was also her leader in her YW's, I have watched her grow into a beautiful young women and marry a wonderful man. I have watched her begin her family with a sweet little baby girl and now that shes having a boy this summer, I knew she would be the best fit for these baby clothes. I know I should be giving these to my sister, but she swears thats shes having girls and girls only. Time will tell. Either way I know my sister well enough that she wouldnt want anything to do with a bunch of used old slobbered on baby clothes.
And I suppose I had the desire to hold onto them until the boys had kids, but lets get real. The boys wives arnt gonna want their Mother-in-laws baby clothes from the old ages. So I knew the time had come to give them away and move on.
As I dropped them off I wont lie I shed a couple ridiculous tears of pity, but as I wiped my eyes dry Gretchen's theory rang true. I was filled with such a great level of energy and confidence in myself that I CAN move forward in life with joy and happiness. Truly life is just beginning with these Four Fabulous Boys. I dont need to hang onto these clothes anymore. It was a huge weight lifted off of me and once again I felt a little lighter on my toes.
Goodbye Baby Clothes, Hello next phase of life
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Organizing Clutter- May (Month 1)
Posted by Keri at 1:55 PM
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Isn't it rediculous how we can get so attached to something so monitary as "cloths, bouncies, crib bumpers, cribs, etc." I know that it isn't the cloths themselves that we are attached to, but rather the change from the child bearing phase of life to the child rearing phase, which stupidly is not easy when you are kissing that stuff goodbye to make room for other things. I remember feeling very sad (breifly) when I did this "goodbye" phase. It is hard to believe that after 6 years, the term of "Done" fits so well, but every so often that motherly feeling of wanting to hold another baby comes... but then the memory of nightly feedings come back and the pain and the hormonalness and so much more, and I go, "Boy am I grateful I get to steal other's babies so that I don't have to have my own! I'll be a grandma in 16+ years, then I get to spoil my daughters and daughter in laws by stealing their babies!" Glad to know I wasn't the only one that shed a tear or two even though DONE holds so strongly true!
aaww! Thanks Keri! I went through them and LOVE them all! SO CUTE!
Oh good Annie Im glad you like the clothes. they are very near and dear to me as silly as that sounds. But youre right Aprill its not really the clothes its the memories and evelasting love of newborns that I remember as I let go of them. But it will be really fun to see Annies little guy in those clothes. Its funny how certain clothes remind of certain events like the shirts that the baby teethed in or a shirts that baby wore for pictures and so on. i know im centimental arnt I. enjoy Annie Imk so glad you like them, thats music to my ears.
i did the same thing-since mine were all girls (until you know who showed up, at least) i saved my favorite baby dresses and let each choose one when they had a girl
nice tradition
It's so hard isn't it! I got rid of tons of my kids' tiny clothes before we moved into this house and it was a tearful couple of days.
PS I am also planning on a very organize-y summer so we'll have to swap notes and help motivate each other!
I am the same way! I am getting rid of baby stuff and it is KILLING me!
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