Letting go

I’m not sure if I should be happy or sad. I guess a little of both. You know when that time comes of letting go of those baby things and you’re not really sure you want to, but you have to, because you can’t be holding on to them forever. Well maybe for a few small things like first outfit, or a blanket, or first pair of shoes, or their lovey, etc. But what about the big items? Like a stroller, a swing, a crib, a playpen. You can’t be storing them forever.

Well my time came today. We sold one of the strollers that we had bought for Lukas. I posted an add on Craigslist a while ago about wanting to sell it. This week one lady e-mailed me asking if I still had it and if she could take a look at it. At first I was happy. I thought if she does like it and she buys it, that would be one less thing in the garage. Plus I would get a little spending money for Christmas. Getting a new something for the kids. When Viktor pulled it out of the garage today so I could clean it up (it got dusty sitting there in the garage for a while now) and after the kids saw it, they fought who would go in it. Lukas only lasted in it for a few minutes and then took off on his tricycle, but Ava enjoyed it for a while. We took her for a little walk in it and she loved it! She did not want to get out of it. She literally sat in it for about an hour. After I noticed that she was falling asleep, I took her out. After all, I did need to clean it. We haven’t really used that stroller with her much, as we always used the double. I got so sad thinking that we might not bring this stroller back home anymore. In like forever! My kids will never be able to ride in it. The thought of keeping it did run through my head, but the people were already on their way, and we really don’t have the room to be keeping it.

When the people came by, Ava was napping. They loved the stroller. They have almost 1 year old girl and were so excited on getting it for her.

When Ava woke up she headed straight outside and started looking all over the place. I think she was looking for the stroller. I didn’t even take a picture of her in it.

But it was time to let it go.