Out With The Old

Its time to start cleaning out! We have tons of baby stuff that we're not using, and the money we get from selling, we've decided to put towards christmas presents for Leah.
As i was cleaning the baby furniture/items to be sold, i started to feel relieved that we will finally have some extra space around here. Space that can be used to store other junk we got lying around, obviously. Its interesting that as much as you clean, tidy, organize... you will never really, ever rid yourself of those irritating, counter hogging, little nik-naks! Be it chapstick, bank cards, dollar store junk, papers, keys, toys ect. (yes, thats what a corner of my counter is usually always occupied by) it never actually gets put away or thrown out before more starts piling up!

I cleaned and took pictures of 4 things; our highchair, infant/toddler rocker, exersaucer, and Leah's last year's halloween costume, a strawberry.

 I posted all 4 ads online. within an hour i had 2 replys. One for the costume and the other for the infant/toddler rocker. I ended up backing out on the rocker chair. I had only posted it for $20, it doesn't take up a lot of room, and technically she can still use it. Plus, it has more sentimental value than any of our other baby furniture. This is where she slept for her first 2-3 months on and off, sometimes of a week straight. She enjoyed laying next to my bed, as did i. It was a life saver and so convenient to rock her back to sleep when mama definetly needed her sleep! It almost brought a tear to my eye. And that was that, my mind was made up and i was't getting rid of it. 

In a way, getting rid of these things makes me feel like we won't be having another child for 3-5 years. From DH's perspective, im sure he'd think that that's perfect!

It makes me sad for some reason, a reason thats hard to explain. I mean, i know that just because we're selling these things now doesnt mean a year from now we can't have another baby. Baby stuff is expensive but there's things we buy for our babies that dont get used until their over 6 months.
Maybe, i feel like im getting rid of something that's not mine? I don't know. I want more kids, at least one more.

Tomorrow, im putting up a few more ads. I'll be selling my diaper genie, car seat bunting bag, travel booster, swing, and play mat. Wish me luck!

-M.