We have begun spring cleaning a little early this year although the temps (highs near 70) make it feel just like spring in the middle of January. With the warm weather and the “threat” of a cold front we decided to tackle the attic today. Half of the attic is Christmas decorations and the other half is currently baby gear and Charis’s clothes (the kid has gone through the clothes). With a baby boy on the way we will have no need for little girl clothes so we are passing those onto some friends. As Brad sorted through some miscellaneous boxes I tackled Charis’s clothes. There are a few things that I know I can list on eBay to make a little money to buy boy clothes so I needed to pull those out. We also had some boy looking clothes mixed in with Charis’s stuff that I needed to pull out as we will have need for that soon. It was sweet to see all of Charis’s old clothes and remember different occasions. It made me a little sad to sort through things especially when I found her monogrammed burp clothes (I am not sure why this was emotional chalk it up to crazy pregnant emotions). I so miss her baby days but I love her toddler days! Every stage I think is the best until the next stage comes. I hear this ends by the teenage years! At any rate I pulled through and we made it through the Charis things and sorted out the things for Cai. Even though it did make me a little sad it made me quite excited for this new little ones appearance. It is fun to think about getting out all the baby items again! Brad got everything placed tidily back up in the attic for safe keeping until the big day is a little closer and we were able to gain a lot more room. We even cleaned up the garage a little while we were at it. Over Christmas break we tackled a few closets in the house so the only big spring cleaning left besides cleaning the actual house (which we will put off until I begin to nest or until Brad begins to nest; that is what happened last time) is Charis’s room. Since Cai and she will share a room we need to get some organization going on. I feel good about our accomplishments and the spring weather has really helped. I think that we are pretty pooped now so we can look forward to the colder temps and hope for a snow day to stay in and do nothing…although snow days with a kiddo are probably a little different than the snow day that I am thinking about. Hmmm! I shall save that for another post I suppose if it ever snows!