Family, Thrifting, & Babywearing

(I started this post the first week of November. Thankfully, I can blame "being pregnant" for my lack of timeliness.)

Every year, our local Junior League has a bargain sale. I always look forward to the one back home, so I stalk anticipate the local Durham sale.  I had the privilege of taking one of my friends as my “date” to the preview sale on Friday night. We both enjoyed a fun girls night of shopping for bargains sans husbands and kids. I scored a few vintage-y kitchen towels and an immaculate Aden & Anis muslin swaddle blanket for a couple of dollars. My friend scored a like new Fossil purse and a few other items. We had a great time catching up, scouring through random items and celebrating our treasures!

Early November belly! 

Late Friday night, our cousins came to stay with us. We are always excited to catch up with them and especially enjoyed this visit, as they are also pregnant with their first baby! It was so nice to talk about babies and pregnancies, and Kyle enjoyed quality guy time, too. Abner enjoyed reconnecting with his doggy cousin, Farley. We were all pleased to see how well the two pups got along and even left them alone together while we went out Saturday morning.

Pregnant cousins!

We began our morning by stopping by the Jr. League sale. Although I checked out the preview night, Kyle & I still found items to purchase Saturday morning, and our cousins found some great items, too.  I was most excited to find a mug that matched a thrift store mug we found a month ago!

Winter wonderland mugs!

Breakfast at Foster’s Market was the perfect treat after shopping. I met a mom at the coffee bar who recently delivered her son eight weeks early. He was healthy and is doing well! She was so sweet and offered encouragement for our delivery.  It is funny how many random people I have met over the last few months. My heart is definitely encouraged by these conversations.

The rest of the afternoon was spent resting (the moms) and playing video games (the dads.) It was definitely the perfect pregnant end to our morning.

After our cousins left, Kyle and I attended a Babywearing class at the NC Birth Center. Yes, I said Babywearing. This class offered hands-on demonstrations of various baby carriers, slings, and wraps. It was nice to check out so many different brands and styles, and Kyle actually approved a few carriers. We are both pretty excited about Samuel’s arrival and hope he enjoys babywearing.