So close

I almost got a cute new diaper bag yesterday. You see, I used the same diaper bag for both the girls, a very functional but sort of plain diaper bag. I had registered for that one when pregnant with Kathryn because I figured that it was a neutral enough color that even Justin wouldn't mind carrying it. Little did I know that he wouldn't carry one anyway, he just stuffed diapers in his backpack if he ever took her out alone. (Which wasn't often when she was a baby anyway, since she wasn't really a fan of bottles.)

When we moved back from Peru we gave a lot of things away to friends there and I wasn't exactly sure of everything that came back with us. There are still lots of things packed away in totes, but because we gave away a lot of our baby things, I assumed we had given away that diaper bag. And a few months back, when pregnant with E, I was excited to get a new, cuter bag. However, it was still on my "to do" list when I went into labor at 39 weeks, which was about 2 weeks before I was expecting him to be born. (Which is a story for another time. I was so shocked when I went into labor on my own, and early too.) So it never got done, but the birthing center sent us home with one, so we had something to use.

Yesterday morning I was going to go to Babies 'R Us and use some gift cards we had to finally get the one I wanted. I was getting E ready to go, while Justin was rearranging things in the girls' closet to make room for some other things we'd been organizing. As I was about to walk out the door, he came in carrying that old diaper bag (which is still in perfect shape, I might add), and saying, "Hey, guess what I just found?" I was SO close. So close, guys.

I can't complain though, right? I mean, I have this cute little baby to cuddle so there's no real need for a cute diaper bag, is there? I doubt anyone would be looking at my diaper bag when he's in my arms anyway.