Waiting and Planning

I am excited about this weekend! A friend and I are going to a {huge} consignment sale in Charlotte and I am really just going to check things out.  I am hoping J let's me take $20 to play with, but we'll see. I went to a local sale last fall and ended up with a few things that I couldn't resist. My friend Jen was with me and neither of us have kids, but she is a child play therapist. She bought the cutest wood play house with furniture to use with her patients for like 10 bucks!  They had {everything} you can imagine for cheep. So this one is much bigger and I can't wait to see everything.
Today I received an email confirmation from Baby Center. They have a baby planning center on their site and the point is to {get you ready} for babies, mentally, physically and financially. So I was playing around with the Baby Cost Calculator and this is what I came up with...

The Grand total for the Cost for the 1st Year of Life  is.... drum roll please....

$12,990

with the Subtotal of One-Time Costs: $3,690

the breakdown of it all is in the link below...

All of you ladies who have children, I would {Love} for you to look at the break down and let me know what you could {not} live without and what you registered for and {never} used.  Also help me calculate the {unexpected} expenses in the Misc. spot. I want to be prepared, so help me out girls! 

So for this weekend I am looking for these...

I know {how long} it takes to find a great pair when your not pregnant! So I decided if I can find some that have already been {broken in}, then I am going to go for it!  After all {Faith} is {not enough}!  So I'll let you know how much trouble Sara and I get into this weekend! To be continued...

Abundance is... Hope that I {Will} be a mother, my hubby who places his sweet hands on my belly asking God to give us life in my womb and calling out the desire for {a little girl}, {sweet thing is I know God hears us and cares about this detail... He with knitt that detail in for us I just know it!}, {peace} in the {valley}(thank you Elvis for that wonderful song...lol),  and I found it...{JOY}!!! It has been a while and I have missed you oh so much!