Ooops!... I did it again

When Liam was a baby, we received a ton of beautiful clothes for him as baby gifts, and of course I spent many happy hours shopping for him while I was pregnant. The closet was stuffed by the time he came home. I had everything in there arranged by size and couldn't wait to put some of it on him. I'm sure you know what happened next - I rotated him through the same handful of outfits day after day, either wanting to keep some of the good stuff for special occasions (that never materialized) or else not realizing just how quickly he was growing and not getting him into it enough while it still fit. There is a boy outfit hanging in the closet right now with the tags still attached that I never got to use at all. With #2, I vowed it would be different.

And yet here we are with #2, and the same thing has very nearly happened again. A few weeks ago I was all out of newborn onesies, in serious need of doing some wash, and out of desperation I reached for a six-month size onesie... and it fit. And it fit well. It made me realize that the newborn stuff is actually getting too tight on Mallory - that the pinched-crotch look is really not that becoming. So with the next load of baby laundry, I threw in a ton of other six-month size stuff too, and I've been making a point of having her wear it this week. Things like this:

and this:and this:

...all of which fit very well right now... and probably won't for much longer. In other words, it's high time I start using them!!

The matching shirts that Liam and Mallory are wearing in the top photo were a gift from my cousin Kelly and her family. I had been looking for something like that for quite a while before Mallory was born and, unable to find a set I liked, settled on just getting a 'big brother' shirt for Liam (one that probably still fits him, but it's long sleeved, and so we're not getting much use out of it now!) I loved them when I saw them and I have just been waiting for Mallory to grow into the onesie so I could snap a photo of the two of them together. Up until now, Liam has been wearing the t-shirt on his own, but I'm glad he's been getting that use out of it - because now it's getting tight, and I have a feeling that he could outgrow his shirt before Mallory outgrows hers.