Tonight we sorted through the loot. We've received an enormous amount of gifts from friends and family. The first shower feels like months ago, I guess it was the first week in April. Then my mom had a shower last weekend, and my office threw us a little something today. Katrena's office also had a nice event for her, where we received some serious booty. This kid is winning left and right.

Anyhow, we stood in this little room, with consumer items stacked all around us like riches in a treasure room, except everything is gentle tones of green and blue, and decorated with ducks or frogs. With two of us (and Dixie, of course) standing in here, and the changing table extended (as it will be permanently until the baby is, like, 11), and the bassinet still in the room (it will be exported to our bedroom at some point), and the enormous boxed goods (pack-n-play, carseat, stroller, carseat base, swing, bouncer), we had approximately three square feet to maneuver in. I am going to be able to stand in one place, like an astronaut in a cockpit, pivoting left and right and reaching any point from one wall to the opposite, effortlessly. If I installed a swivel stool (a task chair, really), we could sit in it, raise and lower it depending on the task at hand, and do everything we need. I could temporarily bolt it to the ground, and it wouldn't present any hazard.

I am crazy.

But we sorted through the clothing, of which we received bushelsful. This kid is going to be handsomely outfitted, like a hipster king. He has Hawaiian print shirts. He has bad-ass Swedish t-shirts. He has a pair of distressed denim Old Navy overalls. HE ISN'T BORN YET!

One last note on my insanity: We received clothing for babies from birth through 18 months. It made the most sense to me to organize this clothing in a basket by size, like items in a file drawer. At the front, the 0-3 month stuff. As you scroll back, the clothing gets bigger. How do I think this is some kind of effective system? I don't know. It just seemed like something that should be done.