POTATO SALE

The Nashville area has a great organization (some might call it a support group) for the parents of multiples. POTATO--Parents of Twins and Triplets Organization--meets once per month with a keynote speaker and then breaks off into groups to discuss the special moments, both positive and negative, one encounters when tackling to raise more than one infant at a time.

This past Saturday was the POTATO Sale, an annual consignment sale that is open to the public. The first day of the sale is open only to POTATO members (which we are not), and then, the second day is open to others; all parents of singletons, twins, and triplets are welcome to attend.

Maranda's brother Matthew, her sister Megan, and her mother Kim came over this weekend for the sale and to bring some items from back East. We were so blessed to have them come over. We were able to pick up a glider rocker, a bouncy seat that Megan took from under the nose of another prospective buyer, and a diaper champ--not to mention a ton of baby clothes. Most of the baby clothes came from a yard sale nearby. Twenty-five cents an outfit? Can't beat it.

As time goes by, it's definitely starting to sink in that the girls are real and are coming--ready or not. People seemed surprised that I am so excited about having two girls, but why not? I mean, they're my girls. Two pieces of me are going to be walking around on this planet, and I'm never going to be able to get those pieces back. It's settled: I will be a blubbering ball of mush for the rest of my life, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
~A