Pants, Onesies and Dresses-- Oh My!!

Today Pappa and Mamma Block practiced for Katherine's arrival by waking up at the crack of dawn and went to Beaver, Pa, to get free clothes from a neat ministry that is called Garments of Love located at The Life Center Church. The church collects children's clothing from around the community and once a month on Saturday morning, they distribute the clothing to anybody who needs or wants them completely free of charge (we got the extra bonus of getting Kolaches while we were out there from the only place around Pittsburgh that sells them).

We really had a blast picking out clothes from varying ages. We were both surprised at how many nice outfits they had and how many other things they had. Katherine was excited too and did many somersaults throughout the day! After we got home and settled we decided to see how many outfits we could make, so we comprised a little chart...

Clearly, we are suffering a bit from New Parent's Syndrome, but we just can't wait to dress Katherine up! Mommy was a little bit sad, yet amused after playing with Katherine's clothes for an hour to look over at our own huge pile of untouched laundry. :-) We didn't include it on the graph, but we also received 4 pairs of shoes, 4 pairs of socks, 1 hat, and 1 snowsuit, as well as 4 books (including one of Mommy's childhood favorites: The Tub People).

We don't expect to keep such a perfect inventory of Katherine's clothes as she grows, and as we count our clothes we're reminded to count all of our blessings - most importantly the gift of love for each other.