Thursday, November 20, 2008

Marlee gets a new crib!


Last month I got a letter in the mail about a warehouse going out of business in Orem. They were selling the really expensive cribs for cheap, so I wanted to go look. But knowing me, I procrastinate like no other!! I lost the letter for a while, so when I found it again I called and asked how many cribs they had left and they said over 500! So I was really excited!! Now I just needed a ride there!!
Aunt Margaret to the rescue!! (she is maddies mom) She is a stay at home mom and after getting her older 3 kids off to school its just her and Maddie for the day. My grama was watching her the day she called me, so we went with out Maddie, but it was a good thing because we intended to only go look at them and ended up buying one.
I had told my dad about the sale, and that is when he called my aunt to see if she would want to take me to "look" at them. It was pretty easy to find the general area for where the building was, but finding the actual warehouse took us a good 15 min, the only thing they had to direct us anywhere was a crib with a sign on it. It didnt even have an arrow or anything on it saying which way to go. We found it, just a big show room. The 2 men there were putting together a crib for someone, and they didnt speak English very well.
It turned out the ad I had was for a specific color, that was the one I REALLY wanted, but there was another style on sale in a few different colors. So we found the one, looked around at a few others, and were stuck not knowing what we were supposed to do next? So Margaret whipped out her phone and called my dad. They talked for a few min and the next thing I knew we were buying it!
The 3 colors were white, cinnamon and ginger. We chose the ginger one because white gets dirty too fast, and the guy couldnt understand us enough to show us what the cinnamon color looks like. The crib is a convertable one, so it turns into the toddler crib/bed and then into a twin bed! The rails to convert them were extra, but it was still waaaay cheaper than any I had found so far. It was originally $675 for just the crib, I dont even know how much the rails were before. We got the rails for $75 each convert so the total for the crib was 250! Now I just need to find a mattress.
The ladys that David works with (I used to work with) have bought us a few things too. One of them just showed up at our door with a few big bags. She said she was at a botique and found a bunch of crib bumpers and bedding on sale, and she thought they were cute so she just bought them. I think there are 3 or 4 different styles. They are really cute, but I havnt really looked at them yet so I couldnt tell you what they are!
Anyway...I havnt rambled for a while, and I was super excited about this crib so I had to tell the story! In the mean time, we have decided we are getting rid of Milly. She is getting mean and biting and no matter what we do she just gets worse. She knocks over the garbage can everyday about 4 times a day! And she keeps me up all night sitting by the door meowing. I wanted to get her used to not coming into our room for when the baby comes, but that just made her learn to sprint to get under the bed so we cant grab her before she gets there. She is a pain in the butt!! So if anyone knows of anyone who wants a cat, she is free!

5 Comments:

At November 20, 2008 at 12:26 AM , Blogger The Not-a-hoes said...

I forgot to add that this isnt the picture of the one we bought, I didnt take one while we were there and its just in a box now.
AND David is working graveyards now so we are on a weird sleep schedule and I am blogging at midnight!

 
At November 20, 2008 at 9:03 AM , Blogger John-Maren Goodman said...

I would have loved to see it! I still have to tables for you if you still want them!

 
At November 20, 2008 at 9:15 AM , Blogger Tiana Johnson said...

So your dad bought it for you?? It's adorable! You are so lucky to have people help you get your baby stuff!!! I'm drooling with jealousy! Hy and I were pretty broke when we had Tilly and have been "house broke" with each successive kid (remodeling poor), so we never had enough money to get cute nursery stuff. We had to get a plain-o crib from WalMart for Tilly and buy everything for our kids by ourselves. The most we've ever gotten from anyone to help us with our kids or kids supplies is onesies and outfits. Our kids are too close together to ever make a conversion crib worth it. I went cheap on the crib, but I put good money into the mattress (to prevent SIDS) and carseats, since car accidents are the number two and one killers of children (respectively) for newborns-5, and 5-12. I think that's how the age breakdown goes. I love your crib though. Totally cute! The one on your blog is my favorite.

 
At November 20, 2008 at 9:20 AM , Blogger Tiana Johnson said...

Oh yeah, good luck putting the bows back on your baby's head 500 times a day. That drives me nuts about bows, which is why I don't use them. Everytime they move, the bow shifts, and if it's tight enough to stay on decently, I feel bad about the dent in their head. I've had a few, but ended up tossing them since they were such a pain. Now, Kiersa's old enough that she just rips stuff off her headm so it wouldn't help anyway. My friends told me about a cute website if you like bows
www.pinkbowtique.com

 
At November 20, 2008 at 11:58 AM , Blogger Teresa Jolley said...

Isn't it so fun to get things ready for your baby? It's the only thing you can do while your waiting. I love the crib, it's kind of like Marens an you got a good deal.

 

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