These clothes are cute but not practical

Ok, so anyone out there that has a little girl knows how much fun it is to shop for them.  There are so many stinking adorable dresses, leggings, jeans, shirts, skirts, shoes, etc.  And, when we see them hanging on the rack we think how cute would my baby girl look in that.  They suck you in.  The clearance racks are even worse...you get more cute clothes for less so WHY NOT buy them.  You even start planning ahead for the seasons to come!!  Everyone else thinks the same thing too as who doesn't love buying clothes as gifts for baby girls...especially if they have a boy or haven't had a wee one in awhile.  So, we end up with tons of absolutely, completely adorable clothes.

Then reality sets in as you are looking at all of the clothes hanging nicely in the closet.  First, when will she wear all of them.  Even if I dress her up in a different outfit everyday...she could quite possibly grow out of them before she has a chance to wear them.  The biggest mistake is taking the tags off and washing them all before REALLY thinking about when she would wear a certain outfit or not having or misplacing a receipt.  What a waste of a great outfit!  Second, in Kyley's case we do not get out much now so no one gets to see her in these stinking cute outfits, so I try to take as many pictures as possible.  Then you have to deal with the fact that many of the outfits...no matter how cute they are...are just not practical for rolling around on the floor at home.  And, in order to wear some of them I have to layer them.  I cannot have her bare arms exposed in the frigid temps so then she is sweating bullets.  Finally, I may not ever get that far as they can be so difficult to get on.  By the time I have one arm in the outfit her face is completely red from the frustration because it is taking me an hour to dress her.  

So, here is to another cute outfit that I got on for an hour.  She was dripping with sweat after 10 minutes in her swing while I got her food ready.  I got a picture.  She will never fit into it again as the arm sleeves were tight.  I ended up leaving her in boring old black & white underclothes for the rest day.  And, it will get moved to the tote full of clothes that have been retired by Kyley.  Oh well, at least she still looks cute!