Friday, August 21, 2009

The Cost of It All- Put in Perspective

The other night DH and I were talking about all of the baby things we need to buy for these babies. I looked at him incredulously and with a twinkle in my eye (because this is what I have been not-so-patiently waiting to do for three years and I can't believe I finally get to buy baby stuff!). This was our very short conversation:

Me: OMG, we have like $5,000 worth of stuff to buy! (Of course, I didn't actually tabulate the dollar amount, but rather took a number out of thin air).

DH: Yeah....well, it is a lot less expensive to buy all of this stuff to prepare for them to arrive than it was to conceive them.

Me: Very true! (followed by laughter from both of us)

Have I ever mentioned how much I love my DH and how he puts a spin on things and can always put them in a better perspective than I can? :)

Happy Friday to all! I am 17 weeks today and I am so excited to see my bestest friend today. She, her DH and her two kids are coming to stay with us for the weekend, WOOHOO!

4 comments:

Jill M. said...

Happy 17 weeks!!! Enjoy that shopping spree! I can't wait to go spend $5k on baby stuff. Funny how after IF treatments, $5k sounds like nothing, huh?!

DAVs said...

I am so happy with my Dh's attitude about the money aspect--he always just smiles and says: "It's only money."
Now, if we could just find that money tree...

Have a good time shopping up a storm!

Erica said...

He made a very good point. I'm going to remember that one as I start adding up all of the stuff I'm going to need over the next however many year.

Happy 17 weeks!

Joy said...

Hope you had a great weekend! They so need to do a Mastercard commercial about IVF, because the birth of two healthy babies is priceless.