Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Blue vs. Pink

Before Anna was born, my plan was to dress her in all the neutral baby clothes leftover from Matthew (yellows, whites and greens) and throw in a few of the less boy-ish blue ones if needed. I thought that could get us through most of the first year without having to spend too much on new stuff.
Lucky for Anna many very generous friends and family gave her gifts of cute girl clothes, so she wasn't destined to wear only neutral or blue - and be confused for a baby boy. So, thanks to these very generous friends and relatives (and a few impulse buys of my own 'cause lets face it, those baby girl clothes are cute!) I didn't have to dig into the supply of old Matthew clothes, until now.
It's starting to get cooler here (Hallelujah!!) and wearing a onesie all the time isn't quite enough. Anna has two cute pairs of girl pants in her current size, but once they are soiled (which often doesn't take long) I'm out until the next laundry day. And since a trip to the BX came up with nothing, I decided to finally raid Matthew's old clothes for some things for her to wear. I found lotsa good stuff, including these jeans, which aren't too boy-ish. I think she looks quite stylish actually - and this will get us through the laundry week.
On a related note, she doesn't have too many girl blankets either and two big pink fuzzy ones just came out of the wash all blue. I guess they got washed with something new and navy - oops. So, I think blue may be gaining some ground in Battle Blue vs. Pink...hang in there Anna.

3 comments:

Lisa said...

That's alright, in my experience it sometimes doesn't even matter. I would have LaRue (the rather bald LaRue)in pink frills and people would still say 'he's so cute.' Same with Matilda a time or two, maybe the key is to dress them like boys to get people to think their girls, hmmm...

emily said...

The times that Anna has been confused for a boy have been when she is wearing the pinkest, girliest outfits. Oh well.

Lexie said...

Emily, your Anna is beautiful (just like her mother!). And Matthew is a very handsome boy! I had fun reading a few posts and seeing your cute family. I hope life is treating you good in Japan. :)