I'm at a Crossroads

LBB has a few toys left in the house that he has had since he was little...we're talking first Christmas little. So, almost two years now. And he's getting to a point where he doesn't play with them often, and just as I'm thinking about bringing them to the consignment shop, he starts playing with them again.

And truth be told, I don't complain when he does...see, one of them is the first big toy we bought him for Christmas. I can still see him when he was just learning to sit up all by himself, and that toy was such a motivator for him. He would sit there, playing with it. Late at night and in the sticky summer heat, he'd be in his sweet little onesie, making it sing over and over and over again. And just when I start thinking of clearing the space for his ever growing collection of tractors, trains, cars, and blocks, I get hit with a pang of nostalgia.

Granted, it does sit unused a good 98% of the time. But those toys from when he was a baby just bring back so many happy memories...and getting rid of them kind of forces me to admit that he is growing up and doesn't need those toys anymore.

I don't know...what would you do? We don't really have the space to keep tons of extra stuff just because they were his when he was a baby...and it will probably be a while before we have another child, so there isn't much of a reason to hang onto it for that reason. (Besides, when we are blessed with another little one, I know I'll want to buy new toys for that little one...but like I said, that's a while away.) Anyways. That's a tangent and a half. :) And if I start keeping everything now...what will I do when he is 13? Goodness...I'd need a whole storage unit just for memorabilia.

Comment and let me know what your opinion is...I love hearing from the people who stop by my little blog!