Look what came from Amazon.com today

all those toys and she loves a box???

So with the addition of a baby comes two challenges to shopping (1) the need for more stuff - diapers, bibs, sippy cups you name it (2) less time and mobility - There is no more casually wandering in and out of stores. Taking time to think about purchases - coming back later if you don't find a better price somewhere.  Time is precious - we want to spend it together, not in stores.

So we have been doing a lot more shopping online. While we feel bad about not supporting local businesses, it is just so much more convenient. . . And it is not like buying a box of 200 pampers is the thing helping to keep the mom-and-pop businesses open.

All that to say that while we find our joy in being done with our shopping and with the family - Ellie finds hers in - well - the boxes.