Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On

I cannot tell you how frustrating it has been trying to find this girl some jeans that fit her!! She's usually not hard to buy for or to fit, but this definitely wasn't the case this time. I started out going to The Children's Place a while back. I chose to go here first because I bought her jeans here last year and didn't have a problem, and they are decently priced. Also, Zach has always fit into their jeans really well.
So, I buy her two pair. Size 24 months. Bring them home, try them on her, and they are huge and long!! I had to cinch the waist as far as they would go- still big. Tried her shoes on with them- still long. Got the advice to wash/shrink them, but I didn't think they would shrink THAT much to where they would actually fit her. But I try it anyway.
In the meantime, I go to Old Navy to try out their selection. First off, they are very picked over. They didn't even have a size 2t. But since the 24 months from the other store were too big, I figured I should try a smaller size- 18 months. I buy her two pair. Bring those home, try them on...they fit just right! But, almost too short. I am afraid to dry them- they will obviously shrink and then be too short! This is when the frustration starts to set in.
Next, I decide to go back to The Children's Place (different mall) and exchange the other pair for the smaller size. Bring those home, try them on...they are too short!! I couldn't believe it!! Oh my gosh! I go to get the original pair that I had washed, put those on her and guess what. They actually fit her now. With her shoes on, they are just perfect. I don't know if she grew and they shrunk that much, or what. But they work now.
So, of course, I have to go back to The Children's Place one more time to exchange the "too short" pair for a "too long" pair and I guess I will just have to shrink those too. You might think that would recognize me by now.
Is anyone tired yet?? :) Oh, and I forgot to mention that I went back to Old Navy again and checked to see if they got any more sizes in (no luck).
But now we are set.... I think. :)


For Zach: I buy him three pair from The Children's Place. He goes to get dressed for school the other day. The pair pictured above are his and they are kind of "worn" in different places on the legs. As he is about to put them on, he notices this and says, "Mommy, my jeans are ripped" totally in this tone, like "why did you buy me these? they are obviously ripped." I cracked up. I told him that they were supposed to be like that, that makes them "cool." He replies, "Oh." :)

These were too good not to blog about. I mean, it only took me like a month (maybe longer) to find my daughter some jeans, and my son is such a funny little man!