mix & match suitcase, summer baby edition

I learned from our Florida trip this spring that while it's nice to plan outfits and pack around a cohesive color palette for a baby's suitcase, it's not really worth trying to pack as little as possible in terms of clothing for him... Hendrik's stuff really doesn't take up that much room, and he gets it all dirty so fast! It's more sensible to make my suitcase as efficient as possible to free up room for him.

But for our trip to Michigan this week I still had fun creating a cute little man capsule wardrobe - here are 8 outfits from 8 of the items I packed for him (which in theory should more than cover us for the length of time we'll be gone, but in practice will get used up right quick):

Though he'll have more than this in his suitcase - plenty of pjs, extra onesies and pants, a bunch of burp cloths and bibs, and of course a case of diapers - it's nice to know that the "main" items (pants, sweatshirts, shoes) all mix & match well, so they can be used with any of the under-layer onesies, and he has about a zillion outfits available for when the inevitable drool soaking, diaper blowout, and sweet potatoes everywhere wardrobe changes become necessary. I still aim to pack light for everyone when we have access to laundry facilities, but I'm upping his allowable quotas to maybe, hopefully cut back on at least one of those daily loads I was doing in Florida!

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