I am in my last week of maternity leave and I'm sad to have to leave my baby! Luckily she gets to go play with her Gramps and Grammy, and I'm sure she'll have a great time. I am also used to getting a nap everyday, so I'm not sure how I will cope with working a full day without one! It will be good to get out of the house though, to have adult interaction and a conversation where the person actually talks back. I'm blessed to only have to work 20 hours to still get all the benefits, so that's what I'm doing and not a minute more!
This last week and a half Chris and I have been busy looking for a new car. Our '93 Toyota has finally had enough and is ready to retire. If anyone sees a good deal on a small SUV, let us know! It's very time consuming looking for a nice used car, and you just hope people are being honest with you. We're hoping to have enough stamina to find a car without going to a dealership...but we're getting close.
We are proud to report that we had an awesome trip to Arizona, and Reilly did such a great job on the plane. It was so great to get to see my grandma get married! We made history since a great granddaughter got to attend a great grandmother's wedding. We even got to sleep in and relax at the resort on Sunday before flying home.
Reilly has graduated into her bigger diapers now! We have one size cloth diapers that "grow with the baby" and she's finally into the smallest size. It's nice because we have double the amount of these diapers than we did of the extra smalls, so that means less washing. A couple weeks ago I decided to change out all the elastic bands in the diapers, and they definitely took longer than I expected! I got them done just in time because her extra small diapers were starting to spring leaks. All in all, cloth diapering is going well! We are using cloth wipes too, and saving a lot of money. It's not that much extra work, and to us it's definitely worth it. The average baby goes through 3000 diapers before being potty trained and that gets expensive! And, if we're lucky, our diaper investment will last through more than one child.
Well, tonight I'm subjecting our small group to an experiment of bruschetta with homemade artisan bread, so I had better get that rolling! Cheers!
This last week and a half Chris and I have been busy looking for a new car. Our '93 Toyota has finally had enough and is ready to retire. If anyone sees a good deal on a small SUV, let us know! It's very time consuming looking for a nice used car, and you just hope people are being honest with you. We're hoping to have enough stamina to find a car without going to a dealership...but we're getting close.
We are proud to report that we had an awesome trip to Arizona, and Reilly did such a great job on the plane. It was so great to get to see my grandma get married! We made history since a great granddaughter got to attend a great grandmother's wedding. We even got to sleep in and relax at the resort on Sunday before flying home.
Reilly has graduated into her bigger diapers now! We have one size cloth diapers that "grow with the baby" and she's finally into the smallest size. It's nice because we have double the amount of these diapers than we did of the extra smalls, so that means less washing. A couple weeks ago I decided to change out all the elastic bands in the diapers, and they definitely took longer than I expected! I got them done just in time because her extra small diapers were starting to spring leaks. All in all, cloth diapering is going well! We are using cloth wipes too, and saving a lot of money. It's not that much extra work, and to us it's definitely worth it. The average baby goes through 3000 diapers before being potty trained and that gets expensive! And, if we're lucky, our diaper investment will last through more than one child.
Well, tonight I'm subjecting our small group to an experiment of bruschetta with homemade artisan bread, so I had better get that rolling! Cheers!
This last weekend we went to the Butterfly Pavilion!
I just thought this picture was funny.
Reilly on the plane to AZ.
