I took the day off...

It's a gorgeous day. Daddy, Andrew, and me are going to take a family bike ride. We have one of those bike trailers for Andrew. We only go down streets that aren't traffic-heavy and bike trails. Even though Daddy has logged thousands of miles of biking and is extra-cautious, it's the drivers on the road I don't trust (read: teenage girls texting on cell phones while singing along with 3 of her friends in the car).

This pic is for Nancy! It's my diaper stash drying on the clothesline (that's not all of it; I still had 5-6 fresh ones in the house, plus the one Andrew was wearing):


Daddy took some pics of us outside yesterday too!

It's been a week...

and we're still loving the cloth dipes! No leaks. I ordered another dozen Bum Benius one size (in green, this time...so now we have a dozen blue and a dozen green). We have enough now where I can do laundry about every 4 days.

They're here already!

My cloth diapers, that is. Turns out Nicki's Diapers is in Wisconsin. Consequently, there is an announcement on her website that they've opened their storefront now. It's about 2 1/2 hours away from me. Too bad with free shipping it's still probably cheaper for me to order online! I can do it from the privacy of my own home, naked if I want to! :)

Anyway, here is Andrew in his Bum Genius:

How adorable is he in that dipe? I love them so far. Super soft and kushy. He wore the first one for a few hours and I took it off to change him. No leaks. I put the next one on with a doubler (an extra insert for night super pee) and we'll check him out tomorrow morning. You can see a close-up on the diapers here: http://nickisdiapers.com/catalog.php?category=91

If tomorrow goes well, I will be ordering a dozen more. I'm going to get green this time. I'm also going to need some wet bags. I have a TON of disposable wipes right now (the Target ones, unscented, with no parabens). After I use those up, I'm going to be using some baby washcloths in a solution (there are 'recipes' online to make your own wipe fluid).

We're going cloth, baby!

The other day I ordered a dozen Bum Genius 3.0 cloth diapers. They get rave reviews from my online friends who CD. They have velcro fasteners and look like disposable diapers (except they come in cool colors). There is a fleece insert that goes inside in the pocket (the BG diapers fall into the 'pocket diapers' category).

We've just been doing some research and decided to give it a try. I think the diapers look adorable. We also hang all our laundry out on the line because we're awesome that way (minus the winter. I don't do it when it's below 40 degrees), so I'm looking forward to washing the diapers too!

Once I give these a try, if I love them, I'm ordering at least a dozen more. Why mess around with different types if I find one brand I like? Most people say they don't have problems with leaks on these.

The dipes should be here by the end of the week!

"Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm!"

So whenever Daddy or Mommy are eating something and Andrew notices, he goes, "Mmmmmm! Mmmmmmmm!" It is so cute.

Today we went grocery shopping and I was loading up the cart. I grabbed a big bag of 'Scooters', which are generic Cheerios. What does Andrew do? He says, "Mmmmmmmmm...Mmmmmmmmmmmmm". He's never seen this many Cheerios at once! It was so cute.

Happy 9 months, Andrew!

Yesterday, Andrew turned 9 months. He is finally to the point where he's crawling, sort-of. He can do one or two 'crawls' at a time. I am thinking it's only a matter of time before he's going all over the place!

Also, he's so funny. The first thing he does whenever we walk into a store is look up at the ceiling for fans.

And, we also think it's funny when we talk to people (say at the store), he will smile at them and then turn his head towards me (like being all shy) and then BITE my shoulder as hard as he can! It's funny and it hurts at the same time.

Here are some pics I took yesterday. In the bottom ones, Daddy was throwing a ball down the hall, letting it bounce off the end of the wall, and come flying back at him. Andrew thought this was AMAZING! In the very last pic, he's looking for that ball.

The video of Andrew dancing!

Here it is...

Andrew really, really wants the computer cord (the one that goes from the laptop to the battery pack to the wall). He started crying today when I took it away from him. A full-blown temper tantrum where he started to throw himself back (I caught him). I distracted him with the Leap Frog drum and he was fine a minute later.

Child-proofing the house has to happen soon and there is a lot to do...due to the fact that my hubby has junk EVERYWHERE. Sigh.....

Also, I have a really cute video of Andrew dancing and as soon as I size it down, I'll get it uploaded to Photobucket and then put it on here. It's so cute!