Smile

These cute smiles just make me smile. :)

Suggestions?

So here's the deal. I'm a cheapskate and don't want to pay oober amounts of money on diapers. Someone suggested I start buying diapers now but when I went to go get a box to start out supply I couldn't bring myself to pay that much quite yet. So, I've been thinking a lot about the whole reusable diaper thing. Has anyone tried reusable cloth diapers?

I know my parents used them and hated them, but they've come a along way in twenty years. Thoughts anyone? I'm impressed with the BumGenius ones I've found, but are the non-name-brand ones just as good?

I've heard diaper rash can either be horrible with cloth diapers or make it virtually non-existent.

Most of the brands that I've found have a one-size-fits all feature, so you don't have to buy more as the baby grows. Does that really work? I like the idea of just paying a little more money up front to save hundreds later on. I've also heard of sprayers you attach to the toilet so you can rinse them right off into the toilet. Do they work? How much of a pain will it be to pack around dirty diapers when we go somewhere since we can't throw them away? Will I be doing laundry constantly just to keep up with them?

My thought is we'd use disposables for the first little while, since I've heard babies poop continuously for the first few weeks. Then we'd start on the reusables. Then if we ever had to go anywhere overnight we'd have a small stash of disposables so we didn't have to worry about washing them.

Since I am not a mom yet and never have been I really have no idea how this whole diapering thing works in reality. Ideas? Suggestions? Am I crazy?

Reassuring

Today I had a sense of relief at the doctors office when I heard Baby's heartbeat again. Yes, there is still a baby growing in there. Silly me I guess, but sometimes it's hard to believe that there really is someone in there.

Fall and Other Random Stuff

I think this is my favorite time of year. It's not too hot and there's just a little bit of a chill. Sweater season! And I put up my fall decorations. Pretty much we only have fall decorations. And Christmas, but any other holiday or season; nope.

Just finished reading "These is My Words". It was fairly good. It was interesting and written from a different point of view. It made me glad we don't have to stake a claim, farm the land and fight indians.


How early is too early to start putting together a room for the baby? I don't want to do it too early since I will have to give up my sewing table for the crib. But I'm itching to start getting lots of things. (What could I do to convince Chase that I need my sewing machine ALOT more than he needs his computer? :P) I think I've decided on this crib.


We also found Chase a "daddy rocking chair" (aka cushy recliner) for a really good deal and moved the glider upstairs for me.

The betting is on as to whether Baby is a girl or boy. I'm leaning towards boy and Chase says he's 95% sure it's a girl. So we'll see...

Grocery Shopping

I got to go grocery shopping last night. Grocery shopping is one of my favorite things to do. I don't really know why except that I love having a full fridge and cupboards and actually having ALL the ingredients a recipe calls for.

We always went grocery shopping with mom when we were growing up. Bowman's is the best place ever. You ALWAYS see someone you know, usually multiple people. And the bakery gives out free cookies. You know the sugar cookie ones with the color swirls in them. Sometimes we would get one with sprinkles.

Mom would always let us pick out one treat too. My favorites were Sixlets, M&M's and animal crackers. After going home while mom put the groceries away I would sit on the floor behind the chair and divide my spoils by color, or shape and size. I always ate the brown M$M's first since they were the ugliest, then the ones that were facing up with the M on the top.

We called Bowman's the 'small store' and Smith's the 'big store'. When we went to the big store we always got to see the lobsters in the tank by the deli. They were pretty cool.

One of the baggers was my buddy, Mark, and he would put quarters in the horse for us to ride. To this day I think Mark still works there, but I don't get to ride the horse anymore. :)

It was a big deal when Bowman's moved to a newer, bigger building the next block over. Complete with a drive-through pharmacy and everything. Even the pharmacist knows our family really well.

When we got older we would bet to see who could get to the closest amount of what the final bill would be. Mom always won. She was usually only a few dollars off.

During high school, Bowman's was kind of a hang-out spot. If you went there on a weekend night you were bound to run into somebody doing something. During lunch on the weekdays, students would go there and sit in the isles to eat lunch.

Alot of times for family night we would walk down to Bowman's and get something ice cream related (of course) for a treat and stop and eat it on the church field on the walk back home.

I've been guided through the isles of Bowman's blindfolded on my 18th birthday while my friends kidnapped me to buy dry ice. Yes, we are just THAT exciting.

So I guess you could say that I have alot of good memories associated with grocery shopping. It still makes me happy to go, even if I can't go to Bowman's. I still like Lee's okay; it's a whole lot better than Smith's! (Smith's doesn't have the lobsters anymore. :()