Verdict?

The verdict, for now, is that we are back to the overnight disposables.  I don't think it can be helped!  He even fills up the OVERNIGHT disposables...and they are about three times as thick in the front as a regular disposable!

I would be willing to try the gRefills at night, but they are so dang expensive that it is not an economical option for us.  For now, the Huggies Overnight work.  It's what we're going to stick with.

Thank you for your encouraging words, though!  You are all appreciated.  =D

Trying cloth again for night time...

Since Levi is gone tonight for his Nerdy Board Game Day (the guys get together and play games they can't trick us wives into playing!), I'm all alone tonight!  I decided (on a whim) to try the Babykicks, which we've used for naps, for night time.  So I stuffed that sucker with a piece of gCloth, a doubled over Hemparoo up front, and another piece of gCloth.  I'm expecting leaks, but only because we're only making it through with disposable overnight diapers.  But perhaps I'll be pleasantly surprised...I hope so!

I'll be sure to post results in the morning.  Wish me luck!

Naptime solution for gDiapers! WITH PICS

I decided to stop being a crazy person, bite the bullet, and just use what I had to figure out a naptime cloth diaper solution.  I have perfectly good diapers at my disposal, and buying more wasn't going to do anything but waste money and make me feel even crazier!  So I sucked it up, and figured out what would work for me.

I had some older Joey Bunz that I bought used when I first started cloth diapering, and I rarely ever used them.  After the Twitter party (that I inadvertently stumbled upon) last night, I decided to just see how absorbent they were.  See, the gCloth I have boasts about how hemp "wears in, not out", meaning the more you use it and wash it, the more absorbent it becomes.  I took a 6oz. sippy cup, and poured it on a small Joey Bunz that was folded in half.  That sucked soaked it ALL UP!  Was it wet on the other side?  Yeah...but there is a waterproof liner in my gDiapers.  It didn't have to be dry on the other side!  So my solution?

One small Joey Bunz, folded in half, topped with one piece of gCloth. 

Insert the folded Joey Bunz...

...add the gCloth...

Bam!  Naptime gDiaper!

  I think it will also hold up for his longer afternoon nap, though I plan on trying my Babykicks Bumboo Pocket (stuffed with two pieces of gCloth) for that nap today.  If it holds up with no problems, I might try the Bumboo for night time.  We shall see!

Over all, I'm super pumped.  I feel like I'm doing what is best economically for my family by using what I have and fighting the urge to buy one of everything available (there are TOO many cloth diapers on the market right now!!) and hating most of them.  I feel like I am being resourceful and a good steward.  Woo!

More diaper chatter.

So, I was waiting to see how much I hearted the gDiapers before sending back the Babykicks Bumboo One Size Pocket Diapers that I ordered from Amazon.  I'm glad I didn't send them back, because it turns out even though I love the gDiapers for daytime, we need a naptime diapering solution!

I tried two pieces of gCloth for naps, but didn't get the absorbency I wanted (hopefully after the hemp wears in, it'll be more helpful).  I was using one gRefill and one piece of gCloth at naps, but Levi said that it wasn't an economical solution (those gRefills are EXPENSIVE!), and wanted to just use regular sposies.  We already use overnight sposies at night, and I didn't want to throw away any more diapers than I needed to, so I said to heck with it, I'll try the Babykicks Bumboo One Size Pocket Diaper that I already own.   I have two, but only opened one in case I don't like them.  I can send the other one back!

They are SOOOOO soft and delicious on the inside!  The hemp insert does have to be prepped, but I figured I can layer gCloth with some other Babykicks hemp inserts I have, and see how that works for a nap tomorrow.  For his last nap today, he's in a sposie.  =(  Ah well...tomorrow is another day.

But the gDiaper-ing is going super well.  The gCloth is nice and absorbent, and the little gPants are TOO dang cute.  Too cute!  I plan on modifying the more plain covers if I can find some cute appliques.  We'll see how that goes.  I'll write up a full review on the gDiapers after some more use.

Stay tuned to see how the Bumboo Pocket works out!

gDiapers for the win!

SO.  STINKIN'.  CUTE!!

Not only are the gDiapers adorable, they fit great!  He had both a wet and a messy diaper and the gDiaper held up beautifully.  He's still in a disposable at night, because he is suuuuuch a heavy wetter and I haven't found the right diaper for night time.  Double inserts don't work.  For now, we're using Huggies Overnights.  I feel better about throwing away 30 diapers a month rather than 200+!

I feel so much better now that we're back in cloth for most of the time.  I am loving the gCloth, though I did loathe the prep work.  Ugh!  Like I don't have enough laundry in my life...lol.

I have some super adorable pics to post from my nephew's first birthday, but that'll have to wait.  Night!

gDiapers are the winners. I think.

I remember why I was so overwhelmed before when choosing cloth diapers!!

At this point, it's almost cheaper to use disposables, but I'm willing to give the hybrid a shot because of all that guilt I mentioned before.  I bought an Everyday g's pack from Diapers.com.  I'm super happy with the price I paid for the gDiapers.  Diapers.com had the Everyday g's (6 pack) on sale for $59.99!  You can use the referral code LMID6287 to get $10 more off that, if you are a first time customer!  I also got three packs of the 6-pack gCloth inserts for about $90.  All told, I spent about $150 there, and then I bought two super cute colors off of gdiapers.com (the Good Vibes Stripes and Grateful Red) for about $40.  Less than $200 for what I hope will be an awesome system!

I figured that the gCloth would work for every day use, and the disposable inserts would be for travel, vacation, and longer outings.  We can't flush the liners at my house, because we have a septic system, but elsewhere that would be super handy.  The gDiapers are, according to my friend Margaret, super trim.  That's one of the major concerns I have, because too much fluff makes me feel like my little guy is uncomfortable.

So I think I'll be sending my Babykicks back once they get here today.  I feel like a crazy person with all the waffling I've been doing, but in the end, I feel comfortable with the choice I made with the gDiapers.  Let's just hope they fit him correctly...LOL!

If not, I'll be back with more crazy.  =D

Here we go again...

So, I've been feeling really guilty.

It's all these disposable diapers.  I feel terrible throwing them all away!  Not only that, but I saw this article on another blog about chemical burns kids were getting from the new Pampers Drymax.  Poor babies!

A friend of mine bought three of my Smartipants.  They weren't fitting Oliver anymore (they were gapping at the legs, and leaking everywhere!).  She offered to let me try a few of her Green Acre Designs diapers before I decide to buy them from her.  I also bought a couple Babykicks Bumboo diapers to try those out.  I put all my eggs in the Smartipants basket before...I won't be doing that again!  The Babykicks will be here Friday.  I can't wait to try them out!  I already have four BabyKicks Joey-Bunz that I bought used, so I'm excited to see how well they work with the diapers!

Anyway, if you've also got a long and lean baby, which diapers fit best for you?

Updates in the Cloth Diaper Adventure.

We've been successfully cloth diapering for a little over two months.  Our stash has grown from three bumGenius! 3.0's to a nice sized collection of 21 cloth diapers, including Fuzzi Bunz, Happy Heiny's, Smartipants, and the aforementioned bumGenius! diapers.  Overall, I am supremely happy with my decision to cloth diaper.  A big shout out of thanks to Margaret over at Creative Madness for the final push that made me decide to just go for the cloth diapers!  I had done a ton of research while pregnant, and got so frustrated at all of the choices!  That coupled with my fear of diaper laundry shied me away from it (and possibly my crazy pregnancy hormones!), but Margaret quelled all those fears for me.  I figured if she could do it with a newborn, surely I could cloth diaper my three month old!  And I can.  And the laundry?  I love it.  Wouldn't trade it for a whole truckload of disposable diapers!

So, when I last checked in on the CDing front, Smartipants were far and away my favorites.  They have some competition lately, though!  I've really enjoyed my new Happy Heiny's One Size Velcro diapers.  I ordered two from Lesley at Cute Caboose...one in Red and one in Kelly Green.  They are so great!  I'll post a full review soon, but my favorite features are the super soft and SUPER absorbent inserts, and also the velcro.  It's not as rough on your hands as the bumGenius! diapers, and the extra loop fabric on the right side tab helps get a great snug fit on my little guy with no leaks, ever!  Hooray!

We've had to move to double stuffing all nap diapers and single stuffing the wake time diapers.  We moved to a four hour schedule, so instead of changing after an hour, then after two hours, then an hour, then two, we've gone to changing after almost 2 hours, then after 3 hours, etc.  Luckily, my Smartipants inserts from Kelly's Closet have held their own (actually, Oliver's own! lol), and have done a great job.  By the way, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to all who have ordered from Kelly's Closet through my affiliate button!  Oliver's bum is staying nice and dry in his cloth diapers with your help.  =D

Laundry is the same.  I throw the diapers in, and put them on a rinse cycle (since my washer has a Hot/Cold Wash/Rinse option) with no detergent.  Then I add a mere Tablespoon (!!) of Charlie's Soap (we use the liquid) and two Tablespoons of Calgon Water Softener, and run a hot wash.  I rinse an extra time or two, and then dry the inserts and wetbags in the dryer, and hang the diapers to dry.  The amount of detergent seems scant, but I'm only washing 8-10 diapers at a time, and I don't really think I need that much.  The recommended amount is two Tablespoons, but the one does us just fine.  I add the water softener because I was having ammonia smell issues, and with the water softener I have no issues.  I add half the recommended amount of that, too.  Meh, they are small loads!  Why waste?

Things are going swell.  I couldn't be happier with the choice to switch to cloth!  And Oliver loves his cloth digs, too.  =D  Hooray!

Another chapter...solid foods!

We've moved on to the solid foods leg of our journey.  How fun!  We did rice cereal at first, and then moved on to oatmeal cereal.  We switched after about five days, because the rice cereal was causing some constipation issues.  After a few days on the oatmeal cereal, the constipation issues cleared up.  I saved the rice cereal to mix eventually with more high fiber foods like sweet potatoes.

I also started making and freezing my own baby food this week.  I went by Whole Foods and bought some organic butternut squash, sweet potatoes, peas, and green beans.  I got the squash and the sweet potatoes fresh, and the green stuff I bought frozen.  I wanted to get the peas and the beans fresh, too, but the thought of shelling peas and snapping beans was just too much for me.  I make all my baby food at night after the tot has gone to sleep, and it just seemed like so much work to do after 8pm.  Frozen works just as well, I've found, and it was super easy!  I love my Fresh Baby So Easy Baby Food Trays.  I bought two sets of two, and that has worked great in my baby food making journey.  Even when the four trays aren't enough to hold all of my creations at times, I just refrigerate the overflow until I can freeze them in trays after I've washed them.  It works so great!  The only food I have bought pre-made from the store is carrots.  I'll continue to purchase them until Oliver is seven months old (due to the unregulated nitrate content of soils, even on organic farms), and then I'll make my own at home.

It's been really awesome, and I am looking forward to continuing on this path.  I never thought I'd be so...I don't know...crunchy?  Cloth diapering and making my own baby food...it seems so trendy that I want to throw up.  I do get the satisfaction of doing what I feel is best for my child, and that is awesome!!  I'll take being "trendy" if it means I get to give my baby the best.  =)  Hooray!

Our next big step will be to move to the four hour schedule.  It should be happening soon...once we get established on all solids, I think dropping a liquid feeding will be okay as long as we add an ounce to each of the other feedings.  We'll only lose like, an ounce overall.  Then we'll gradually decrease the liquid feedings. 

In other news, Levi was super sweet this weekend, and tried to help out by stuffing diapers for me.  I really appreciated the thought, but all of his diapers leaked!  I think he didn't get the inserts flat enough, and that led to the leaks.  Daddy is now banned from stuffing diapers.  He can stick with unloading the dishwasher and scooping the litter box to help me.  =)  Humorous cloth diapering daddy story over, lol.

Hope you are all doing well!

How often do you change?

Questions!  I has them.

How often do you change your little ones?

It seems that figuring out this how often to change this is totally eluding me.  Even with the wicking away fabric on the pocket diapers, Oliver's bum is still getting little red spots on them.  It doesn't seem to bother him, but it sure does get bright red!  I guess it bothers me more than him.

As of right this second, I have 12 pocket diapers.  I have six on the way, plus one more.  What I HAVE been doing is getting him up from his naps, feeding him, and then waiting to change him before he goes down again.  I guess in all it makes for about three hours between changes.  That seems to be too long.  So then my other option is to get him up from his nap, change him, feed him, and then change him again before he goes down for his next nap.  That'd leave about an hour between every other change, and then two hours between every other change.  Which is fine...but that makes for eight changes a day.  I guess I could just go with that...order a few more diapers and that way I can wash every other day.
  

The other thing is that the six used diapers I bought work fine...the inserts, however, how do you say...suck?  A lot!  I ordered ten more Smartipants inserts (so I could double up and try a pair of Smartipants overnight, but also to stuff my used diapers), so I hope with those inserts will work well.  

I am selling my prefolds and covers, and I am kind of wishing I wasn't.  I do like the pockets for their ease of use, but it's like I feel bad if I change the pockets as often as I probably need to.  With a prefold, I don't feel so bad.  At any rate, I'm losing money on it, but I get to help a mommy start cloth diapering.  And I get to help her out by giving her a good deal.  So that works for me, too.

Supper will be super easy tonight...leftover chicken and dumplings.  =D  Hooray!

Uh, this is backwards.

I noticed the beginnings of a diaper rash today!  WHAT??!  Oliver has never had a diaper rash!

I know it's because I probably haven't changed him often enough, and he's using mostly prefolds right now.  I've only got three bumGenius dipes, but I have three Smartipants on the way, and I changed my mind AGAIN and am buying five more bG's from the Craigslister.  Eh, why not?  She's fixing the elastic that has worn on them, AND she's still only charging me $10 a piece.  How can I pass that up?  Not to mention, the bG's will be babysitter friendly.  That's a big plus.  Even if I have to pull out a yucky insert, it'll wick away the moisture, and Oliver will be a happy boy.

So!  I'm a waffler.  Oh well.  The Craigslister was very understanding...she'd been in my shoes once!  lol

Still, I can't wait to get my fluffy mail from Kelly's Closet!!  I think I'll really like the snappy closures.

Also, I have been thinking about trying the new Fuzzi Bunz One Size...anyone have any experience they'd like to share?  I've read that the inserts will wash out of those...no unstuffing.  Just curious what you thought!

Cute pics of my little booger. =D

I know I haven't blogged at all about our trip to Louisiana, but I'm getting around to sorting the pictures.  Here are some shots of my tot sporting his new fluff butt to hold you over.  =)

 

Daddy's gettin' you!

 
 

King of this Daddy Mountain!

 
 

And a funny video monitor moment...Oliver looks like he's punching himself in the face.  =)

By the way, my Kelly's Closet order shipped today.  Can't wait to try my new Smartipants!!

So here's the tentative plan...

I went ahead and placed an order for a three pack of Smartipants from Kelly's Closet today.  I probably should have only ordered one, but I went ahead and got the three pack.  Even if I don't LOVE them love them, I'll at least like them enough to use.

I contacted both Craigslist posters and let them know that I had decided to try these before choosing anything else.  Most of the day, I beat myself up over whether or not I had made the right choice in not getting the Happy Heiny snappies that I was going to buy today.  Not only that, but I beat myself up for wasting the seller's time thinking she was going to unload them on me.  I decided that I needed to just get on with my day...it makes more sense to order the Smartipants and see if I like them.  If I love them, I will buy more of them.  If not, I can contact the other seller I had been talking to and buy the 6-7 bG's that she had.  I hope!  

For now, we're still doing prefolds in the Bummis Super Whisper wraps during the day, and tonight, for the first time, I used a bumGenius with a newborn insert folded over and stuffed in the front AND the one size insert with the folded over half in the front.  It's not that I don't like the prefold/SWW combo, I do.  It's convenient and it works really well.  I guess I just didn't expect it to be so bulky.  What did I expect?  I got the 4x6x4 prefolds.  That means that when folded in the newspaper fold, there are a total of...man, a lot...28 layers?  I think that's right...anyway, there are a ton of layers between my punkin and the cover.  He is being changed more often than he used to be, usually around 8-10 times as opposed to the 6-8 in disposables.  Still, we've yet to have a leak.  I'm impressed.  Depending on how much I love or hate the Smartipants we ordered, I might go ahead and sell the SWW's.

Levi did a good job with his first experiences cloth diapering today.  I had a baby shower and errands to run this afternoon, so he was home alone with Oliver.  My only complaint is that he didn't put the wet diapers in the diaper pail.  ...he put them in the baby laundry hamper.  Silly boy!  At least there wasn't anything else in the hamper.  I promptly washed the hamper liner after putting the wet dipes in the diaper pail.  *sigh*  He'll learn.  =)

So, I guess now we just keep on truckin' and wait for our fluffy mail to arrive!  I've read nothing but positive reviews on the Smartipants at Diaperpin.com, so hopefully they were being honest.  We shall see, no?


Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Figuring things out.

While I haven't had any accidents at night, I can see that my son is a heavy wetter and that I need to formulate my night time plan quickly!  The first night, we used a prefold (I use the OsoCozy Indian Unbleached Prefolds) and the newborn insert for a bumGenius! together in a Bummis Super Whisper Wrap.  The second night, which is tonight, I decided to go with the prefold and the one size insert for the bG, together in the SSW.  It's not that the first night was terrible.  It's just that the entire prefold was wet.  Front, back, and soaked through to the cover.  Now, the outside of the cover was fine.  I just had to wipe the inside with a wipe and let it air out before using it again.  Which I did.

I ended up rotating Super Whisper Wraps today, and that seemed to work fine.  I think that I am going to start using the bumGenius diapers at night...most likely with the newborn AND one size inserts.  I may even double up the newborn insert and place it at the front, and then placing the one size insert it with the doubled over side also in the front.  We'll see...I just keep reading how they are such a great night time diaper.  The reason I think I'm going to switch is just the massive bulkiness in what I've been doing at night so far.  It just seems like it would be super uncomfortable to sleep with a giant...bulge.  It's so bulky that it seems like little Oliver's legs are extremely bowed!  Anyway, we'll see that tomorrow night brings.  Until then, I think rotating the SWW's is working okay with the prefolds.  For now.

Tomorrow I am buying a couple of gently used Happy Heiney's snaps (along with a FuzziBunz hanging pail liner...squee!) from a girl I met on Craigslist.  Sometime after the 16th (pay day!), I'm going to build my stash further by purchasing 8-10 more gently used diapers from someone else I met on Craigslist!  Both are local, and both are super nice.

My friend Emily is having a baby shower tomorrow!  I can't wait to celebrate the birth of Miss Stella Rose.  =D

After those things, I have to make a stop at BabiesRUs to buy a swaddle/sleep sack.  Oliver is getting too long for his Kiddopotamus swaddles.  =(  Sad!  We love those.

Our trip to Louisiana was nice.  Levi came home sick, though.  The doctor said no being around babies, so I was a single parent today.  But he was nice enough to wash bottles, AND empty the dishwasher.  =D  Good man.

K, off I go to make bottles and hit the sack.  Busy day tomorrow!


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Whew, I'm tired already!

Tomorrow morning, we're leaving for Louisiana.  I'm looking forward to being there, but I am SO dreading the drive.  Either way, we'll get to spend some time with the in laws.  And we're finally going to head down to New Orleans.  I found a few places online that we might try to eat at.  =)  It's a three way tie, so we'll have to decide once we get there.

I'm also thinking that I might call the owner of ZukaBaby to take her up on her offer to go by the store.  I guess that is another decision I'll have to make once we get there.

Ha, it also seems that it's going to rain down there for the next ten days.  Thanks, weather!

Got my prefolds all washed and dried.  They are supremely fluffy, and I can't wait to put them on Oliver's tushy!  This next week of disposables is going to be so bleh.  I can't stand the smell of the disposables, and just thinking about the chemicals makes me feel all gross.  Yuck.

By the way, I got a coupon code from The Cloth Diaper Experiment to Cute Caboose.  I got two pairs of BabyLegs to go with my new cloth diapers.  I can't wait to get them!  Head over to Holly's blog and Cute Caboose for yourself!


K, gonna get to bed early tonight.  Hope everyone has a great Labor Day Weekend!! 

They're HEEEEERE!! The adventure begins...

  

bumGenius! 3.0 One Size Cloth Diapers in Clementine, Butternut, and Grasshopper.

=D

 

Again, with inserts (both newborn and one size).

I can't wait until tomorrow when I have a chance to run to Whole Foods to get some detergent!  My prefolds will be here either today or tomorrow, and I'll have to wash those separately.  Squeeeee!  I can tell that this is going to become an addiction...lol!  I took a pic with my phone...check it:

 

Oliver loves his new cloth!  This was put on over his disposable, but I can't WAIT to actually diaper him in them!  Look how cute!!

Okay...enough of my squee-ing.  I'm in love! 

Also, my wetbags came today from Amazon.  I like them all, but none are large enough for my pail.  Sad!  I thought the Thirsties bag would be, because it said it was large enough to hold three dozen diapers.  Uh, I don't think so.  =P  I think I'll be getting the one labeled "diaper pail liner".  DUH.

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My cloth diaper stash is on the way!

I have 36 unbleached cotton twill prefolds from clothdiaper.com on their way, along with four Bummis Super Whisper Wraps in size medium (for my solid little three month old boy!).  I'm SO excited to receive my package!  I also have three Bum Genius One Size cloth diapers coming from Cotton Babies.  So far I am not thrilled with the customer service I have gotten from Cotton Babies...I called and emailed about an item I had ordered that was on backorder (detergent), and I wanted to see if I could get a refund instead of having the item ship later.  I found a store locally that I can buy my detergent at in person, and I'd rather use a brand other than the one I ordered online.  After both emailing and calling, I have yet to hear anything in the affirmative or the negative as to whether or not I'll be getting a refund.  I'm a little disappointed.  Amazon is shipping a Thirsties Duffel and some Kushies Wet Bags for me, and those ought to be here soon, too!


I'm also meeting up with a local woman who is selling me some of her pocket cloth diapers.  She is every so kind in letting me try out what I have on the way before letting me choose what I want to buy from her.  She's giving me til after the 16th (which will give me about two weeks to try things out, AND it's after the next pay period, woo!), and I can't wait.  I may or may not get to use the diapers I have on the way until we get back from going out of town (we're DRIVING to Louisiana with a three month old...we're nuts!).  I'm going to try my hardest to get things washed and ready to use ASAP, but I doubt things will be ready in time to go on our trip.  If not, we have some disposables that I need to use, anyway.  I hate to waste them, but I also hate to keep using them.  Oh well, we'll see what we can do.  Whatever we have left, I can give to a friend.



Today was pretty boring.  My little guy is such a good eater and a terrific napper that our days are pretty routine.  It's gotten to where we do pretty much the same waketime activities during the day, and I think I like the predictability.  I also read more of my Babywise II book today, and was sad to see that they don't recommend the Baby Einstein DVDs.  I bought Oliver a Baby Mozart DVD because he loves music...one of his favorite toys is his Baby Einstein Take Along Tunes.  We mostly play with it during tummy time, and he likes to track the bright lights while he enjoys the music.  =)  It's useful, because it gets him to look up during tummy time.  I have found it reduces his spitting up, and encourages him to burp if he has any trapped gas.  Anyway, BWII doesn't really recommend the videos because they say that you ought to be talking to your baby.  But I think Oliver really likes the DVD.  He has a Baby Faith DVD that he likes to watch (and I like it, too, because it has Bible stories and hymns), but he doesn't "talk" to that DVD like he does his Baby Mozart DVD.  So I dunno.  I'll keep rotating the two, but we'll see if I buy more.  I think I will get more of the Baby Faith DVDs because they tell Bible stories in child friendly ways.  We'll see on the Baby Einstien, though.  The Baby Faith has a lot more talking (narrating the stories, and "God Loves You" and "God Thinks You're Special" phrases), which I like, but man...Oliver loves that Baby Einstein DVD.  lol!

I only got in half of my morning workout this morning, mostly because I woke up late.  Normally, I get up at 6:50am to get in a workout before Oliver's 7:30am feeding (which my dear husband Levi does...good man!), and then I'm showered and ready to take over after Levi's done feeding the tot.  We have some family time (Levi always sings to Oliver...This Is The Day, God Is So Good, and Jesus Loves Me), and then Levi goes to work.  To make up what I missed, I push mowed the front and most of the backyard today.  It took almost an hour!  The worst part is that it isn't even all finished.  Our backyard is gigantic.  =P  At least I burned off that slice of ice cream cake I ate for dessert...

I also went to Wal-Mart to get some necessities, and some bins that I plan to use for my prefolds and covers.  The one I plan to use for the covers looks like the one linked below, only it's oval.  I think they'll work out nicely!  I'll keep the covers stuffed, and use the large bin to stack ready folded prefolds to go in the covers.  I like to plan ahead.  =)

Okay, it's getting late, and that morning workout will come waaaay too soon again, I just know it.  Night!






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Blogspot Beginnings: An Introduction.

I have tried many blogging sites before, and decided (after finding many helpful and insightful blogs here) to try my hand here at Blogspot.  I hope to find many new friends here, and hopefully bring a little joy to this community as well.  =)

My name is Lisa, and I am just one small part of Team Awesome.  My husband Levi is my partner in awesomeness, and we've been married since 2003.  We've been together ten years (since high school!), and have been married six.  The newest member to Team Awesome is our son, Oliver.  He's so awesome, his initials are OSM!  I am so not kidding.  His middle name is Seth.  =D  Rounding out the team are our two kitties, Chaco and Chewie.  

I am a SAHM, and my husband is a computer programmer.  We are first and foremost followers of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.  We belong to a wonderful church, and have recently started taking our little one, as well.  We enjoy all things outdoorsy, including, but not limited to backpacking, camping, and hiking.  We hope to one day take our tot on our outdoor expeditions!  I'm sure he'll love it just as much as we do!  

I recently began my adventures in cloth diapering after three months of disposable diaper use.  My online orders arrive this week, so you'll be hearing lots about that adventure, I'm sure!  I really hate to call our family "green", but I'd like to say that we try to be good stewards with what God has entrusted us with. Being green is a fad.  Being responsible is not.


We've been using the Babywise method for our first child.  It has worked splendidly, and I have met some really amazing women who have helped us through things.  I am proud to say that we are the parents of a well adjusted happy little boy who eats and sleeps very well.  Been sleeping through the night since about six weeks!  No matter what you've heard, Babywise is a wonderful thing.  I am currently reading Babywise II, which will get us over the next hurdles: starting solids, and teaching discipline.

I am an avid reader and a big fan of music.  I'll also post a lot about those things.  =)  Currently reading Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult (a new favorite author of mine), and my current favorite musical tastes include mellow and laid back artists like Jack Johnson, Jason Mraz, and of course my staple Contemporary Christian faves like Bethany Dillon (who has a new cd coming out soon!!), Chris Tomlin, FFH, Ginny Owens, and so many more.

So stay tuned!  More awesomeness to follow!