tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543350134968703492024-03-05T04:15:24.684-05:00The Happy Life WifeWhere complete chaos meets complete happinessStephanie Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06518666659327023965noreply@blogger.comBlogger102125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654335013496870349.post-12048129736593799482013-01-23T15:11:00.001-05:002013-01-23T15:11:25.325-05:00Wordless{ish} Wednesday<div>
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Couldn't love this little guy more!</div>
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This weekend was filled with lots of visits, meeting a best friends baby boy, sitting for way too many hours in my old high school gym, and long car rides!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sleeping through the wrestling tournament on Grandma's lap</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh, ya know, just reading a book with Grandpa and the dog</td></tr>
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<br />We've decided our kid has probably the most road miles behind him than any other kid his age, and he's a pro traveler! Baby brother ( who is 6'5'' by the way) came in 2nd for his weight class, woohoo! Now we're home again and back to reality of work, school, and two dogs.<div>
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Stephanie Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06518666659327023965noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654335013496870349.post-53709195064089452642013-01-12T17:13:00.002-05:002013-01-12T17:13:53.263-05:00It's the little thingsLinking up with <a href="http://www.hellohue.com/2013/01/its-little-things-tough-week-good-run.html">Hello Hue</a> this week!<br />
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This week totally is about the little things in this house!<br />
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">We kicked off the week with a boy who just wanted to snuggle and be loved and lets be honest those are the best moments of all! We skipped unpacking and soaked it all up!</span></div>
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We had to start supplementing more...my milk supply went down the drain despite a valiant effort to keep it up. On the positive note we scored our formula uber cheap on Amazon!</div>
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We're getting back to our eat clean roots!</div>
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Continuing to be thankful for this little man and that at 9.5 months we're finally nailing down a bedtime routine and Momma and Dadda are getting some much needed ZZZ's!</div>
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We also scored this wonderful walker at Target on clearance normally $30 for $14.93...seriously Target clearance is the best!</div>
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With Love,<br /><img alt="post signature" class="centered" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54490/338/34B6290551166C1DD101A9569D563757.png" />Stephanie Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06518666659327023965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654335013496870349.post-54321017076931490752012-12-20T11:27:00.002-05:002012-12-20T11:27:19.010-05:00Wordless{ish} Wednesday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Big milestones for our boy this week! I discovered him like this yesterday morning. That's right stood himself up! Today, he can now sit up all by himself as well. It's going too fast!</div>
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My favorite things about Christmas are bringing family and even the unexpected close together. The giving to people in need and common goals to help others out this season can bring us all together. If we get down deep, the best thing about Christmas is the reason for the season, Jesus. It's a time of year that we all can come back to our faith if we haven't felt as connected. It's a time that we all can remember how blessed we are. It really is my most favorite time of the year...to risk sounding corny.<br />
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This year we've been especially blessed by my in-laws, we're all going on a cruise! We're leaving the 23rd and will return the 29th. We'll spend Christmas day at Epcot, hit Grand Stirrup Cay, Nassau, and back to NYC. While it's something totally different, and we'll miss our Ohio and far away family it's going to be jam packed full of great memories!<br />
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Christmas morning two years ago with one of our beasts.<br />
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Usually separately, I love under the tree to look nice and full! We even wrap what goes in the stockings!<br />
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On my side we always get up in the morning eat breakfast together and sit down and read the story of baby Jesus and reflect on what this day was really about, then dig into presents! On the hubs side it's a tradition to go to Christmas Eve service at church and then everyone gets a matching set of PJ's, yes even as adults we get excited for matching PJ's!<br />
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This is belated, but welcome to the world Colby James! My dear friends Holly & Ben welcomed their 2nd blessing this past Friday and added their little boy to their family, and Calleigh became a big sister!<br />
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If you notice there is a picture of Holly's parents taped up on the surgical drape. About a month and a half ago Gina, Holly's mom, passed away after a battle with breast cancer. I know Mama Gina was looking down and blessing that day with the biggest smile on her face.<br />
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To donate to the fight against breast cancer check out <a href="http://www.info-komen.org/site/TR/PassionatelyPink/HeadquartersSite?px=13852275&pg=personal&fr_id=2659">The Gina Brunen Memorial Fund</a>.<br />
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<img alt="post signature" class="centered" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54490/338/34B6290551166C1DD101A9569D563757.png" />Stephanie Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06518666659327023965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654335013496870349.post-91453070334026055312012-12-10T15:51:00.003-05:002012-12-10T15:51:48.362-05:00SicknessI need to give my immune system a turbo boost, because lets be honest I get sick way too often! I'll return tomorrow kids!<br />
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Linking up over at <a href="http://www.thepapermama.com/">The Paper Mama</a> today!</div>
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A few snapshots from our 8 month/Christmas impromptu shoot in our living room yesterday. Seriously ladies, watch out for this boy in later years!</div>
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That lovely coffee table, at a price tag of $2700 it's not THAT one I want, I'd just like to find something similar at a thrift store. That bag, I'm already getting thanks to my Momma! It's in the prettiest yellow I've ever seen and can't wait for it to be mine! The Keurig...never thought I'd want one, but we've given in and want one...bad! A <a href="http://namesring.com/products/yes-ring-oui-ring-sterling-silver">name ring </a> that has my little mans name one it. And of course to finish off the list is something that is ALWAYS on my list, Canon Mark II 5D DSLR.</div>
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Really though, this year has been a year of blessings already, this really is just a wish list of things that I don't need and am completely happy without. I have an amazing husband, a healthy baby boy, and a cute little roof over our heads..and we're finishing the year off with a cruise with some of our family.</div>
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Linking up with Lindsay again this week over at <a href="http://www.hellohue.com/2012/11/its-little-things-home-again.html">Hello Hue</a>!</div>
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Kurt (and me unofficially) received a promotion from the parent company of our small business that we have. Woohoo for little victories! We've been blessed to be come a part of this company who rewards it's associates for their success. We received a little package from them a leather box, pins, and personalized business card holder.</div>
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An impromptu dinner date with my little guy. I was craving it, had no one to go with me...or so I thought! I had my little man! We went to a local yummy mexican restaurant and had our fill on the cheap.</div>
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And really this week it is about the little things, like our baby boy. He's the best little thing of all! He turned 8 months old this week, and the time sure is flying by. He's the BEST little thing of the week overall!</div>
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- I want to live on some land, or at least own some. I don't want to live in the middle of nowhere, but I'd love to not have people live 10 feet away from me one day.<br />
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- On that land, I'd love to have a semi mini farm. Our own large garden, chickens for farm fresh eggs, maybe a horse or a goat even!<br />
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- Even though I want to be a SAHM, I'd love to actually have my own photography business. Having a legit small business, better camera and all...I swoon.<br />
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The thing is, I have a pretty darn great life! I pretty much live versions of my dreams now.<br />
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- OK, we don't live on land at all. We in fact live in a twin with a small fenced in yard, on a stinkin' adorable street. Our house is great, we have three bedrooms a finished third floor, a dishwasher, great front porch and again a fenced in yard for our giant fur babies.<br />
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- We do grow our own raspberries, blackberries, basil, potatoes, and either twin on each side has a raised garden in their back yard. They share the wealth and it's great!<br />
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- I'm a semi SAHM. I'm home with Josh the majority of the time. I'm a nurse and have the luxury of having alternatives to working the typical 9-5 job. I work 2-3 evenings a week at a local hospital on a med/surg/trauma unit. Hopefully I'll eventually be night shift and be home with my boy and hubs most of the time. This is a great compromise until we are financially able to do the whole real live SAHM thing.<br />
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- I do have my own photography business, that is VERY small, but it's still mine. Mostly things for just family, friends, and a few referrals. I do work maybe once a month, and it's fun for me. I do have a great camera that I've had for four years that still works great!<br />
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I'm so thankful for my real life dreams and the life that I live now. It's no cake walk, but it's ours!<br />
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Sometimes I fail...<br />
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It's so true! Sometimes I downright fail. At blogging, at work, and some days as a person I think lol! This isn't a "woe is me" kind of post, it's a true and laughable post. This past week I haven't blogged once. Not really because I was too busy or anything, I just didn't. Sometimes this past week I was in a really bad mood, I mean foul, and my poor husband usually gets the brunt of this. Did I have a reason for being in a foul mood? Simply, no I didn't. To top it all off this past week of work, I feel like I left and could have done so much more...even though we're really busy. I looked back and really enjoyed Thanksgiving only to realize I didn't take one stinkin' picture to remember our son's first Thanksgiving by...total mom fail right there folks! My only reasoning for all of this is that sometimes I just fail...and it's OK!<br />
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It happens to all of us from time to time, or so I like to think at least! I figure the world definitely didn't stop turning by me not blogging for a week, I still have a job, my husband still loves me, and I hope that I will remember the little special moments from Thanksgiving, and that Josh will forgive us for not documenting it.<br />
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Failing and not wanting to fail is something that I've struggled with my whole life...maybe it's oldest child syndrome or something. I would get really down on myself for not succeeding or being "the best" at something. I've struggled with weight (still struggle) and will lose weight, gain it back, and get horribly down on myself, and start up a diet again rather than just changing my lifestyle to keep myself healthy and would beat myself up about it.<br />
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This is all changing in my life and changing for the better! It's a new journey that was sparked by becoming a mother. I want to be the best example for our son as possible, I'll never be perfect, and that's OK too. I just want to set the example for him that momma doesn't expect perfection, she just wants you to do your best, and be happy, and how could I be that example for him when I'm not walking that walk myself? So, here's to moving forward! We're not starting another diet, we're changing our lifestyle. We'll eat better, and be more active as a family. If weight loss comes with it, then bonus! My goal is to grow my blog and post at least five times a week. If I don't gain any more followers and I only post once a week, but enjoy it, then I'm OK! I'll continue to try my best at work to be the kind of nurse I want to be, and recognize that It's a a process, I'm always learning, and no one can do it all!<br />
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So, yes, sometimes I fail!<br />
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We really don't have traditions that don't involve food, ha! Typically we just gather at some one's house, make wonderful yummy food for our first early meal, and we always dig into leftovers later in the night.</div>
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Thanksgiving is where I get to eat all of my fav foods! My grandma's stuffing, delicious mashed potatoes, green bean casserole with the crispy onions on top, and for dessert we skip the pumpkin pie and make pecan cream pie...holy deliciousness!</div>
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Usually the day after Thanksgiving or even that night is when we decorate for Christmas. It used to be before I knew anything about Black Friday sales that we'd go get our tree and decorate it that day. Now more often then not that day is spent scoring some good deals of Christmas gifts, and then decorating the weekend after Thanksgiving. This year we opted to decorate a little early since we'll be on a cruise the whole week of Christmas. We have stockings hung and pumpkins switched out for little trees, pine cones, and Christmas smelling goodies, but still no tree...which we may just skip this year.</div>
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This year I have SO much to be thankful for. My wonderful husband who is an amazing support, our amazing little boy we've been blessed with this year, our supportive family, and our health. The list goes on and on....</div>
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Blogging along tonight with the lady over at <a href="http://mommyandhermeltdowns.blogspot.com/2012/11/new-mommy-tag.html">Mommy and Her Meltdowns</a>...<br />
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Honestly, how great it can be! I'm not trying to look through rose colored glasses here or anything, there are REALLY rough days in pregnancy. I feel like though that everyone focused on the negatives telling me, "You're going to be SO sick!" or "Just wait for those stretch marks." I ended up trying to focus so much on the positives of being pregnant when I was pregnant because of this. Again, I had some rough days, or quite a few. But those aren't what I remember now!<br />
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There really wasn't anything anyone didn't tell me, 'cause let's be honest this is something people usually have no problem letting you know all the details about! Usually, it's every one's horror story for delivery. I'm a nurse I know the basics, not all the details because I don't work in anything close to labor and delivery, but I had an idea of how things would go, and we went in with a very open mind...no birth plan at all!<br />
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Emotionally I was exploding, but on the inside. I'm probably one of a handful of women (or at least I feel like it) that didn't cry when our boy was born. I almost have guilt about it, but I didn't cry at our wedding either, but I cry watching Homeward Bound...makes sense, right?! I had a c-section so hubs held our boy first, and while yes it would have been great having him put right on my chest after he was born, there was something so fantastic about looking over and seeing him in his daddy's arms and him looking over at me with the proudest look on his face that can never be replaced. Physically, I felt SO much relief! I was exhausted after over 48 hours of labor in the stinkin' hospital! I was also going nuts because thanks to my sock falling off my foot while I got my spinal I spent the entire 25 ish mins on that table feeling like my sock was half on my foot.<br />
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I had a fantastic c-section with no complications and a great recovery. I wanted to get out of bed two hours after and wasn't allowed...darn rules! Once we got home I had the wonderful elephant ankles thanks to fluid shift, and soreness from over do-ing it sometimes, but I'd say after a couple weeks I for the most part felt back to normal. I still have some soreness around my incision, and of course my stomach is not back to normal yet, but I figure it took almost 10 months to get that way, give it at least that to get back to where it was or better.<br />
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My bond with my son. There are many nights I just sit staring at him while either dancing or rocking him to sleep that I cry. I cry because I'm so happy he's ours, so happy he's healthy, and so happy that we were blessed with being his parents and get to watch him grow.<br />
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You totally lose your modesty to a point...especially being a breast feeding momma.<br />
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We're thinking four. We're each from a family of four kids and we liked it. When it comes to spacing we'll totally play it by ear. The one thing I know is there was a very large age difference between me and my next siblings due to re-marriage and I do not want that. While I'm very close with my sibs, I wish I had the growing up memories and bond that the hubs has with his siblings all being only a couple years apart.<br />
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This week I was off all but one day and it was great! Many days spent cuddling with my little man, quick catch up phone calls with my mom, and decorating for Christmas!</div>
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1. Planet Wise Wet Bag - You don't have to cloth diaper to use these babies. We LOVE these bags in size small. They're perfect for the diaper bag to hold a couple diapers, dirty clothes, or really anything wet. </div>
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2. Happy Munchies - Organic broccoli, kale & cheddar cheese is little man's flavor of choice. Low sodium, packed full of choline, and easy for baby to feed himself makes for one happy momma!</div>
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3. Babies 'R' Us Socks - These socks are the ONLY socks that will go a whole day and manage to stay on his feet! I believe they're the bootie style sock with little bubbles around them. They're inexpensive and come in a package of six in either all white, boy theme, or girl theme. </div>
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4. Nature's Promise Organic Frozen Veggies - These things you can throw on the stove, or steam in the bag in the microwave. They take just a few mins and are super budget friendly for baby food. At $2-3 a pop, I get typically 10 jars of food from just one bag!</div>
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5. Natursutten Pacifier - These are now the only pacifiers that we use, mainly because they are the only ones he will take. Made from natural rubber, the over sized round part rests on his nose when using it (great for BF mommas because it's similar to when they are nursing), and he never took to the orthodontic shape. He's not a huge pacifier user in the first place he is hot and cold with them in general, but when it's game on for a pacifier this is our go to!</div>
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1. Tell us what you like to do when it's cold outside.<br />
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One of my most favorite things to do when it's cold outside is slip on my Uggs (yes I still love them, and I need to get a new pair) or most comfy slippers, curl up on the couch with my little family, and put in a nice winter movie like White Christmas or Holiday Inn. Sip on a nice glass of red wine or hot cocoa and my night is made!<br />
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2. Tell us some of your favorite winter recipes.<br />
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They're not full recipes, but feel free to ask for them if you'd like! My moms freakin' fantastic chili, I choose to sub the ground beef with ground bison and let it cook all night and day before eating it...yum! Also, Pecan Cream Pie! My stepdad's mom was a baker by trade and she had the most amazing pecan cream pie in the WORLD guys. I mean, rock your socks off, pecan cream pie. It's become our Thanksgiving staple dessert. Quite honestly, anything in my crock-pot!<br />
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The wonderful lady we are buying our house from introduced me to the Apt 9 boots, currently on sale at Kohl's for $49.99. Love love love the Burberry Pashmina (doubles as a nursing cover!). Found this fantastic headband over at <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/Caheez?ref=seller_info">Caheez</a> for only $20. A splurge, I have the Eddie Bauer version, a great down parka. It gets chilly in these here parts!<br />
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No snow. At least this year. Josh isn't old enough to enjoy it, and I'm not looking forward to bundling him up and trying to keep him warm here. Not to mention have to carry him on slippery streets/sidewalks/steps when I have a hard enough time keeping my balance. Plus, as an RN I don't get snow days with him! Next year I'll be all about it!</div>
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Stephanie Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06518666659327023965noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654335013496870349.post-65844667517034435622012-11-12T18:41:00.002-05:002012-11-12T18:41:33.092-05:00On Cloth DiaperingYes, that's right. We cloth diaper, and we LOVE it!<br />
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We knew we wanted to cloth diaper when I was pregnant with out little man and started putting together our stash of diapers, and if I remember back correctly even though registering for them, no one got them for us. We used several gift cards to Target and Babies 'R' US and some good old cold hard cash to get our stash.<br />
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The first few weeks after little man was born we used Earth's Best disposable diapers, wasn't a huge fan, and moved onto the Huggies natural diapers and we stuck with those until he fit into our cloth diapers when he was a good eight and a half pounds (when he was back to birth weight). We were so happy to make the switch to cloth diapers!<br />
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Our stash consists of 24 diapers. We have a mix of Charlie Banana One Size, SunBaby One Size, and BumGenius Elemental All-in-One/Freestyle All-in-One/One Size diapers. I'd say my favs, while bulky are the BumGenius Elemental All-in-Ones, but honestly I love all of our diapers. We love our Charlie Banana One Size for their trimness, and I love the SunBaby One Size for being trim and organic! We launder them at home, and even ventured into using cloth wipes! </div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">We didn't go with actual "cloth wipes" that are sold. We just bought soft washcloths and throw them in an empty wipes tub and we're set. I found these phenomenal small spray bottles that hold just the right amount of solution and it doesn't take up much room on the changing table. Plus, it has a quick lock you can engaged and disengage with your thumb for a leak proof way to take the spray on the go! </span><br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">It took some time to get into a routine, but we've got it down! I must confess, our little man is QUITE the heavy wetter at night and we gave in a couple months ago to using a good night time disposable for overnights, but will shortly be investing in night time cloth diapers that are great for heavy wetters and for sure will post how it goes. </span><br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">Thanks to gift cards our total investment for cloth diapers: $250! And these diapers go up to 35 lbs, woohoo!</span><br />
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Snuggle time before bed with my little boy!<br />
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The amazing business that hubs and I are a part of!</div>
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A boy who took a nap without having to be asleep before I laid him down!<br />
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Bath time laughs we share!<br />
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I don't have a picture, but right now the special time my boy and I are spending eating lunch together while listening to some Disney tunes!</div>
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Stephanie Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06518666659327023965noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654335013496870349.post-29685052424188579482012-11-08T20:29:00.001-05:002012-11-08T20:29:09.236-05:00First Haircut Today marks the day we went from this...<br />
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At 7 months old this boy needed a haircut! We've been putting it off for some time now due to a plan we had hatched for his first haircut in December while we were at Disney. However, the boy was seriously starting to look rough! It covered his eyes, was long and stringy in the back and just needed cleaned up! So, today we said bye bye to the long locks and have an adorable little crew cut. I opted just to cut it myself. It's way cheaper, not too difficult, and quite honestly in case I cried I didn't want to do it at a hair salon. I parked him in his high chair, put two bibs on, turned on Baby Einstein and started snipping. I didn't really realize how much hair he had until I was all done and I had a large pile that came from such a little head. I use the term "little" lightly, the kid had a 14.5 inch noggin' at birth 97 percentile...thank goodness for c-sections! Really, I had hoped for an all natural birth, but I said all along I wanted what was best for the boy and I. After starting into high blood pressures and having to be induced, and going through three days of labor in the hospital without progressing past 5-6cm I welcomed that c-section with open arms. There are many more details to his birth, but that's a whole other story. Getting a tooth and first haircut all in the same week! Our boy is just growing up way too fast!</div>
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One package ramen noodles (minus seasoning), steamed garden veggie stir-fry, one diced chicken breast (leftovers), and Thai Peanut Sauce from Target...yum!</div>
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