Loosing my cookies

There is always something going on at our house.  Lately I have not been eating because I feel too sick.  When I do eat it, it usually does not stay in my stomach long enough to be digested.  Well today I am starving.  It is the first time in a little over a week that I actually felt hungry.  I knew that I should not eat anything too heavy so I just made a pasta salad.  It was yummy.  I ate it, lots of it.  10 minutes later Owen needed a diaper change.  Normally I get the feeling I have to throw up and can make it to the toilet in time.  Well, changing Owen's diaper didn't give me that opportunity.  Needless to say both my carpet and Owen got a bath afterwards.  :/  Poor Owen, this is the second time he was hit.  I suppose it makes up for all the times he was little and got me.   And there went all the food I just ate, so now I am once again starving and need to go eat something.  I am thinking bananas, and crackers.

Holiday fun

We had a wonderful Christmas.  It was even better than I could have imagined.  Owen slept in until 10!!!  I wanted to wake him up so bad but he has not been sleeping well at night so I let him sleep.  When he finally got up we got dressed in our Christmas clothes and went down stairs to open presents.  He was so excited.  The presents from Santa were wrapped in Cars themed paper and he opened all of those presents first.   Once he opened a present that had cars in it he didn't want to open any more presents.  It took a lot of convincing and help from dad to get him to open them.

We spent the rest of the day assembling and playing with all of the new toys.  AND  my surprise present, I GOT A TV!!!!!

And we had a big mess to clean up afterwards!   

We also went to my neighbor's house to look at all his lights.   He has a 'Santa's Village' in his back yard.  Every year he builds a new house or building for the village.  It is pretty cool.  Owen Loved it!  

On a different note, I have been really scared about my pregnancy.  I have been having a lot o really painful cramping.  Every time I stand up or walk around or sneeze or just laying in bed,  it has me really concerned and I cannot wait until the ultrasound to make sure everything is ok.  I cannot wait to hear the heartbeat and know the baby is ok.  Although every time I throw up reassures me that I am still pregnant.     

I also stopped at the store today to buy some more Perfect Bum cloth inserts.  I really like them and they are not as wide as some of the other inserts.  If I use two of them they make for the perfect overnight diaper.  The pack came with 6 inserts and it was on clearance for $6.98.  

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Missed memories

Now that I have my own little family established, it saddens me that I live so far away.  My child/children will not be able to experience family in the same way I have.  Growing up my cousins were always there.  My Gram held halloween parties, we always had huge Thanksgiving and Christmas gatherings.  We went on vacations every summer.  I have so many memories that include my cousins and my Gram and my aunts and uncles.  The closest family member we have is 450 miles away.   That doesn't make for easy gatherings.  I feel horrible that Owen will not be able to have all of these close family memories that I find so precious.  Sure we will create our own memories as a family, but what will he have to remember his Nana or Pop-Pop?  That one summer where he stayed at their house for a couple days?  Or only seeing them once a year?  I wish we did not live so far away.  Now that I have my own children I wish I lived closer to home.

Why I love cloth

Firstly I would just like to say, I got a new bag of Rockin Green detergent today.  Normally I get the lavendar mint revival or the original.  This time I wanted to try the Smashing Watermelon.  Today is not wash day, yesterday was.  But I was so excited to use the new soap that I stripped my bed and am washing all the sheets and blankets.  (which needed done anyhow)  They are still in the wash but I cannot wait til they come out of the dryer to smell them!  I normally use Tide for my regular washes, but lately the smell of the tide has really bothered me and started giving me headaches, so I have been using Rockin Green for all of Owen and my clothes and blankets.

Now, the reason for this post.  I just have to say I love cloth!  I really do not know why I didn't use them earlier (oh yeah, hubby didn't want to.)

Reasons I love cloth:

1. Cloth is not nearly as difficult or as gross as most people think
2. Disposable diapers stink.  And then they sit in your trash and stink.  On trash day you get this overwhelming stink, it's gross.  I do not have this problem with cloth, even after they sat for three days.
3. Disposable diapers cost money, over and over again. 
4. Disposable diapers do not hold as much pee.  
5. Cloth diapers have adjustable absorbency simply add an extra booster or two. 
6. Cloth diapers have really cute designs. 
7. Owen prefers the cloth to the disposables.  (If I tell him to get a diaper and I set a disposable next to a cloth, he will grab the cloth every time.) 
8. They are more environmentally friendly.

Disadvantages to cloth:

1. They are bulky, its hard to fit more than one in my purse/diaper bag, it also makes traveling require more bags.
2. It requires a little bit of time to do the laundry and stuff/fold all the diapers.  (but is totally worth it)
3. The start up cost tends to be pricey.  (however, buy one or two each pay check and slowly build your supply, still cheaper than buying disposables)

I have started to keep a bag in the car with several cloth diapers in it.  Just in case I am out and about for the day I have them just in case, and I do not have to find room for them in my bag, or get a bigger bag.    I used to keep disposables in my purse and use them if I am out and about, but I am really starting to dislike disposables.  Now that I am pregnant the smell bothers me way more now than it did before.   I also stopped using them at night.  I made it so now Owen is not allowed anything to drink an hour before bed.  That reduces the amount he goes at night and I have also added an extra booster pad into the diapers.  It makes it a little more bulky, but he does not seem to mind.  I also have found a drop in day care that I take Owen to when I have doctor's appointments or exams for school.  They accept cloth diapers there and do not mind using them.  They simply send the dirty diapers home in the wet bag I provide.  I really think that the world of cloth diapers is changing and I am so glad that I am apart of it.  

Doctor update

There is always a first for everything.  Today's first, I vomited on Owen's head!  I was sick and Owen was curious.  He just happened to stick his head right by mine as I went to vomit.  Needless to say he got the fastest bath ever this morning because I had my doctor's appointment today, and was already a little behind schedule.  I was in and out in less than 20 minutes.  I lost 3lbs, (why am I not surprised)  all water weight from vomiting I am sure.  My doctor is going to keep a close eye on my weight though just in case.  He does not want me to lose 20lbs like I did with Owen's pregnancy.  They were unable to do an ultrasound today.  The doctor did do an internal exam though.  He said my cervix feels rock hard as it should but that my uterus is a bit lower than it should be.  This should not cause a problem though.  He said it happens sometimes.   The next available appointment that he had was not until February, but he wanted me to have an ultrasound before that.  So January 3rd I have an appointment at the hospital to have an ultrasound and they will send the pictures to my doctor.  Now I just have to wait until then.   The doctor also guessed that I am 6 weeks.  How they come up with these numbers confuses me as I am sure that I would have conceived the 25ish.  Who knows.  Hopefully we will get an idea after the ultrasound.  Until then a very tentative due date is August 15th, but I am sure that will change after we do the ultrasound.

Thoughtful toddler

I have one of the most thoughtful and caring child I know.  If someone coughs he is quick to ask if that person is ok.  No matter where he is or what he is doing, he will stop and coming running to your side.  With me vomiting so much lately he is always standing by the toilet, asking if I am ok.  Today he tried his best to hold my hair (he actually only set his hand on my head) and comfort me by rubbing my back.  Seriously??  Could a mom ask for a better child?  My husband doesn't even ask if I am ok or hold my hair or rub my back.  Again, moments like these makes the nausea and vomiting not seem so bad.  I love my child and cannot wait until I can give him a baby brother or sister to play with and love on.  <3

Architect in Training

Today we took Owen to Toys R Us.  I wanted to buy him a Christmas present but had absolutely no clue what to get him, so I took him along to see what interested him.  We spent over two hours in the store.  If only I had more money there are so many things that I would have gotten him.  Alas his play room is only so big and my budget is so small.  We came home after picking something out and I made dinner.  After dinner I wanted to just relax.  Owen found the bag of marshmallows so we decided to have a little bit of fun.

Unfortunately I only had a few tooth picks left.  However Owen did not seem to mind.  

He has this little man that is from his train set.  Owen carries him around and says his name is "Owen."  :)

 He thought it was a good idea to build a 'house' and put 'Owen' into it.

He played for a little over half hour with a handful of marshmallows and some tooth picks.  After all this I am not sure what I was so worried about needing to buy some expensive toy for Christmas.  It's the little things in life.