Hello friends, I wanted to tell you about my very first trip to the Texas State Fair. That's Big Tex. He's a landmark in Texas! I got to see him for the very first time. See Mommy and me in front of Big Tex? He sure is big isn't he? He talks too - he's got a big Texas accent.
I got to take in all of the sites and sounds with my Gran And my Grandpa Boy, was it fun! I almost got to try my first Fletcher's Corny Dog... But not quite... And that's about all I could handle for one day. Until next year (when I just might get that Corny Dog after all) see ya later!
Can you believe that our baby girl is 1/2 a year old? The time has gone so quickly! She is such a joy and so precious to Troy and I. What a blessing! We'll be having her 1st birthday before we know it. We may just have a 6 month party too. Here she is in her big girl high chair. We are working on eating cereal and sitting at the table with Mom and Dad. Audrey loves books and she loves her Daddy (I think he likes her a bit too!) I turned around the other day and Nettie had on a bib! Silly girl. (the things Nettie puts up with!...and Audrey is really starting to LOVE Nettie. She watches her all the time and loves to have her hands all over her. ...just wait till Audrey starts dressing Nettie!) Oh, and we got our couches recovered!!! I am so excited about this. It really makes our home look completed. They are a nice green/brown color. Look perfect with our chase lounge and our PEI pictures. The one on the left is Nanny's couch and the one on the right is Aunt Lynn's. I guess I am a sentimental girl. I love sitting on these couches and knowing that they were lived on in Nanny's and the Rackley houses. They are comfy and look great!
Audrey is almost 6 months old, can you believe it? Look at our big girl...
We are really starting to love books. Grant gave her this book when she was a little bitty baby. she loves it (especially the blue bettle page...she want to eat that bettle more than anything!)
So, we have had several people recently ask me about using cloth diapers. I thought that you might need to see for yourself what they are like...
Why Use Cloth Diapers?
Your little one will probably have less diaper rash in cloth diapers than in disposable diapers. You will avoid sending 8,000 wads of paper, plastic, and poop to the landfill. That's a whole ton of diaper waste for every baby who uses disposable diapers throughout his/her diapering career. Diapers account for about one third of our non-biodegradable waste. Less raw materials are used and less waste is generated in the making of cloth diapers than in the production of disposables.
A good, basic cloth diapering system will save you about $1500 over your baby’s diapering “career.” The most expensive system will still save you about $750! Again, you only need a few dozen (at the most) over 3 years, and you can re-use them for subsequent children. Your baby may potty train about a year earlier in cloth than she or he would in disposables. If this happens, you'll be saving yourself about 1500 diaper changes! Not bad!
A little info: 1. We ordered our diapers from www.cottonbabies.com We use the bum genius all in one cloth diapers. Several sites sell them, but this one seemed the best price. You can buy them in sets. We have 16 diapers and that has us washing every other day. I think having 20 would get you washing every 3rd day. 2. We actually started with disposables until Audrey was about a month old. 3. We use disposables when we go out of town or when Audrey is in the church nursery. 4. We carry a small waterproof bag that is sealable in our diaper bag for when we change her diaper away from home. 5. You can get more info. at https://moiras.site5.com/~zannaduc/index.htm I went to a seminar in MA put on by this company. 6. I ordered my waterproof laundrey bag (called a wahmie) at http://www.DiaperWare.com You can use any waterproof bag. 7. The bum genius all in one diapers are the more expensive of the cloth diapers, but I like them because they are so easy AND because she doesn't grow out of them and we don't have to buy any other sizes. I have a few good friends who use different kinds. You can read about that at http://fromscratchbaby.blogspot.com/ 8. We love our cloth diapers and are very glad that we chose to use them. We highly recommend them.
