Happy Earth Day

We are celebrating Earth Day a little differently this year. This is Jacob's first day wearing cloth diapers, and my first day using them. Wow! I have always felt like cloth was better for babies, but never thought I would have the time or energy to sift through all of the options to find something that worked for us. I was also afraid of spending a lot of money on products that didn't work for us. So, here are our cheaper alternatives: I got some trifold diapers at Babies r us when I went there to try to use up our remaining gift card, and that kicked everything off. Then, I found that to use those, I needed some kind of cover. In the process of my research, I found that wool covers are the best for keeping moisture locked in. I asked my friend Flo about knitting me some covers, but apparently it takes a long time, but she gave me a link to a free pattern for sewing diaper covers. They were pretty easy to make because I had all of the materials in my stash. I made him 3 covers yesterday, 2 blue fleece, like the one he has on and one bulkier wool one out of a felted sweater. So far I have only put him in one diaper, so I don't know how well I'm going to do with this, but I'll keep trying it out and we'll see what happens. Hooray for Earth Day!

P.S. I don't know what I'm doing. His first diaper was a poopy one, and I think I need to work on waterproofing the covers because he soaked through everything. I guess it's all about trial and error, right?

Twinsies

I never thought we would be the parents who dressed their kids like themselves, but Nate got this shirt at an estate sale a couple of weeks ago, and Jacob now fits this outfit I got him a long time ago and they look pretty darn cute together.

Heat Wave

It got pretty hot here last weekend, and here is Jacob dealing with it... or rather, Nate's way of dealing with it. I came home from a baby shower, and they were hanging out on the couch. He looked pretty cute without his clothes on.

Tom and Amanda

Jacob looks tickled pink to be hanging out with his very cool aunt Amanda and uncle Tom. He also likes to wear the fox shirt they gave him and suck on the fox.

Fabric Menagerie

The newest arrivals to my little zoo.

Bathroom cabinet

I just wanted to show one of my favorite little corners. This poor cabinet hangs above our toilet in the bathroom. I love it, and I love what's in it, but barely ever get to see it and look inside. So, I want to give it a little more air time.

Green kamaboko salad

This is one of my favorite salads--Somen salad, but I have NEVER, EVER had to make it with GREEN kamaboko. What is kamaboko you might ask... Well it is a compressed fish cake sort of thing that doesn't really taste fishy, but tastes good in this salad. It is normally hot pink, which looks really good mixed in with all of the greens, but I do have to admit, the hot pink is equally as unnatural as the green. So what am I getting all freaked out about?

My best buds

Here is Bonnie with Jacob. She is now living far away, and can't see the little guy as much as we both would like. Unfortunately, her children were down with the great flu of 08, and were unable to come with her. So, we'll have to get them in the picture next time.

Our little man

Jacob is growing and developing more and more each day. He loves to read and play with toys. He also has some pretty funny expressions. Here is the classic poop face.

Made for a new baby

I've been busy sewing bibs for new babies. Girl bibs are easier than boy bibs as most of my fabric has flowers of some sort on them. The bibs come from this book: Bend the Rules Sewing. It is a fun book with pretty easy projects, but the downer is that the patterns are not included. They are, but you have to blow them up and copy them yourself.