Birthday!

I LOVE my birthday. The Lord has been so kind and made me feel extremely loved and blessed yesterday. My twin sister and I are 23 now!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY KELLO!
Growing up every year on our birthday my mom made sure we would wake up to streamers on our door- I LOVED this! It made us feel extra special :) Apparently I've told my sweet husband about this "tradition" and this year he out did me in love!
I woke up to streamers, balloons, and ROSES!

In the morning I hungout with Laedin. He is pretty entertaining these days. I seriously cannot get enough of him. In the afternoon I had a job interview for a nanny position. Then I hungout at home with my boys - Oh! We watched White Collar! I am so sad we have to wait until this winter to watch the rest of the season! Great show. My good friend Katie came over and babysat so Ryan could take me on a cute date... first we went to cvs so I could coupon :) (saved over $20!) Then we went to BD's Mongolian Grill for dinner. Our waiter was terrible but the food was delicious. We sat outside and the weather was PERFECT and the sun was setting. It was gorgeous. We picked up a chocolate molten lava cake from Chili's and a redbox and headed home. So thankful for the many good gifts of family and friends God has given me.

I never ever would've thought...

that I would cloth diaper my baby...but now I am and I LOVE IT!

Ok so our #1 reason for wanting to try cloth diapering is to save money. Until recently (when we ran out of babies r us gift cards) I didn't realize just how expensive disposable diapers cost! It. is. ridiculous. Every diaper change is literally like throwing away a quarter!

That should've been enough to persuade me but it wasn't. I couldn't get over the idea of cleaning up poop. Ironically, that is also our second main reason for choosing to cloth diaper. Let me explain...

Laedin was having DAILY poop explosions. Disgusting, I know. People say that when that starts to happen you need to go up a diaper size. Or try switching brands. We did that and nothing changed. A friend of mine who cloth diapers said they never have blowouts. Well that DEFINITELY got me interested but then all I could picture was our laundry basket with dirty clothes and poopy diapers all mixed together and just sitting there until I put it in the wash. Nasty. (And also not what cloth diapering is like, by the way!)

Well, the "up the back blowouts" continued and putting poop covered clothes in the wash was becoming the norm. I was sick of it. The same friend that suggested cloth diapering to me before to contain the poop explosions gave me several homemade cloth diapers and let me borrow a waterproof cover just so I could try it out. I experienced first hand that it wasn't that bad! The research began.

I watched and read COUNTLESS diaper reviews. To be honest, it was almost too overwhelming - There are soooo many different types of diapers to choose from. And then once you decide which kind you're going to go with, there are a ton of different brands to chose from! Around this same time I visited my friend Sarah (who recently started cloth diapering her boys) and she let Laedin test one out while we were there.... Laedin decided to give these things the true test. That's right. He pooped. AND IT WASN'T A BLOWOUT! (it definitely would've been in a disposable) I was sold.

I love cloth diapering. My baby's crap stays where it belongs. We're saving money and his little bum is adorable.