A Tree Huggin' Baby Event

OOOOOO!! A baby event + a cloth diaper event = a cloth diaper/baby event! The sum is better than the parts! Go check out Tree Huggin' Mama for more information on this event!
I'm super excited, because I really want to win some fluff! It's been a while since I won something :)

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getting prepared

So I guess I need to get things moving on Show-n-Tell. I tried super hard to get somethings to giveaway, but I've only been able to get a hold of one company, to give something away. But I will keep trying. Anyways, here's how It's going to plan out. If I have a giveaway, I'll simply add that on at the end of the review. Right now I own 9 different newborn/small diaper types. That gives a review/giveaway every 2-3 days, plus some items that go with cloth diapers, but aren't diapers (cryptic, I know!) In case you wanted to get a head start and make sure that you like them on FB, just in case there is a giveaway ;)

Thirsties

FuzziBunz

Nifty Nappy (review only, since she's not selling any more :( )

Swaddlebees

Kissaluvs

Happy Heinys

Charlie Banana

Rockin Green

SugarBaby Diapers

Anyone want to give me a invitation to Rafflecoptor?? I love using it!

While I prop my eyelids open with my fingers-

-it's time to let all these random things out. You ready for my musing and venting?

*you would speed past me, while I was doing 50 mph in a 45 mph zone, and get in front of me; only to slow down to 30 mph in a 35 mph zone?!?

*grocery shopping while 30 weeks pregnant cannot be rushed. I forgot something and tried to rush to grab it so I wouldn't be late for lunch, and ended up being, short-winded and nearly colliding with someone else's cart.

*I lost my temper with Brendon this afternoon during nap time and I still feel awful. He was playing with my nose/eyes/face and I was trying to sleep. I snapped at him and he cried :( Bad mommy. I apologized and rocked him to sleep.

*When 10 pm rolls around, I'm so tired. And it's after 10, so I'm going to take myself to bed.

Are you ready?

I'm starting to get excited for this. I hope I don't get overwhelmed trying to juggle this, a newborn and a 2 year-old at the same time!

Where did the time go?

I only have 12 weeks left in this pregnancy. TWELVE WEEKS! It hit me this morning, I was figuring out how far along in weeks I was. With Brendon, I knew down the the exact day how far along I was each day. This one? I had to stop and count to figure out what month I was in...kind of sad, right? So I have 12 weeks left. Gavin doesn't have a middle name. His room is in shambles with boxes all over it. His crib isn't even a crib and isn't in his room. The walls are a pinky-peach (though I know what I want to paint them) that needs to go. His newborn clothes are still in a musty box, though I have no clue if I need to buy long sleeve/long pants newborn clothes or not.

I'm just so worried that nothing will get done before he comes. I've been having a lot of Braxon-Hicks contractions each day. Today, I've had 5 or 6, but I learned from Brendon that the BHC's don't mean a thing.

I was all ready to help Brendon potty learn, but I'm not doing as well as I had hoped. He's not interested at all. I try not to push, but I've seen him poop and pee with out any discomfort from a dirty diaper. So, I'm letting it go. I've accepted that if I have to have two in diapers, I'll do it. Besides, it'll give me an excuse to have to buy more adorable cloth diapers! LOL

I love the prefolds I bought for Gavin. I've been using them in my pocket diapers for Brendon. I think they hold more than microfiber inserts, and the infant size fits perfectly. I've also grown to love hemp inserts, though I find only a hemp insert leads to more leaks because it doesn't absorb as fast as Brendon pees. So a hemp plus a microfiber is what I use at bedtime. I also have one AIO that I'm testing out for Bitty Bums. So far that's been going well, though I want to use it through the day more.

My next diaper purchase will be more covers and prefolds, I think. Because if Brendon is still in diapers, he can wear the OS ones and Gavin can do the prefolds and covers for a while. One of my registeries has FuzziBuns diapers on it, I'm not sure which one, but maybe someone will by some?! :D I think I need to trim it down, I mean, after all, it is my 2nd boy. Maybe I'll go do that now, but there's just too much materialism appealing to my wants right now. Things that I made do with-out, but would have been soo nice.

Mark and I are trying to come up with a way that I can stay home after Gavin is born, permanently. Unless I choose to work part time/PRN or something. Pray that Mark's side business picks up, too. I might pick one of these companies to sign with as a consultor/demonstrator/representative for. I've been thinking about Uppercase Living. I'm having a party and I'm going to talk to Bryana about it. Everyone is doing almost everything else and I don't know anyone else doing that (and she lives in Vermont or somewhere up north).

Made with Love

The Not-So-Secret Confessions of a Second Time Mom, MommyFerg is hosting a handmade, WAHM review and giveaway- Made With Love. She has lots of prizes, and easy entries. Go check her blog out, and enter to win! Or not, because I'd like to win!

Show-n-Tell: A Newborn Cloth Diaper Review

Thinking about babies and seeing all my tiny diapers waiting for a tiny bum to fill them has got me thinking I could do a newborn cloth diaper review. I already have a few, and I'm branching out to see if I can get more-maybe even do a giveaway for some of them. If I have to buy them all myself, I'll do that, but I thought I'd present it to different diaper places. Let me know if you can think of someone who might want in.

I currently have:

Kissaluvs fitted, size 0

FuzziBunz extra small

Happy Hiney's Mini

Nifty Nappy Bitty Bums fitted

Thirsties cover size small

Bummis infant prefolds

Swaddlebees Simplex AIO size small


I need to create a button, for extra entries. Anyone want to help me out with directions or such?