Crunchy mama!

Before C was born, everyone tried to convince me that there were things that I just wasn't going to do, no matter how much I wanted to.  This included breast feeding, cloth diapering, co-sleeping...you get the drift.  All those things that a crunchy mama does.  Ironically enough, I did every one of them (probably cause I'm stubborn!!).  I even got a little into baby wearing though not as much as I would have liked.  But the other day, I decided to wear Z because I was busy and he was fussy with this darn cold he can't shake.  It only lasted a minute because that kid is way too big for my pod like sling I have (note to self--take a baby wearing class with the next kid)  I handed Z off to his dad and the backpack carrier.  But the damage was done.  C wanted to play with the sling and then she wanted her own.  I finally fashioned one out of a little bit of white fabric I had left over from some curtains I put up in the old house. 
She wore her baby the rest of the night...
(my mother in law is going to have a cow...I turned my baby crunchy and she is only 2!! LOVE IT!!)

My crunchy baby C

Rumparooz

First, I have to tell you about my friend Megan over at NewlyWedNewlyBred.com.

She is absolutely fabulous and a great resource (fueler of addictions!) She is currently starting her 15 day give away and I think everyone should check her out...because again she is fabulous!!

Second!! My rumparooz arrived yesterday...and I'm in LOVE!! Here is an action shot of my little dare devil child!!

I ordered new diapers :)

I ordered new diapers this weekend. Really yummy ones. I ordered a rumparooz (which my friend Megan) just raves about. It is a pocket diaper, which we have never really used so I am excited to get it. Plus it is a super cute, WHALE PRINT, which is adorable.

Then for daycare I got:
a Thirsties AIO, in red
3 BG AIOs, blue (which we already have one), orange, and green
a Gro Baby with 2 extra soakers - kiwi green

I am trying to hurry up and prep the soakers cause I want to play with them. I have never really used any AIOs except the BG which we got a couple of months ago to try.

And...my baby, CW, potty trained this week. It is a happy occasion BUT it is the end of my baby using my pretty diapers. Now I only have one in diapers...

I love beautiful days!!

We had a great day around here, the weather is beautiful and we got a ton of stuff done outside. We got some ornamental grasses that needed to be planted so we got that done and then we picked up all the reminants of summer projects. Then after that we cleaned up the back patio and moved the grill and furniture down. Plus hubby got some of the tubing buried so it is half done!!

What a wonderful and productive day :)

Garage

I'm happy to announce....I cleaned the garage. I didn't move anything out, but I "neatly" stacked things over in one corner. We have a huge space to the side of our cars but they have cool cabinets that I don't want to block. For now, it is all stacked, but eventually we will get through it and put it away (like when the basement is cleaned in order to stack stuff down there.
But at least you can pull BOTH cars in!!

Garage-CHECK

Family party

I am currently out of town visiting the inlaws. It was a really great day. Z and C wore themselves out playing with everyone. I'm looking forward to a week at home to finish products, but I love visiting!
More later!!

Outside of the House

Okay I'm going to cheat a little bit and give you the one major project that we have finished. This is what the house look liked when we moved in -- well close, the bushes were even more overgrown. And yes I stole this from the county assessors website but since I'm mad at them at the moment I figured all is fair (whole 'nother long story).

Part of our purchase required that we paint the house. Hubby didn't like the bushes or trees so they all had to go, especially the one by the garage because it had overgrown half the garage door. I loved the idea of the shutters, but they were a crappy plastic type that 'melted' when I tried to spray paint them (and yes I used the special plastic spray paint). I am still trying to decide if I want to get new shutters or if I like them like this. What do you think?

I picked the color, but it is blue-er than I had planned. It works well though. Now we are working on the garden part of it, but here it is, our first completed project.

Sleepless night

Tonight was one of those nights...the nights when your mind races a thousand miles a minute and sleep is elusive. So far I have done laundry, written emails, worked on homework that I have been avoiding, and now I am blogging. I really need to sleep.

I'm not sure I mentioned this before and am way to lazy to go look it up so I will mention it again. When we sold our house, we knew we needed to upgrade. We (hubby and I) had a couple of things that we wanted in our new house. I wanted room to expand and a large yard. Hubby wanted a ranch and wanted to be able to do some stuff himself. We probably looked at (and bid on) 20+ houses. Something always went wrong--the house sold while we were bidding, the yard was too small, something didn't feel right, you get the drift. 3+ months of looking, 2 real estate agents, and lots of tears left us searching. When we were 3 weeks away from being homeless we found our house. Loved the neighborhood, loved the yard, loved the house and really, most importantly, we were able to negotiate what we thought was a good price. Okay who am I kidding a great price.

Now 3 months later I am looking at a house that needs new floors, new paint, new counters, new appliances, new everything. I am also looking at 2 months worth of classes until I graduate, a hubby who is starting his MBA, and kids who need mom and dad (but if you ask C she just needs grandma lol). We still love the house, I just don't like the timeline.

Maybe it is because we can't seem to get a project 'completely' done. We got Z's room painted and the furniture in, but it needs to be rearranged and the carpet needs to be replaced and the wall stuff needs to be hung. C's room is painted and the furniture is in, but nothing is on the walls and she still needs outlet covers. They are small stuff but we can't seem to find an hour to get it done. Well actually we had an hour tonight, we spent it playing with toys and reading to C...pretty sure that was more important. (And yes we would have played with Z too, but the kid goes to bed at like 6 pm--and sleeps til 7:30 or 8:00 am. Man I'm lucky!!)

So tonight, as I am sitting here, I decided to visit my favorite blog on home stuff The Nester. I swear she wrote this post for me. It was front and center when I got on and man I think I needed to read it. Home Wasn't Built in a Day. I think I am going to make it my mantra. I am also going to start cataloging what we need to do, have done, and will do on here so you can all see my progress. Plus it will let me show off pictures of the before and after. This is not an all inclusive (are they ever?) list and does not include hubby's outside stuff, well except for getting the flower beds in. And remember I'm not in the least bit creative so if you have ideas for me, feel free to share.

Mom's new blog!

My mom started a new blog today (well I started it a while ago, she just wrote on it today). It is about the horses they have at the farm. Right now she only has 2 posts, but hopefully in the spring she will start posting all the cute baby horse pictures. Check it out:
www.cherryhilltb.blogspot.com
I'm sure she would love to have some hits added!

Otherwise in our life, same old same old. Hopefully more updates to come.

Haha once again I'm failing

Once again, I am failing to keep my blogging going. Probably something about a house taht needs to be put in order.

Though we have some great news around here...Z moved into his OWN bed, in his room which he is sharing with CW, and has gotten back to sleeping through most of the night. This was the norm until we did all the moving then the schedules went to hell. Mom is quite happy to have such a wonderful nights sleep again. Now if hubby would just stop coaching baseball in his sleep everything would be heavenly.

I read the most interesting blog tonight. I absolutely LOVE her writing, and given that she has a bunch that is similar to mine, it gave an interesting insight into the daily adventures. You should check it out here.