Going cloth...

I have been doing cloth diapers for about a month now and I actually love it. I decided to get the bumgenius one size diapers. They should fit Henry all the way until he is potty trained. I have 24 diapers which means I need to do wash about every three days.

Overall, it's been great and we've had a lot less diaper rash and no leaks overnight. Occasionally, we have a leaky wet diaper, but that is usually my fault for not changing him sooner. Basically, I rinse out the diapers every evening and put them back in the diaper pail with the washable pail liner until it's time to wash.

I put them in the wash and then line dry the diaper shells and put the inserts in the dryer. Any inserts that are looking a little yellow get laid out on the drying rack as well so the sun will fade the stains.

When I am out, I put the used diapers in a small wetbag I carry in my diaper bag. I can fit about 4 or 5 diapers in it. It holds the moisture and smell in and can go in the wash with the diapers.

After they are washed, I stuff the diapers and put them in a bin under the changing table so they are ready to use when I need to change Henry.

He seems to love them!

3 months

I can't believe Henry is 3 months old already. Some things about our not so little guy-

•He has been smiling since just 12 days old and we absolutely love it!
•Slept through the night for about a month but now he likes to wake up at least once and have a 5 minute snack. I am in and out of bed in less than 10 minutes so I really can't complain there.
•Is definitely built like his daddy. He is 3 months and a solid 15 pounds.
•Loves to lay under his play mat and grab his toys. He'll usually stay there for about 20 minutes at a time.
•Has started sitting in his bumbo and doesn't mind it as long as he is in a good mood.
•Loves when Daddy gets home from work. Starts smiling and talking up a storm as soon as Kevin walks in the door. Their new thing is holding Henry's feet in Kevin's hand and balancing. Henry is starting to get the hang of it.
•Henry hates the car. Cries almost every time we start driving somewhere. His new thing is to start screaming and arching his back as soon as you try to put him in his car seat.
•Still sucks on his hands like crazy. And I just keep the mittens on to try to break the habit. He's not giving up without a fight though.
•Everyone comments on how old he looks, most people think he is 6 months old. Maybe I need to dress him more like a baby since he looks like a little man already.

We love having this little man around and seeing him grow. It goes way too fast for my taste though.

Henry Weston

Our sweet baby boy made his entrance into this world(finally!) on July 2nd. I chose not to be induced with hopes of going into labor on my own, and I finally did while I was at Target with my mom and sister. A storm came through Friday night and knocked out our power, so by Saturday evening it was quite warm in our house. And there is always something to be bought at Target. I realized my contractions getting harder and more regular as the evening progressed so I started timing them. Sure enough, they were around 6 minutes apart. Saturday night they got closer together and more painful so by Sunday morning I decided it was time to go to the hospital. I was hoping to stay at the hospital because we still didn't have power and it was so stinking hot at our house, but even though I had been having regular contractions for quite a while by then, I still wasn't dialated at all so they told us to go home. All Sunday I had contractions and tried to rest, but that is hard to do when your house is 80 degrees. I kept trying to eat and drink, but everything kept coming back up. By Sunday evening, I couldn't handle the constant contractions and I had no energy from being up all night already and not being able to keep any food down. We went to the hospital again and I was finally at 1 cm and 70% so they admitted me. I got an IV for fluids. They gave me some pain killers in my IV so I could sleep a bit and I felt much better. I think they gave me the pain killers again a few hours later so I could try to sleep a bit more. After that it was game on for labor. I labored all Monday and got to 9 cm. I stayed there for a while so I asked my doctor to break my water to help me get to a 10. Once I was at a 10, I pushed for more than 4 hours but little man just wouldn't fit so we went in for a c section. In the operating room when they put him on the scale, it said he weighed 10 lbs 1 oz. I couldn't believe it!!!! A few hours later when they weighed him in the nursery he was 8 lbs 3 oz. So obviously the scale in the operating room was wrong, but he was still a pretty big baby! Overall, it was a little disappointing to have to have a c section, but I am thankful for modern medicine and I am glad I was able to do what I wanted to do which was go into labor on my own and do it naturally with no epidural. So glad Henry is here and happy and healthy. We love him so much!

wouldn't this be dreamy!

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so here's the dealio...

She decided to be a nanny in Maryland for a year. He has lived in Maryland all his life. They met at the LDS single's ward in DC. And were engaged in less than a month. They got themselves hitched on April 16th for time and all eternity in the Washington DC Temple. Needless to say, she is now living in Maryland, probably for good. We are Kevin and Jordan and we are in love and stuff!

I grew up mostly in Idaho and the rest of my teenage years were spent in Utah until I decided to travel the world(well, at least the United States). I spent 6 1/2 months in Florida and vowed to never move back to somewhere humid again. Until I decided to move to Maryland. When summer came, I again asked myself why I moved to a humid area. Maybe one day I will get used to it. But, probably not. I love to cook and bake. I enjoy reading and am always looking for a new book. I am currently nannying until we have some kiddos of our own.

He has lived in Maryland his whole life. He doesn't understand why I can't stand humidity. He likes to do manly things and works really hard. He does everything I can think of and can fix anything. He has been taking things apart and fixing things ever since he was little, so if he doesn't know how something works, he will figure it out. He loves the company he works for(AFC). He gets to make/build and work on the laser machines that make the teflon bags and is always busy working on some sort of project there.

We are both left handed. Both have broken our collar bone. (Though he has broken a few more bones than that and has had more stitches than I care to imagine). I love to sleep and he has narcolepsy. I am a night owl and think getting up before 9AM shouldn't happen unless there is a valid reason for it and he is up by 6AM every day because he likes it(gross). He was the last to get married in his family and I was first in mine. I am 20 and he is 31(neither of us was born in the 80s). We are a happy Mormon couple who are so grateful life led us to find each other!