Just what I was afraid of

I've been eying this print for quite some time but always decided against it for fear that it would be too girly. when I first found SOSdiapers they would sell out immediately and were really hard to acquire. I managed to snag one and it's been our favorite diaper ever since we got it. when I noticed this print up and available I decided to just go for it...maybe I'd luck out and there wouldn't be that much of the pink on mine. I ordered it and then patiently waited and waited (it actually got here quite quickly considering it was a semi-custom mail tends to be slower this time of year.

Well I got home to find a package sitting, waiting for me in the front hall and excitedly ripped it open only to find that the front of the diaper is mainly pic :( I was disappointed because I love this fabric and have been really wanting to get it for a while now. So now I have a dilemma....do I sell it and maybe get something else a little more boyish or do I hang onto it in a hopes that I have a little girl to put it on soon. I think I'm leaning to the latter only because I just really would hate to sell it and we are planning on TTC in Feb/March so I'll be starting a newborn stash soon enough anyways ;) If we don't have a girl next I can always sell it then I guess. I'm still trying to decide....

Loving our Luxe

I was pleasantly surprised on Monday to get both my snap press (HOORAY!) and my Luxe cover in the mail. I was totally blown away that I got the Luxe that quickly seeing as how I bought it Thursday night and we don't have mail service on Saturdays here. anyways I tried the Luxe on right away and I love it. We got the s/m (I had second thoughts and almost also ordered a m/l) and it is actually almost too big, but because it is so stretchy it still fits great with tons of room to grow into it. I can't get over the softness of it and how beautiful it is. I actually am so scared to use it and ruin it but we used it today and I just love it so much that I'm just gonna have to get more *hehe*
I was also sooo excited to finally get the snap press. It only actually took a week to get here but I've been wanting one for so long now that I feel like I was waiting forever. I haven't had a chance to play with it at all yet but I think I'm gonna have a lot of fun with it. I've already been thinking what I can possibly add snaps to for fun. Oh and to top off the speedy shipping I got a bunch of extras thrown in with my order so that was another nice surprise.

one thing I've learned

...is that I really do not enjoy dying fabric. I should have known this because I took a fibre arts course in college and I didn't like it then either....sometimes I'm a slow learner. I dyed some stuff a few weeks ago, including a few prefolds. It's not that I didn't like the colours or how they turned out...I can't really explain why I don't like dying stuff I just don't ever wanna do it again haha. Oh well at least I gave it a try and now I know. Funny thing is I'm sure I'll try it again at some point and probably have the same reaction.

OH MY! I think I'm gonna throw up

WOW! I had my first hyena cart stalking experience yesterday and let me tell you it is not for the faint of heart LOL. I was sitting there hitting refresh over and over and over and over......all of a sudden I realize I'm seconds from the stocking and my heart starts pounding and I can hear the blood pumping in my ears. I hit refresh and it was seriously only 2 seconds after the stocking and half the stuff was gone....including what I wanted...I tried another size and it was there....Oh MAN I'm totally shaking as I hit the BIN button........and then I get a message that it is no longer available *doh* nothing like a surge of excitement to make you feel like throwing up haha. I was disappointed but I cheered myself up by buying some wool interlock.

.....And then I got an email....and there were going to be more stocked (hooray!!)....sometime that evening or later that day. I get that rush again but try not to sit glued to the computer all night. Thankfully I just happened to be on when I noticed that it was stocking and kept refreshing hoping to snag what I had wanted.....and I did so now a natural vanilla Luxe pull-on soaker is coming to me!!!!! ok can you tell I'm excited ;) I new they were hard to get but I really had no idea it was that crazy

the last of the fluffy mail

I was so excited to get see that we got our package from Baby Hope's Cloth Diapers. I could barely wait to rip into the envelope. Not only was it fast shipping it was free shipping, and she sent a hand written thank-you note and a free velour wipe. I'm very impressed and will definitely have to order from her again. Our Baby Beehinds arrived today and omigoodness!! I cannot get over the softness. I know it probably wont stay this soft but I'm really loving it. It looks like there will be lots of room for my ds to grow into it, and I love the snap in doublers. I've never had this feature on any of our other diapers but I think it's a great idea. Check back for stash pics soon ;)

oh and to add to my excitement I got a notice that my snap press shipped today! YAY!!!! now this package is one I'm going to have a very, VERY hard time being patient for.

YAY!!

I just ordered a snap press *gulp* I'm so so SO excited about this!!! It's something I've wanted to do for months now and I've just decided to bite the bullet =) This does mean no more diaper buying though (I snuck in one more SOSdiaper last night before going cold turkey ;)) I can't wait to get sewing, sewing, sewing and then hopefully selling, selling, selling!! Just had to share my excitement =)

Fluffy Week

It's been a good week mail wise here. Out of the 4 packages I'm expecting I've gotten 3 of them. On Monday I got another HHOS in the colour butter, and then today I got some PUL and Aplix and then the sling rings I was waiting on. I'm gonna have to order the fabric I think because all my local shops either a) don't carry the type of fabric I want until spring/summer or b) carry it but not in the colour I'm looking for *sigh* Oh well, hopefully I'll be able to find it online. Anyways this is just a short little update. I've got one more diaper coming and then I'll have to do stash pics again.

someone stop me!

I shouldn't be left alone with money to spend =) a friend told me about Baby Hope's Cloth Diapers (thanks Tanya ;)) and I just couldn't pass on the free shipping so I ordered a Baby Beehind Bamboo onesize. YAY! this is a diaper I've bee dying to try so I cannot wait for it to get here. it just shipped today so I have a while but still this is something I'm really looking forward to getting. I got it in the blue if anyone cares ;) once that gets here that's it for me. I have to make the rest of my diapers. I'll have to take some stash pics once everything is here. And can you believe I already can't find one of the snappis I just got *sigh* I swear I need a tracking device for those things.
Well dh had the day of today so we went hunting for fabric...specifically grey chambray for the ringsling I'm making, and it turns out that all the local stores don't carry chambray...at least not the grey color. I'm not impressed. I guess I'll have to look for it online which isn't really an issue as long as it doesn't cost too much in shipping.
That's pretty much it from here other them I'm still working out some kinks with my testers...I'm a little frustrated but I'm gonna just go at it tomorrow and hopefully get it sorted out....otherwise I'm going to plan "B"
Anyways I'll leave you with a babywearing pic from our trip to the pumpkin patch this weekend

well I didn't get any mail today, although I'm not really expecting any until early next week. I still always hope that I'll be surprised though. I'm currently waiting on three packages

1. a butter yellow HHOS from For the Monster
2. some PUL and some aplix from VeryBaby
3. some large black aluminum sling rings from Slingrings

I have a pair of silver slingrings but I haven't seen them since we moved the beginning of July and I really want to make a ringsling like this or if I feel fancy maybe even this ;)

I also started my testers this week. I'm so excited I just need to dye them and finish them up and then I can mail them. HOORAY!!! also my dh offered to buy me a snap press so I just have to decide what would be better, the snap press now or more fabric and then wait to get the snap press. I hate making decisions! but at least this is a fun one ;) anyways that is all that is really new here. I'll post some picks of my finished products later.

oh and just to update on our Moshi...I had pretty much decided to sell it. Not really because I didn't like it but I just was unsure....anyways I wore it for a little bit tonight and wouldn't you know it I am really starting to like it. it's starting to soften up just enough that it is getting really comfy. I'm a fan and I'm definately not selling now.

M is for mail day

I was very excited to get our babylegs in the mail this afternoon. Honestly I'm so used to waiting for things from the states that I really wasn't expecting them anytime this week. I really love the colourway we got. It's called Scandia and I totally love it!!! Anyways just wanted to share a pic of my ds wearing them

a little carried away

ok well I'm inlove with our Happy Heiny's one-size diaper!!! I'm really, really impressed with how dry he was this morning even though he had completely soaker 2 microfleece inserts and with how well he slept last night. I have to admit that my ds is a horrible sleeper, I mean terrible!! But for the first time in quite a few nights (maybe even weeks) he slept a good solid 6.5-7 hrs and then another 4.5 or so before he woke up. This is huge for me!!! I think I can count on one hand the number of times he has slept through the night :( Anyways I'm totally side-tracking here. The first thing I did this morning after I had changed my ds was order another HH OS =) I started dreaming about having a lovely stash of pockets all the colours of the rainbow and quickly realized that if I wanted that many pockets I'd be broke faster then I can blink ;) So then I went to verybaby and ordered some PUL in ocean, celery, and light brown and some aplix (I already have some microfleece) so that I can just make my own pockets, haha, after that I promised dh that I wouldn't buy anything else for a while. Hopefully they turn out because then I can justify buying more colours ;)

Fluffy Mail

I got my first pocket diaper today!!! It's the new Happy Heiny's one-size diaper in the cow hide print and it's really cute, although the only PUL I've ever seen IRL are bummis covers which are so thick and soft so I was suprised at how thin the PUL on this is but it is really soft and the print is soooo cute. I'm really impressed with the size range on this too. It's a newer one so there is the extra row of snaps for the newborn setting and O fits it on the small setting and the tabs are touching/almost overlapping. so there is still 2 rise settings and alot of room in the waist for him to grow into. I think this is gonna be our nighttime diaper. I'm so used to him in pf/fitteds in wool or coverless at home so this HH does give him quite a booty LOL. We've only tryed it on but I'll let you know more after he's worn it tonight. Sorry I don't have pics yet but I'll try to post some soon

a little taste

I got other fabric last night as well but this is just a little sampling of the "pretty" fabrics I picked out. I also have other prints that I've collected into my stash but these were all neatly folded and accessible so I thought I would share =)

I took the plunge!!!

*yikes* I'm having a little panic attack here....so nothing new really ;) I've been working out ideas for my buisness for months now and I finally just decided to jump in and get some fabric and just go for it already. I have to say I'm actually really nervous about this and even though I'm also super excited somehow buying the fabrics and stuff just means I actually have to do it now. No more just saying I'm going to and then finding reasons why I can't. I just have to keep telling myself "you can do this, you can do this"

one of my favourite things

fresh from the dryer

I'm not sure what it is but there is someting about a basket of freshly washed diapers that just makes me smile. I actually really enjoy folding and putting away the diapers. I know I'm not the only on ;) what is it about them?

a little better

well the diaper rash seems to be getting a little better finally. I say better only because the flaming red scalded look has pretty much gone but there are now a couple raw patches....they aren't very big but still look awful. I'm really thinking it might be a yeast infection. he's never had one so I don't really know, I'll have to look into it tomorrow. It's thanksgiving here this weekend so I don't think I'd be able to get him in before monday. Hopefully it's not a yeast infection and he just keeps getting better. I've discovered that we really love burt's bees diaper ointment. I've tried a ton of different creams and that on is the only one that has seemed to make a difference...I'm gonna have to go and get some more tomorrow.

On a side note I did some uploading to my flickr account if any of you are interested. I didn't add anything to my cding set but I did add a couple new sets. there is a link in my sidebar to our stash pics or you can check out my pics here

I broke down...

...and ordered 2 snappis and a happy heiny's one-size diaper in the cow print =) I'm so excited to finally try HH. I figured that I "needed" to get it seeing as how we are switching to cloth full time (yikes) I have to admit that I am really nervous. I've liked the security of going back to sposies if I'm tired of sick or whatever. I actually had him in cloth last night but he was soaked by about 20 to 6 this morning and he was in a reg. ubcpf with and infant ubcpf trifolded in the center and a mother-ease stay dry liner on top with a bsww covering it all, can you say ginormous booty, LOL.
I'm actually thinking about starting to potty-train. I'd always thought that it was best to wait until they were showing signs of readiness and were farely verbal but I recently took a book called Diaper free before 3 by Jill M. Lekovic. I haven't had a chance to read much of it but what I have read makes perfect sense. I think we may have to go potty shopping this weekend. I just wish I had read the book about 6 months ago.

well...

it looks like I should save up some money and work out a nighttime diapering system....my ds has the worst bleeding diaper rash :'( he spent a week in sposies because he was having such horrible diarrhea I just couldn't keep up with the laundry...he was fine, not even the slightest rash. As soon as the diarrhea cleared up he was back in cloth. Then he was in sposies for a day or so because it was the weekend and I was doing laundry (we are out alot on weekends so he is often in sposies, especially sundays because we have my dh's hockey really early and then go straight to church so it's a long morning) Anyways, he started to get a bad diaper rash so I had him back in cloth and it cleared right up....well today was laundry day again so he's been in a sposie again and when I changed him last his whole bottom looked scalded and he was bleeding in quite a few places....my poor little guy....he was so upset that he just cried and cried all afternoon even though we both tried to dstract him and cheer him up. He's now asleep on our bed at 6:49 pm which is so unlike him as he's just started only napping once a day in the last few weeks.
He's had this before when he was just new and that is why we started cloth in the first place (and discovered that he can't use Pampers because they always give him a rash) but now I don't know, is it possible that his stomach acid is out of wack from his bout of diarrhea? then we did it clear up when he was in cloth? could it be a yeast infection? He's also teething (he just cut his first molar on the weekend) so could that be it? I have no idea but I feel horrible for the poor guy. I guess I'll have to build up my stash a bit....oh darn I'm gonna have to shop ;)

#13-19

ok I'm just adding a couple more to my 'List' ;)

13. Dream-Eze fitted
14. Baby BeeHind bamboo and wool wraps
15. Pampered Cheeks
16. Kiwi Pie (anything by them)
17. Firefly or Fuzbaby fitteds and covers
18. Monkey Doodlez
19. DryBees Fleece Night Time Pocket Diaper

practice does make perfect

It looks as though I have a black hole in our room that swallows up snappis and other rather useful items. I've given up looking for our snappi. Some day I'll order another one but in the mean time I've been getting alot of pinning practice. the first few times the diaper was hanging of my poor ds. He kept stopping to look at it like "what is going on here?" Well I'm managing to get them alot tighter and I thing I may actuallt prefer pinning our embellished pre-fitteds. The bottom claw never really grabbed the print fabric anyways and I can get a snugger shorter rise with only one pin so it's just as fast, if not faster, then a snappi. anyways just wanted to share our experience ;) Oh and here's a pick of our first pin job for a laugh