6 months and a lot has changed....

Wow....

I can not believe that I have not posted anything in the past 6 months.  So much has been going on and I just never could find the time to sit down and update my blog.  Well, I'm going to update you on everything that we have been doing the past few months so get comfy....

Homemade baby food making didn't last long at all.  I think when I began that process, Ethan was pretty much over pureed foods.  We tried it for about 3 weeks and he just wasn't having it.  I gave up on pureeing his food and just started giving him regular food.  Once that happened, he became the pickest eater.  He wouldn't have anything to do with veggies and still won't to this day.  I've tried everything from hiding them in his food to even putting them right in front of him.  Nothing worked....  Now I am giving him the V8 fusion juice and considering making him smoothies with hidden veggies.  Other then that, he only eats a handful of foods which includes, blueberry waffles, french toast, bananas, apples, watermelon, grapes, nuggets, quesadillas, and turkey franks.  I've tried giving him other foods to eat but he just throws everything else on the floor.

His birthday didn't go as well as I had hoped.  Not only was Josh out of town for a school and unable to come home for the weekend but poor lil man ended up running a fever on his birthday.  We still had his birthday party on his birthday because we had people come from out of town.  The party was only 2 hours and I'm glad I didn't go any longer.  He was super cranky and understandably so.  He did get to skype with his daddy while he opened his presents and tore into his smash cake.  So, it ended up turning out ok.  It would have been a lot better if Josh had been there but that's the army for you.

Cloth diapering is our next big update.  I had brought the idea of cloth diapering back in Oct. and Josh was totally against it so I dropped it.  While Josh was away for school, he actually started considering it because his buddy that he was in school with told him that his family does it and it was well worth it.  After that, I spent a couple weeks researching it and right around Ethan's birthday, we started buying diapers for our "stash."  We didn't start using them on Ethan until the middle of May because I wanted to make sure I had enough to completely over.  I can honestly say that I am cloth diaper obsessed.  I never knew how many people actually cloth diaper nowadays and and different they are from "back in the day."  I defiantly wouldn't go back to disposeable diapers now.

*drying in the natural sunlight...

*freshly cleaned and ready to put away for the next day...

Of course, there is another reason we finally decided to make the switch.  In October, we will have two kids in diapers at the same time.  That's right everyone, we are expecting our 2nd bundle of joy in mid October.  We found out about 2 weeks after Josh left for school in February that we were pregnant. 

I am currently 5 1/2 months along with our baby girl!!!!  Yes, that's right, we are having a lil girl.  I was so excited when we found out that she was a girl.  However, I must say that this pregnancy is nothing like Ethan's.  The morning sickness was about the same but I have had no energy the entire pregnancy.  So, it has been a bit rough especially having to take care an extemely energetic toddler.  But I wouldn't change it for the world.

So, that is what we have been up to the past few months.  I'm hoping to get back into blogging and keep everyone updated but we will see.

Until next time....