Made a decision today...

We've (and by we, I mean, me) decide to try cloth diapers for the baby. I just can't a) justify spending so much money on disposable diapers -- which we have conservatively calculated at $500.00 a year and b) put all that garbage in the landfill.

Babies are gross anyway, so I guess we can handle a little more grossness.

I found some really sweet ones. It's not all diaper pins and folded pieces of cloth wrapped around a baby butt anymore.

Click here and click on the bum Genius link on the side menu. Currently, I am planning to purchase 12 bum Genius AIO in x-small for the newborn size and then 12 bum Genious One Size for regular baby diapers. They have snaps that can change the size of the diapers to fit.

I'm pretty excited about trying this out. It's better for the environment. Okay, I'm sure it evens out, because you're using more water to do more wash, but as long as I'm not adding to the landfills, I think I'm okay here.

If it doesn't work out, I'll probably try to sell what we haven't used somewhere. The best part is that we will have them forever basically for the next kids.

Getting ready to have a nursery has also made me realize that this house is really only going to support 1.5 kids. Once we are preggo with #2, moving will be top priority. In fact, moving may need to be done before we try for #2. But, maybe I am getting ahead of myself here. That's how I roll.

I also have picked out my bedding and I don't remember if I posted that or not. I guess I should go back and check if I did. If not, click here to look. I bought one roll of the border, so I could pick out paint colors, which we did yesterday. Now, I just have to go back and purchase them.

I'm thinking about using Satin on the walls instead of eggshell -- probably easier to clean and it's not as shiny as semi-gloss; plus, I can buy the little jugs for paint instead of the gallons. I want to see how little paint I can use. I have plans to pain the top blue, the bottom yellow stripes, with the border about light switch height. Probably over my vacation time at Christmas, just because I will have free time to do it. A little bit anyway.

I'm really excited for Tuesday, but if my appt gets cancelled because of the SNOW (!!!!), I will be PIST! PISSSSSST! I'm very hopeful that it will not, because this doc has a really full schedule. Cross your fingers and toes for me. :)