Cutey-Patooty....

Not sure if I spelled the title correctly, but you get the point!


Here are the cute girls...who can resist!




Mo is getting so good at holding her sister. She loves her so much. She kisses her, and holds her hand....and is always helping pick out her clothes, and helping with diaper changes. She is such a good big sister. I knew should would be, but it is so amazing to see. I love her even more (if that was possible).......

We are so lucky to have such beautiful daughters.....

The Dirt on Diapers

With Mo, these were our diapers of choice......


Pampers were soft, cute, little, and dealt with all the messy baby business very nicely......we tried other brands (i.e. cheaper brands), but they never worked as well as these. I figured on average we spent $50.00 a month on diapers (more in the beginning, less towards the end)....Mo was in diapers or pull-ups for almost 40 months...so we spent somewhere in the neighborhood of $2,000 for these pooper pampers.


This time around, we are trying cloth diapers.....much cheaper, you can get an entire cloth diaper stash for around 300.00 and in theory, they can last until potty training. Even with all the extra laundry (which isn't that bad), you come our way ahead money wise...

Our friends gifted us 2 months of diaper service to ease us into the cloth diapering thing. They also gave us all their small prefold diapers (pictured above)....are what I think of as 'old-school' diapers. It has the rectangular cloth diaper which you put on the baby with a waterproof cover over it. So far, it is ok......Scout doesn't like it, but it doesn't bother me too much.....


This lovely piece in the photo above is the newest holy grail in the cloth diapering world. An all-in-one. Basically, you put it on like a disposable diaper, but you wash it. The cover and the inside part are all one piece....and they are one size, they have a series of snaps that you can do to adjust to your growing baby. They come in all the fab designs, and colors....and I LOVE THEM!!! They are spendy....to get enough to cover diapering one child, you would need about 18 of them.....$450.00 Still less than the disposables.....but not cheap.....but aren't they the cutest ever!!! I just need little bean to get a bit bigger so they fit her better......

First bath

We videotaped the first bath we gave to Mo....and it was pitiful. I would barely touch her with the washcloth. Mo screamed bloody murder the entire time.

On the other hand, with Little Bean, I knew what to do. I got in there, got her soaped up, rinsed off, and done! We could have had one of the calf rope-tying clocks going. Bean didn't cry or protest much at all, and she smelled so nice when it was done.

Pictures......

Because, who doesn't love pictures of little, tiny babies!

Introducing the newest Bean

Here is our little baby.......born July 29th at 1:30am. 8 pounds, 2 ounces. Sweet, sweet, snuggly bean....she looks just like her big sister.....

Be careful what you post.....

So, the last post, I was complaining, thinking about, wondering about when I would go into labor....well, the very next morning my water broke. Here is how it all went down!

I woke up Thursday morning, and could feel a small gush of liquid. My first thought was that I peed in my sleep, but as I got up, I realized that it felt different, and that it was probably my water breaking. I have to admit, I was freaking out a bit. I know, I know, I said I wanted to go into labor naturally, but I just wasn't prepared for it to be THAT day. I came downstairs, and immediately cleaned the kitchen. I just needed some time to wrap my head around the fact that we were about to have a baby.

I still wasn't having contractions, so I called the mid-wife who told me to come on in to the hospital to check to see if indeed my water had broken. We called Aunt Melissa to come over and get Mo, and Scout and I went on in.

Once, we got to the hospital, I was in fact in early labor. They went ahead and kept me, and we walked the halls trying to get the contractions started. Around 2:00, they went ahead and gave me pitocin to induce contractions. The mid-wife knew that I wasn't crazy about the pitocin because you are suppose to hooked up to monitors and flat on your back when you are getting the meds. The mid-wife felt like the baby was doing well enough, that I could spend 15 minutes on the monitors, 15 minutes off. So I could labor the way I wanted to.

I had mild, manageable contractions for about 4 hours....around 7:00, they really took off. I labored in active labor until around 11:00. At that point, I was 7 cm dilated, and hitting transition. At that point, as the contractions were really hitting me hard, I realized that I am 42 years old, and that at 42, I was in no mood to continue without some drugs! I really wanted an epidural!

I got the epidural around 11:30, and at 1:00 felt the urge to push. By the time, we got all set-up, I pushed about 20 minutes, and our little one was born. A healthy baby and a healthy mama. The perfect combo.

All in all a great birth.