Baby's Diaper Stash

Cloth Diaper Stash Fianlly done!

Waterproof Diaper Covers

The whole stash...This includes:

- 28 wipes

- 3 waterproof changing pads

- 2 wet bags

- 8 microfleece "stay dry" liners

- 22 water proof diaper covers

- 2 "All in One" diapers

- 29 fitted diapers

- Also purchased 24 infant prefolds and 12 preemie prefolds

Dereck said he would change diapers if he had his "own" set of camo diapers so here is his diaper changing kit....
I guess I should have made the stash in Camo!!! :)
I also made 4 camo burp cloths last night that are not pictured.

Baby's Room

The baby's room is ready to go! We didn't do much in the way of decorating or painting and now that we are moving at the end of February I am sure glad we didn't.....

The crib bedding is brown and greens with trees, little owls, turtles and elephants.
If you click the picture it will enlarge and you can see the crib bedding better...

Dereck made the shelves! The pictures don't so them justice, they turned out so cute!

All the cloth diapers I made are stored in the green bins....

We found the little owls and tree figures at Hobby Lobby....They just happened to match the crib bedding perfectly.

Score! Having fun with coupons!

So as most of you know my new role as of September has been "stay at home wife" and soon will be "stay at home wife and mom." Besides monthly budgeting, I  have been working hard at learning how to use coupons to help reduce our monthly food bill! Anyway for the last month I have been clipping coupons from the Sunday paper and then once or twice a week also printing them from online sites as well as subscribing to daily blogs of other Mom's who are serious coupon clippers....

It takes a little while to build a coupon stash and I have finally started to get some pretty good deals and saving at least $5-$15 everytime I go shopping....I was really proud of myself this week and Dereck was very impressed when we went to Safeway and were able to score a 5 lb box of "cutie" oranges for FREE ($6.99 value) and then 10 boxes of Nabisco/Kraft crackers (Graham Crackers, Wheat Thins, etc) for only $5.40. So each box only cost us $0.54! Our pantry is now stocked with crackers for a while! Anyway I just wanted to encourage those of you who don't use coupons to start! It is really quite fun!

Building A Gingerbread House!

I have the best husband ever! Our Sunday afternoon fun.....This as all his idea! So I went on Martha Stewart's website and printed out all the recipes....

Cutting out the pieces with precision!

Dereck the artistic one!

I just follow directions...

The finished master piece!

36 Weeks

Only 4 weeks to go!

National Day of Prayer Christmas Party 2009

Christmas Tree Hunting!

We located a tree!

Little redneck? :) Probably

But it worked, we got our tree home in perfect condition!

All decorated!

Giant wreath Dereck made for our front door!

Few Shots From Thanksgiving 2009

Melanie and Tori...Tori wearing her new Apron

Apron I made for Tori

Dereck and Melanie practicing for the Christmas Party

Tori playing in Dereck's Guitar Case

Oregon Visit- Got to see my cousin Jocelyn!

Baby Quilt for Lilian and James

28 Weeks

Feel A LOT bigger than I look!

I love craigslist!

Just bought a baby swing and 70 + pieces of gender neutral 0-3 months clothing, blankets, bibs etc for $75! 90% of it was never even used! SCORE! Now I just need to find a Pack and Play, crib and baby monitors and we will be all set!

A few more diaper samples....

From left to right: "Very Baby Fannel Fitted" Newborn, made from a recycled receiving blanket, "EZdipe2" XXS/Preemie made from all Shepra...very soft, "Little Comet Tails" XXS Waterproof CoverSorry the pictures are a little washed out....
Today I am going to go for a hike then switch from diaper sewing to quilting....yes I have a rough life... :)

Snowmass Balloon Fest

The Start of our Newborn Cloth Diaper Stash

The last couple of days I have started experimenting with a few cloth diaper patterns. Once I decide which patterns I like best then I will begin an assembly style production.

Below are 3 different a patterns. From the top: Rita's Rump Pockets (made from recycled receiving blankets from yard sales) Second Row left to right: Darling Diapers Tiny Newborn, Darling Diapers Tiny Newborn (nighttime), Fattycakes Newborn.

Darling Diapers Tiny Newborn again, my favorite pattern so far.....look how tiny! Will fit a baby 8 lbs and under...