babies, babies, it's all I talk about I know.

I spent a little while yesterday morning just watching my belly move. It is really the greatest thing I have ever seen or felt. I go back and forth from feeling so confident and ready for this baby to come, and feeling a little bit unprepared. I think that is how I'm supposed to feel.
I'm lucky that our decision to have a home-birth has been received very well by everyone we know. It makes me feel good to know that the people who love and care about me trust that I make my decisions wisely.

I know a lot of people probably don't understand why we would want to have a home-birth, or would think that it is risky or dangerous. I have done months of research, read so many books. It's not risky or dangerous. If I had a high risk pregnancy, than maybe, but my pregnancy has been completely normal. We know we have made the best decision for us and our baby.

Here is our Midwife's Website: Fern Midwifery

How am I 32 weeks pregnant already? Where has the time gone? She will be here so soon.

Today Barbara and I had a little cloth-diapering shopping spree. We are planning on using prefolds mostly, since they are the most affordable, and are really much easier then people make them out to be. We did splurge on a few Bum-Genius extra small diapers, just for the first couple months. They are tiny (6-12 lbs), and so so adorable. Mike kept saying, "is her bum really going to be that small?". When she grows out of those, and through the G diapers we already have (8-15 lbs), then we will be getting some adjustable one-size fits all diapers (7-35 lbs), which will last until she is potty trained. So far we are only about $200 in, and will probably only spend $200 more on cloth diapering supplies. Maybe $300 when you factor in flannel wipes instead of disposable. $500  for over 2 years of diapering, and then we can use it all for the second baby. It seems like a lot up front, but go ahead and look up how much diapering costs per child for 2+ years of disposables and wipes. It's a lot. ( if we had planned better, and not jumped the gun and bought the G-diapers before I did all the research, we would have saved about $75 more.)

Just look at that cute little Dipe!

big feelings

Do you remember the line in hook when Tinkerbell gets huge?

"this is the biggest feeling I've ever, ever felt, this is the biggest feeling I've ever had and this is the first time I've been big enough to have it."

Im pretty sure that is how I feel right now, and how I will feel when I have my baby.
It'll be the biggest feeling I've ever felt the first time I see and hold her.

I think that is how Mike will feel too, the first time he gets to see her and hold her
which is pretty significant to anticipate that after 45 or so years of living, you are going to have bigger feelings than you have ever had before.

Just some thoughts I had today.

dog barf

I do realize that babies barf a lot more frequently than dogs,

so I really hope I can stomach it better,

because I can't handle dog barf.

I can't even look at it, let alone clean it up

hence the reason I am leaving my house today

without cleaning up dog barf.

Instead I just covered it up with a towel, so I didn't have to look at it

and so mike can deal with it when he gets home.

yuck.

p.s. if you feed your dogs normal dog food instead of occasional leftover human food, this probably will not be an issue.

my house

I'm pretty sure that I have the raddest house of anyone I know.
You should all come and see it sometime.

Kaelee

Baby Hazel is on her way!

What we NEED
Cloth Diapers:

any of the below, even if you just get us one! we are pretty serious about not using disposables, and we will need a variety of cloth diapers. If you know nothing about cloth diapers, here is a  list of links to some we would like to try. The one size fits all diapers adjust to babies from 7-35 lbs! Those will last us until potty training, and the best part, we can use them for baby # 2.

• Charlie Banana Swim Diaper, in all 3 sizes
• Fuzzi Bunz one size cloth diapers
• Grovia one size cloth diapers
• Bum Genius one size cloth diapers

cloth diapers are the number one thing we need, but we have registered for some other very needed items @ Giggle

Registrant(s): Kaelee Everett & Michael Everett

Registry #41944: Welcoming baby Hazel


What We Have:

• Crib
• Stroller
• Pack n play
• G diapers, size small
• onesies galore
• Sleepers
• socks
• a few little booties
• 3 dresses
• a few tiny pants
• a few hats
• bottle sanitizer and warmer
• books
• baby bedding
• hooded towels
• Mobile

What we don't have/ could use more of:

• Receiving Blankets/swaddlers
• Burp cloths
• bibs
• Disney movies
• hats
• tiny pants, especially if they are striped :)
• booties
• pacifiers
• baby hygiene/first aid kit
• baby washcloths
• baby bath/skin products (California Baby, Burt's Bees baby products, Weleda, Aveeno)

baby's booty

Why our baby girl's booty is going to be the cutest, and most eco-friendly booty there is:

G diapers

We will not be contributing to this:

 Disposable diapers are full of toxic waste, not meant to be handled in landfills, yet they are the third most common item in landfills around the world. It takes between 200-500 years for diapers to biodegrade, even if they are the biodegradable kind! I will handle my own child's waste, the right way, instead of sending it out for the rest of the world to deal with in a plastic bag. Poo belongs in the toilet, and that is where I will be putting it. Did you know that even if you use disposables, you are supposed to empty the poo into the toilet, so that less toxic waste reaches landfills?

Plus who can argue that cloth diapers aren't in fact a thousand times better looking than disposables?

not too mention statistics show kids who cloth diaper potty-train earlier.

and NO cloth diapering does not mean diaper rash. Leaving your child in any soiled diaper too long is what creates diaper rash.

eww.

How hard can it be? (keep in mind that I don't do the laundry until I run out of underwear)

It will be hard, but I feel like this is part of the responsibility of becoming a parent.

Responsibly disposing of their waste.
That is what I intend to do.

How to choose a paint color + belly shot

OH

and a new haircut

Birth

I posted a while ago that I was totally freaked out by birth. Since then I've been doing quite a bit of reading, and I've decided that Birth is nothing to be afraid of. In fact i'm feeling pretty excited and confident about it all. I've learned a lot about the whole process, and have decided that not only the epidural, but pretty much any medication is off the table, including an IV.  They are not even an option unless there are certain special circumstances. I have my reasons for this, and they are good ones. If you want to know what I've been reading, or why I've made these decisions you're welcome to ask me, but i'm not here to preach.

I'm also not here to hear why they are bad decisions, or why your experience with an epidural was wonderful. I especially don't want to hear the terrible story of the birth of your children and how it all went wrong, or how long and grueling and painful it was, so don't tell me.

TV

Today we cancelled our Direct Tv.
I asked mike about it this week, I felt like we were wasting too much of our time together watching pointless television shows that we don't even enjoy. I was so surprised when he agreed. I was even more surprised that he was that quick to cancel it.
Here's to spending more quality time doing quality things together.

The most ridiculously adoreable baby clothes

Found Here

and Here