Symmetry

I am up at 1:19 am checking email, etc. and playing online and came across this way cool short video on dooce.com. In case you want to know why I'm up at 1:19 am, it's because I had trouble falling asleep tonight (even with a dr. prescribed sleep aid). Then Rosco (our dog) woke me up wanting to go out to the bathroom... only to realize he had already done so on the floor. Finally laid back down and Ellie started crying. Let her cry for 20 min, went in and rocked her. Craig is sleeping in the other room. Now I'm laying here wide awake stressing about the two important meetings that I have tomorrow...

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Easter 2011

Here are a few pics of Ellie on Easter! Plus a tiny sneak preview of the baby's room (which isn't done yet)... I don't think there is ONE picture of her looking at the camera smiling. I can't seem to get one these days! She really had a BLAST. Candy and toys worth less than $1 are RIGHT up her alley these days! She has been carrying one of her four easter baskets around 24/7 since Sunday! She calls them her purses :)



Here's the link on Snapfish:




http://www1.snapfish.com/snapfish/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=4152664015/a=5766466_5766466/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/




Here's a couple of them:

Some recent pics!

Hi all! Here are some recent pics of us! Is this my child? I am personally not a fan of holding fish! But she loves to let them go swimming! Fishing w/ Daddy--almost every night LARGE AND IN CHARGE at 33 weeks! Just a cute one of Ellie waking up in the morning w/ her 80's hair! Oh there's so much to this picture. We were recently handed down this GIANT Dora. Ellie is not really sure what to do w/ her but Grammy took them on a walk together... Wonder what our neighbors thought? Here are a few updates of Ellie's re-decorated room... pics of the baby's room to come!

Resuable Swim Diapers

Hey moms! Great article: http://alphamom.com/parenting/baby/disposable-vs-reusable-swim-diapers/

A lot of you know that I stronly debated on using cloth diapers when Ellie was born (I didn't) and that I'm still struggling w/ the same decision now. Craig is totally against it, but I'm sure he would be supportive if I REALLY wanted to. I just don't know if I REALLY want to :) Please don't judge me!

I do, however, STRONGLY suggest that any of you w/ babes in diapers this summer invest in a couple of the resuable swim diapers. I personally HATE the swimmer disposable diapers, so figured these had to be better and I love them! We got Ellie a couple of the iPlay Swim Diaper and they work great! They are easy to put on, super absorbant and easy to wash.

Did you know that NO swim diapers hold much pee? That their main purpose is really to catch the Baby Ruth if necessary. I did not know that so our first swim lesson had some tee tee on her outfit (no biggie). So, what I do is put on the swim diaper, then the swim suit, then a regular diaper... then her clothes :) In case she pees thru the swim diaper & suit... she'll be getting in the pool as soon as we get there.

Any other fun summer tips???? I'm looking forward to going to the pool (me, fully clothed, however) with Ellie and the baby (once she's a few weeks old) this summer! We got a little napping tent for the baby to use at the pool if we are having a good old time!