OK OK I am not very good at keeping this up to date lol. It has been almost a year since I have posted and Braelyn sure has grown a TON since then. She is very independent and likes trying to be a big girl. She is also in the terrible two's and is getting very sassy and likes to test me but she is a lot of fun. She just got done with gymnastics and I may put her in the summer session. She really enjoyed it. We are still very active in the playgroup and I just took over as the Organizer of the group last month. We really enjoy it and I think it has been great for Braelyn. She has so many little friends :) I really like all the moms in the group and it is wonderful to be able to get out a few times a week and see everyone. We went to the Splash Pad yesterday for the first time and Braelyn LOVED it there. I think I will be taking her there often this summer lol. We are going to be going swimming today :) I will try and keep this updated.

Cloth Diapers

While I was pregnant with Brae out of nowhere Mark asked me if I was going to cloth diaper her. I just looked at him shocked. I had never really given it much thought. So I decided to check it out and was amazed at what the cloth diapers were like now days. They are so soft and pretty :) So I did a ton of research on them and then started to buy a NB and small stash. I was so excited about using them. Then after I got home with Brae I couldn't get all my cute diapers to fit well. So I used them off and on but wasn't so sure about it anymore. They were so huge on such a small baby. I knew I would never get used to clothes not fitting because her bum was so huge lol. Cloth diapers tend to be a little bulkier but they were really bad when she was so small. I think a lot of it was also the diapers I got just weren't working for her. So after 2 months of using them on and off I decided to sell them all :( So I went and listed them on Diaperswapper and they started to sell but I was on there a lot checking on if things were selling. One day everyone was talking about how Mutts were going to be stocking. There was a HUGE thread all day talking about it. So of course I read up and checked out the stocking. They had the prettiest diapers :) Next thing I knew I had bought one lol Opps I was trying to SELL my diapers not buy more. Well in a week when it came I fell in love with it. It fit Brae perfect and was so soft and pretty. So I decided to give it a try again. I still had some diapers that hadn't sold and they still fit her and worked better since she had gotten bigger. She ever since that day she has never had a sposie on :) I love her diapers and feel great about them every time I put one on her. They are not only better for the environment but they are better for her too :)

Here is a pic of her in one of her first cloth diapers.

And here is her in her first Mutt that changed my mind about using cloth diapers :) She now has 26 of these diapers in different prints and I love them all.

4th of July

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY

I had to work this morning. I had a full day. Starting with Lorraine getting color. Brandy and Bianca getting HC's and Crystal getting a perm. I got off at 4:00. Me and Mark aren't doing any thing tonight. We are tired and needed a break. We have been gone every weekend. It will be nice to just stay home and rest. I hope everyone has a great 4th :) 

Jim's party

Me and Braelyn went to "Grandpa" Jim's party tonight. It was very nice. He had it at Puzzlers Pub and had a buffet and free beer :) Everyone loved Brae like they always do lol. She had a blast being the center of attention. There were some other kids there and they were having fun playing with her. We only stayed till 9:00 because I had to get her home to bed.

9 months

Today Braelyn is 9 months :) My baby is getting so big. She is learning new things everyday. Today we were passing by a picture of her and she said baby. She kept looking at the picture and saying baby. It was cute :) I gave her some yo baby organic yogurt today and she loved it.

So me and Mark eat out a lot and we decided we need to start making lunches and dinner at home instead. Today I made Mark a lunch for work. PB & J sandwich, banana, yogurt, fruit flat and a drink. Nothing great but it was what we had in the house. When he got to work he put it in the fridge and when he went to get it later for lunch it was gone :(

Work

Today I was going to take Braelyn to the FCM but we were going to meet there at 11:00 and I had to be to work early at 2:00 to do a client. I have to take Brae out to my moms on Tuesdays so I decided it would not give us much time out there and we would have to go another day. So I get to work at 2:00 and my client didn't even show up :( I was not happy. Then my last 2 clients ended up canceling. So I only had one haircut on the book so Jessi let me go home early. Since my mom had Brae I decided to go and get my nails done. Then I went and picked her up and was home before 9:00 when I was supposed to get off work lol. It was nice to be home early.

Cooks dairy farm

Today I took Braelyn to the dairy farm with the play group. She got to see cows, pigs and even pet a baby cow. She enjoyed being outside and being around the other kids and I got to get some yummy ice cream :) I will have to take Braelyn back when she is older and will be able to enjoy the cows and have some ice cream :)

Tomorrow I have to go into work early but I am still going to try and take Braelyn to the Flint Children's Museum. She loves being able to crawl all over the place there and watch all the kids play.