*Deep sigh*

So, making cloth diapers from recycled materials is a little more difficult than I would have anticipated. I'm going to follow this thing through, but it would be much easier if I just bought the materials online and then made the stuff. It's so hard to find suitable waterproof material!!!

Making my own

So I already have a post written and waiting in the wings about how I made my own cloth baby wipes, and I'm now about to endeavor to make my own cloth diapers using recycled materials from my house. I did a Google search for PUL and waterproof diaper material and found some GREAT tutorials on making your own diapers. It's a long time coming and I'm surprised I bought so many before trying to make my own. Well, not so surprised since I'm only four months off being pregnant and giving birth. But it's time. It's time to do it myself because I know I can. I have always loved to sew, so why not use my talents to feed my addictions???

Pictures and updates to follow as I have time (ie-when the baby is napping ;-)

Thanks Mama

So I found a new online cloth diaper store today! I heard about them because of this awesome giveaway. So, check out Thanks Mama for yourself. It looks pretty sweet!!!

Mail

Okay, so it's well-established that I'm obsessed with my cloth diapers. I'm also obsessed with shopping online. (Almost all my Christmas shopping was done through Amazon and Snapfish :-D). With that obsession comes a new obsession with the postman. No, not that kind of obsession! But I eagerly await the mail EVERY DAY because I always have so many wonderful things to wait for! For instance, this week I'm expecting an aqua Haute Pockets One-size Diaper , an apple green one-size Fuzzi Bunz, some Rockin' Green Laundry detergent in the Cherry Almond scent, a present for a friend's little girl, and a nursing bra for my abnormally sized rack (currently a 36H). I can't TELL you how excited I am! It's a good thing my husband and I are on a tight budget. I know exactly how much I can spend on my cloth diapers from pay check to paycheck and in the two weeks that anticipate that paycheck I carefully plot my purchases, searching through websites posted on Diaperpin.com to find the best deals with free shipping (the only thing I've bought without free shipping recently is the laundry detergent as it's nearly impossible to find detergent that ships for free because it's so darn heavy!). So, what's on the agenda for next week? A diaper sprayer. Found one at nicki's diapers.com that's 29.99 but I couldn't find any with free shipping that are cheaper. It will total to about $34 with the coupon code "Madison" that I found on retailmenot.com that has always worked to take 10%--or is it 5% --off my Nicki's Diapers orders. Normally the things I buy from Nicki's Diapers ship for free (Diaper covers and pocket diapers) but alas, the diaper sprayer does not.

In any case, I'm at work, supposed to be prepping for my Spanish 2 class and blogging about my incoming packages instead because I'm just so excited!

Do you know I've banned my husband from opening said packages simply because I relish the joy of doing it myself? I'm already jealous enough that he's there when the postman comes bearing my precious gifts, so I've kindly requested that he keep the packages intact until I come home so I can still savor that small pleasure! :-)

A cool giveaway!

Sharni from the Nappy Shoppe has a cool giveaway (hers are always creative and interesting). All you have to do is take a picture of your stash and show it to her to enter. Sweet huh??? Here's mine!

My Minky Moo Tweedlebugs Diaper!

I got the diaper that I won in the mail a week or so ago from Diaper Discussions and it's so adorable! It's slightly different from the other Tweedlebugs diapers. The insert goes in a pocket, and not a sleeve, the layer against the baby's skin is microsuede instead of fleece, and the snaps are placed differently. Other than that, it's pretty much the same design as the regular Tweedlebugs. And I love tweedlebugs because they're so economical and yet have the same high quality as other diapers I have. (They are best for larger babies, though, I must say)

So anyway, here for your viewing pleasure is my daughter in her Minky Moo!!!

An Amazing series of cloth giveaways!!!

Take time to smell the rose has the best series of giveaways going on right now. Check it out for youerself. She has some amazing sponsors! Some, like Happy Heinys and Haute Pockets are really popular, and some I've never heard of but I'd LOVE to know more about them. So go over there and check it out!!!