A Few Of My Favorite Things

There are a couple of mommy luxuries that make my life easier or are just plain cute. Here are a few of my favs.

Gracie has a weird shape or something and leaks out of every disposable diaper I've tried. I was looking online at diapers and came across these BumGenius 3.0 cloth diapers. I thought I'd give them a try. LOVE THEM!!! She has not leaked once! They are way easy to take care of. No pins or rubber pants. Just throw them in the washer. I also found these Kushies liners that I put in the diaper and just flush down the toilet instead of rinsing the diapers out. Way easy, economical and bonus... they're green.

Another favorite of mine are these hair bows and flowers. The headband is nylon and you can clip any hair bow on them. These are from a boutique, but I'm loving Avery's Bows at http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5390321




Another is my slings. I have a New Native Infant Carrier and also a stylish looking sling I bought at the Quilted Bear. They buy me freedom. I stick Grace into the sling and Jake in the shopping cart and away I go. She snuggles right in a goes to sleep. My sister-in-law just got a Moby Wrap. She loves it. I'm thinking I might try one of those.

I'm also loving Gracie's bracelets. They're from www.simplycharmed.com. Way cute!

My last fav is probably more a fetish, but I'm loving pink and brown anything. It's such a cute color combination. I didn't notice I was dressing Gracie mostly in it until a sister-in-law pointed it out. I'll admit it... it's a favorite right now.

Anyway, just wanted to share some of my favs!

Hubby Tag...

1. What's his name? David Brent Dickson
2. How long have you been together? 6 years together, 5 1/2 married (I know, it was fast)
3. How long did you date? 4 or 5 months (not exclusively on either side HAHA)
4. Who eats more? Dave
5. Who said "I love you" first? Dave
6. Who is taller? Dave by far
7. Who sings better? Me! He can't even remember the lyrics.
8. Who is smarter? I'm book smart and Dave is street smart.
9. Who does the laundry? Both, but usually me.
10. Who does the dishes? Both, but usually Dave.
11. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Dave
12. Who pays the bills? I do. Dave thinks utility bills are optional.
13. Who mows the lawn? Dave, thank goodness!
14. Who cooks dinner? Both, but usually Dave.
15. Who drives when you are together? Dave, I scare him too much because I drive "like a grandma". I've heard this from multiple sources so maybe it's true.
16. Who is more stubborn? Both of us have our moments.
17. Who kissed who first? We kind of kissed each other after talking about it for two hours. It was awful! But we've had our best kiss together too :)
18. Who asked who out first? Dave for sure, the first time didn't go over that well though and he didn't ask me out again for like 6 months.
19. Who proposed? Dave. He didn't want to spring it on me like that, but I was trying to break up with him so he kind of had to.
20. Who is more sensitive? Definitely ME!!
21. Who has more friends? Dave by far, he's way more social than I am.
22. Who has more siblings? Dave by far (Dave-#12 of 13; Me #2 of 4).
23. Who wears the pants in the family? Depends on the situation. We both put each other in our place when it's called for.

Ok so I am going to tag: Kaitlin, Christie, Linzie and Elise

This One's For Shalee

I told you I couldn't get any good pics on Gracie's blessing day and here's the proof. I'll dress her up again and try to get some good ones for ya.

She's way fun. I love to dress her up. She's a great baby and even likes to go shopping. She likes doing anything with her mama. Love her!!!

Gone Fishin'

Dave and I took Jake and Gracie fishing the other day. Jake loved it! He caught a fish, but his favorite part was dumping cups of fish food into the pond (the fish go CRAZY when you do that). On the way home he asked us what he should name his fish. "Um, dinner?" was Dave's reply. We tried to explain that we eat those kinds of fish, they aren't pets. Jake was confused and thought we were disgusting wanting to eat his "new friend". Oops, maybe we should have explained better before we went.

That little trip started off Jake's worst Asthma attack ever. It was totally scary and we were ready to call an ambulance, but then Dave gave him a blessing and it calmed down. He's back on the 'roids again. Fun, fun!

I'm trying to raise Jake to eat healthy, so we have oatmeal for breakfast most days. He hates it. Yesterday he yelled, "I'm not eating that, it looks like diarrhea!" How does he know what diarrhea is, let alone what it looks like? Boys.

Correction

Just to clarify an earlier post, I wasn't calling Dave fat in the Fat and Fatter blog. I was calling myself fat and saying I was going to get fatter that week (which I did). Anyway, Dave was offended. Just to let everyone know, I do not think he's fat. He's pleasantly, um........ well fed. HAHAHAHA!!!!