I just don't understand...

I don't understand how a kid that won't eat simple things like spaghetti sauce or hot dogs will eat things like scallops and edamame. I will never understand!!

Brothers!!

I am very lucky. My boys love each other so much. I know that it will not stay this way but for right now it is so sweet. BigJ is such a good big brother. He comforts his brother when he cries. He picks up the suckie if it dropped. He helps entertain him while in the saucer, swing or bouncer. He talks to him and tried to play ball with him. Anytime littleJ is on the floor, bigJ wants to help him roll over or help him sit up. BigJ always lets me know when his little brother has spit up and sometimes will take it upon himself to try and clean it up!

The love I see between the two of them already takes my breath away most days. I thought I was going to be dealing with some serious jealous when the little guy got here but so far not much at all, if any. BigJ is so caring and concerned about his brother. And littleJ just looks so adoringly at his big brother. He looks like he is just counting the seconds until he can run and play with him!

Have I mentioned how much I love having 2 boys and that I can't get enough of their love for each other?!

As if I wasn't busy enough...

So being that I have sooooooo much free time I have decided that I hate the wallpaper in the great room and want it gone. When we bought this house, I wasn't a fan of the wallpaper ( I am never a fan of wallpaper ) and I figured we could easily change it when I wanted to. Well I decided that I wanted to change it yesterday. Of course I had to call the hubby and get permission before I start ripping it off. Since he is putty in my capable hands, he agreed if the walls were OK underneath.



So I started with a small patch to see if they were OK. They seemed fine to me but I ran into another problem. There are 2 layers of wallpaper. UGH!!I think I may have mentioned it already that I HATE WALLPAPER. I have removed a border once in our old house but as many of you know this room is MUCH bigger and wallpaper covers the wall. See exhibit A B and C below but disregard the chaos that is our great room.

So that is the room and I have already started the removal process. I can get the whole first layer off and most of the second layer except the back and glue. I know I will be using wallpaper stripper for that part. But I am at a loss for what color to paint the room when done. The wood panel will be staying and the hubby thinks that something neutral will work best. I am really thinking about a robin egg blue. I think that will work great with our cream couch and warm honey wood color. Any suggestions????

Trying to get back in the swing of things!

I have been on a extended long weekend and am trying to get back into the swing of things... in the mean time... enjoy the boys!

Wordless Wednesday- My new favorites

Online purchase review-Banana Peels Diapers

Since I have become a cloth diapering mama, I have been trying to find as many great places to buy fluff that I can. I always need to get a good deal since the hubby is very money conscious. I had a recent opportunity to use http://bananapeelsdiapers.com/ . I needed to buy some new covers because littleJ, the chunk, has outgrown his covers I bought 2 weeks ago. Crazy huh? So I decided to give Banana Peels a go since they had the covers I needed and I also wanted to get some extra hemp doublers for nights.

So I placed my order of 3 thirsties covers and a few hemp doublers. Perhaps 30 minutes later while checking my email I see I have 2 emails from Heather at Banana Peels. I assumed one was my order summary and didn't know what the other one was. Turns out that my hemp doublers were out of stock from the manufacturer and she was emailing me to ask whether I wanted to wait until they come in or get a refund. This happened maybe 30 minutes after I placed my order. Before I could email her back she sent another email explaining that she had already shipped my other items. WOW.. that was super fast!

I emailed her back to find out how long the wait would be and she advised me that she had emailed the company to see when they would be back in stock. Luckily it was only 2 weeks so I can wait 2 weeks- no big deal at all. But the customer service at Banana Peels was so great! Above and beyond! And super quick. I would recommend this company to anyone looking for cloth diapering needs. Thanks to Heather at Banana Peels Diapers http://bananapeelsdiapers.com/

Jan-Feb updates

January was busy! We were unpacking those first few weeks. Since we were displaced through Christmas we decided to have our family Christmas with bigJ in January complete with tree and gifts! We decorated the tree and acted like it was Christmas morning one Sunday morning. It was a lot of fun. bigJ didn't seem to know any different.

February was just as busy as January, but with a few rather large differences. I was travelling back and forth to Roanoke for Dr. appointments. I didn't want to start with a new OB and new hospital in Richmond so I knew I had to do some travelling and go back to Roanoke to stay around 36 weeks just in case.

The hubby and I took a babymoon to Williamsburg for a long weekend. It would be the last time we would be alone together for quite a while and we knew it. We had a pretty nice time. We did some outlet shopping, eating, siteseeing, eating, relaxing and did I mention eating. I think that the innkeepers where we stayed were afraid I was going to go into labor but alas no baby yet.

When we got home from the babymoon, there was no rest for the weary. I had to pack bigJ, the baby in the bellyand my stuff up to move back in with the IL's for the last 4 weeks of my pregnancy. After the first appointment, we had a bit of a scare that this baby would be here sooner rather than later. I started doing some serious last minute shopping with my mother in law- baby bedding, diapers, swing, boppy, etc. But things calmed back down and we settled into a kind of routine in Roanoke. We spent a little time in Martinsville as well but we accidentally got snowed in there! It was bigJ's first real snow but we were not prepared. We hhad no snow clothes or gloves or boots, but we made do.

It would have been absolutely perfect if the snow hadn't completely stopped us from getting to Roanoke and me being about 37 weeks pregnant. The snow did eventually melt and we made it back just in time to finalize details for bigJ's birthday!

More on the birthday tomorrow.