Endrit's dress for Marsi

Today Marsi wore a dress that Endrit picked out and bought this last week.  He is an awesome dad.

Cloth Diapers

Yes, Endrit and I are cloth diapering.  I have to say that I was nervous about starting it.  Since we had received so many disposable diapers for gifts I wanted to use those before I ventured into the cloth diaper realm.  Every once in a while I would use one cloth diaper here and there with her.  I liked the cloth diapers, but I had more disposables.

Well, we ran out of most of the disposables and started full on cloth diapers 3 days ago.  I have to say I LOVE them.  Not only are the diapers cute, I am finding that they work better than any of the disposables that we have used (Pampers, Huggies, and Luvs).

There are a few things that have changed since I was in cloth diapers as a baby. For one, they come in the cutest waterproof fabrics like froggies...

And Hello Kitty...

Yes, it is waterproof and it is called a pocket diaper.  There is a liner that you put in a pocket in the diaper for absorbency.  That means you can put as much or as little in there that you want.  Right now I am doing a triple layer of microfiber that came with this particular diaper type.  I also have plain covers called econobums that I use a prefold flat diaper and it works wonderful!

Another difference is this little thing called a diaper sprayer that is attached to the toilet.

It makes it SO easy to just spray the poop off of the diaper without having to dip it into the toilet.  Believe me, I had to do both, and I LOVE my diaper sprayer.

By far my favorite cloth diaper is the econobum cover with a prefold.  The simplest diaper I bought.  They are my night time diapers.  I have never had a leak with them.  I use the other diapers during the day because they hold less pee than the econobums and she would leak overnight.

So, yeah.  I am excited about diapers.  I didn't think that I would like cloth diapers as much as I have.  I know I only like them because the technology in the diapers has changed and I have a diaper sprayer. I love my little fluffy butt kid.

Christmas

Endrit and I decided that we were not going to put up our tree this year.  So, no tree pictures.  It kind of makes me sad because I got some really cute Christmas tree ornaments at the after Christmas sale last year.  But, I wouldn't be Christian if I didn't decorate for the true meaning of Christmas with a nativity.  So, I got my nativity out that I bought last year (again after Christmas sale on Novica.com).  I love this nativity.  It is one of a kind glass sculpture from Peru.

So, we do have some decorations up.  The important decorations.  Christmas is about the birth of Christ.

December 18, 2011

We have a date for Marsi's baby blessing. December 18.  I am really excited for the day to come!  I hope that she fits into my blessing dress.  If you will be in SLC around that time, you are more than welcome to come. We would love to see lots of people there for Marsi.

Sunday dress

Such a cutie...what else is there to say?

Comparison Picture

I am amazed at how quickly Marsi has grown.  She was a big girl at birth, but she just gets bigger and bigger all the time.  I just wanted to show you a comparison picture of her from 5 days old leaving the hospital and one taken today.

Sleepy Baby

Marsi is just finishing up a growth spurt.  She has been really sleepy today because of it.  We try to keep her up as long as possible after feedings so that she will sleep tonight.  After Endrit kept her awake for a while she started to get fussy so Mom got her.  I tried to keep her awake for a little longer by sitting and bouncing her on my lap.  She started to nod off.  It was SO adorable!  Eventually there was nothing I could do to keep her awake.  Her head drooped and her eyes closed.  I told Endrit he had to take a picture of her.  So, here is the latest picture of my little girl.