Rancid!

So Josh has worked 23 hours in the last 2 days. (Too much work!) Well, of course he hasn't seen Jeremiah during that time except for a few early morning snuggles today (which was so sweet!). Anyway, I didn't want to leave him out of the parenting "loop" so I was sure to save a diaper (that made me gag!) for him to deal with tonight (reminder: we use cloth diapers, so poop has to be "dealt" with). After he braved the diaper tonight, he came down & reported that it was "RANCID!" - ha!  I just love my husband! :)

Gross Boy Stuff

Jeremiah proves over & over again that he is 100% boy, but today was just about too much for this girlie-girl to handle. Even though he was happy & as sweet as could be all day, he was just plain GROSS!

Here is a rundown of the events that transpired throughout the day:

• playing with the recycling (which means the recycling container went on top of the kitchen table)
• opening the trash & diving in 3 different times today
• grabbing his poop while I'm changing his dirty diaper
• splashing around in the toilet (which was closed, but he's learned how to open)
• opening up his cloth diaper pail to fondle his soiled diapers
  

but the one that really got me...ugh, I'm shuddering just thinking about it...right before bath time (side note: it wasn't a bath day, but after the above events a bath was certainly in order!) I had just dumped a big poop into the toilet from one of his cloth diapers, I then closed the toilet and went back into his room to dump the diaper into his diaper pail. When I come back into the bathroom he has opened the toilet (again!) and is about to grab the big ball of POOP!!! The loudest scream of "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" comes out of my mouth. Honestly, I'm not sure if he actually touched the poop or not because I swiftly stripped him, put him in the tub and gave him the best bath of his life! He even got into all the scrubbing & lathered his belly and legs just like I had done. I think even he knew that he needed every last inch of his little toddler body scrubbed CLEAN!

A lot to catch up on...

I've fallen down in my Blogger Duties & have a lot to catch up on. In the meantime, enjoy this "Sneak Peek" of some photos we had done this week.

http://www.laurabrettphotography.com/blog/2009/08/child-photography/happy-one-clemmons-child-and-family-photographer/

Putting the FUN back in FUNctional!

Who needs the numerous toys Little J has when we have cloth diapers to play in! 

It's so fun to play with them, I bet it would be even more fun to get IN the basket!

And stand UP in the basket!

Aren't I so cute?!

Ok...all done!

I love CLOTH DIAPERS!

Especially ones that are FREE! So I'm blogging about this excellent cloth diaper free giveaway from Simple Wonders Diapers!

Let's hope I win because Little J could certainly use some new Bum Genius Diapers...it's almost all he wears!

Isn't Little J so cute with his fluffy butt! :)

Baxter likes them too!

Babies Don't Keep

Sometimes my house gets a bit dirty...

dishes have to be washed & put away

diapers need to be folded

 

dirt on the floor should be swept

 

sometimes Little J even plays in the aforementioned dirt

Whenever I start to get discouraged by the messy house & many chores that are waiting on me, I read this poem. It was published in a 1958 edition of Lady's Home Journal and I think it's still quite applicable more than 50 years later. Enjoy!

Mother, oh Mother, come shake out your cloth
empty the dustpan, poison the moth,
hang out the washing and butter the bread,
sew on a button and make up a bed.
Where is the mother whose house is so shocking?
She's up in the nursery, blissfully rocking.
 
Oh, I've grown shiftless as Little Boy Blue
(lullaby, rockaby, lullaby loo).
Dishes are waiting and bills are past due
(pat-a-cake, darling, and peek, peekaboo).
The shopping's not done and there's nothing for stew
and out in the yard there's a hullabaloo
but I'm playing Kanga and this is my Roo. 
Look! Aren't her eyes the most wonderful hue?
(lullaby, rockaby, lullaby loo).
 
The cleaning and scrubbing will wait till tomorrow,
for children grow up, as I've learned to my sorrow.
So quiet down, cobwebs. Dust go to sleep.
I'm rocking my baby and babies don't keep.

-Ruth Hulburt Hamilton

Big Boy PJs

I forgot to mention that we've had to move up to big boy PJs for Little J! He's simply too long (especially in the torso) for footed sleepers, so he's wearing 2-piece PJs. These work especially well over the very fluffy nighttime cloth diapers. Here's a (not-so-great) view of his new big boy puppy PJs.

Still enjoying the BEAUTIFUL weather!

We had a great few days of GORGEOUS weather! I can't believe it was 80-degrees the last 3 days! We spent quite a bit of time outside yesterday & today working in the yard (Big J & I are both a bit sore from the yardwork). Little J played in his Pea Pod to stay out of the sun since he cannot wear sunscreen yet. He really likes being outside! Little J & I even went over to Nana's today to hang outside with her for a little while. 

Little J had his first hammock experience today. It probably would have been a little more welcomed if he hadn't been so tired. (But doesn't he look so adorable in his Nana's Bottoms Cloth Diaper!) I'm spoiled now by this wonderful weather, but the winter weather will be returning by the end of the week. Friday's high is 45...BOO!!! 

In other news, last night was BUNCO Night! I hosted (corn-free Taco Night & Margaritas!) and we had a blast! My face hurt at the end of the night from so much laughing. We are a hodge-podge group of ladies, but we have so much fun together.  I'm already looking forward to next month's get-together!

Mommy's Little Helper

Remember how yesterday I signed off because Little J was waking up...well that's the last time he slept until bedtime!!! That's right...no more naps ALL-DAY-LONG! There was lots of crying and NO sleep. I have no idea what got into him, but I eventually just gave up. So, in the meantime I decided to put Little J to work. He helped me fold laundry & his diapers.

Thankfully he went to sleep easily a little before 6pm & slept well last night, only waking up once to nurse around 3am. Then he slept until 7:45 this morning - wonderful since Big J didn't have to leave for work until 9am.

After he went to sleep, we got everything packed up for our Mountain Trip. Big J got the car packed up this morning, I got Little J in the car just in time for his morning nap, and we headed west! Well, we headed west for about 8 minutes before "Nana" called to say they couldn't get down the mountain because the road was still iced over. So they are snowed in & we are back home. We're going to try one more time tomorrow - hopefully it will work out.

MILESTONE ALERT! Little J has been getting up on all fours a lot in the past 2 days. I think he's getting close to crawling! Although it wouldn't hurt my feelings if he held off just a little bit longer...I have a feeling my life won't be the same after he gets mobile!