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Colin and Ethan are growing so much already. It’s hard to believe! Ethan is walking like a champion now. I’ll have to put up a video of that soon. I am getting excited about teaching them things. It’s just so fun to look at things from their point of view. Everything is new. I’m very happy God made me a mommy. What a blessing it is. Sometimes it’s challenging but I know the challenges are shaping me to be a better person and a better Christian. So all I can say is yey for children! Ethan can throw a ball now, something that Colin didn’t do until later on. He is also starting to learn some words. He is learning speech faster than Colin did. He says teeth, ball, nose, and does a pretty good job of copying most small words but doesn’t remember them all yet. Colin is getting better with talking now too. He still doesn’t say a whole lot but he makes some sentences and stuff. He’ll say things like Tati car, blanket bed, etc. (Tati is daddy in Romanian.) Colin is also very helpful with his brother. He’ll help brother walk to mommy for instance and he’ll give brother toys. I’m quite excited actually. My good friend told me that I can probably homeschool my boys at close to the same level in the early years especially. It’s nice having them only 2 years apart in age for that reason. They are good buddies and I’m so happy to have them home with me. I’m about ready for spring at this point. I really want to go outside with the boys and enjoy some warm weather. It was in the 40’s today but a bit windy. Felt more like 30. But, I’m happy because it is definitely warmer here in Montana than it was in Minnesota! I am excited for warmer weather and longer days. It’s what I need to get motivated to do some of the projects around the house I’ve been putting off for so long. I’m looking forward to getting the home improvements taken care of and stuff. It’s been so long since I’ve written on here but I blame that on winter too. Winter just zaps me of motivation. Come spring and summer, my favorite times of the year. Here’s a great link on how to learn and teach the 10 commandments. Well, we moved into our new home in the beginning of October. We are very happy to have a place of our own now and look forward to settling in more. It needs some work but when we get our tax credit back we will do some painting and stuff. I was going to wait until we had some pics to post on here but I still haven’t gotten things looking well enough for pics yet. I will post some soon. We’ve been super busy since buying this place with settling in, illness and Ishka having to go out of town a couple of times for work. It’s a calming feeling living in a house. Living in an apartment like we did most of the time we were married is just not as nice. We have our own yard, we get to plant our first garden, I can hang our clothes out on a line, etc… It’s just so nice. I really appreciated this sermon. Click on the link below. You can find more sermons from Jim McClarty at http://www.salvationbygrace.org I don’t have the grobaby system but I decided to give the biosoakers a try in some of my other diaper covers. I received a pack of them yesterday and have been using them on my 9 month old and over 2 and a half year old sons since then. Warning: Don’t stick the sticky stuff directly on PUL. I learned that the hard way. I probably should have realized it but for some reason it didn’t process until after I had done it. I did find that these will work OK with thirsties and bummi’s super brite covers if you don’t use the sticky stuff and just lay the biosoaker in the cover. I also discovered that you can partially uncover the front sticky area and stick it on the clothy side of the prefold pocket part on the thirsties and bummi’s super brite covers. Be sure not to stick any of the sticky stuff on the PUL though, like I said before. I think these soakers work well. I might be purchasing more. They seem a bit healthier for my kiddos and the only thing I think would improve these would be to get rid of the SAP stuff completely and maybe just add in a little extra wood pulp or whatever instead. SAP is icky! SAP means “super absorbent polymers.” It’s the gel stuff you find in most disposable diapers. You can tear the soaker once they are soiled and dump the inner stuff out into the toilet. I have done it a few times but I don’t like to do it because you have to take it out by hand, it doesn’t just fall into the toilet. It’s pretty gross. If you are really all about earth friendliness though and don’t mind getting your hands full of the inner stuff, go for it. Make sure to put the outer disposable shell part in the trash as that is not flushable. I would not recommend these soakers for overnight. I didn’t try it but I read elsewhere of people trying it and their baby’s waking up wet so I would rather not try it. They aren’t as absorbent since they have a much lower SAP amount then your average store bought diapers. I had an overall positive experience and would recommend these when cloth diapers aren’t an option. The biosoakers are more expensive than typical mainstream disposable diapers but are healthier for your kids. The biosoakers are close to the same price as the huggies organic/natural disposables. But, I do believe that huggies still has a LOT more SAP in their natural line than what you will find in the biosoakers. The biosoakers come in 2 sizes, size 2 fits in my medium diaper covers. I personally think they should make a size 3 since the biosoakers are almost the same as my size 3 disposable diapers and my oldest is in size 5. They still work, but a slightly larger size would be nice. Tea Tree Oil looks like it could be the answer to a lot of things for me. I recommend checking it out. It’s amazing how many uses it has. I’m going to try it on my cloth diapers. Tea Tree Oil: “Medicine Chest in a Bottle” |
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