Homemade gdiaper inserts

I just cleaned out my fabric stash the other day and found a ton of scraps. Then a friend offered me 2 gdiapers and I knew exactly how all those fleece, terry cloth & flannel scraps were going to be used. Ta-da!

We don't know what sex we are having and I thought the hubs might say something about the girly patterns but he's smart enough to realize babies don't care what they pee on. ; ]

I made 6 inserts it took about 45 minutes while watching TV & having a 4 year old helper.

They are super simple to make. I just used the one "disposable" insert she gave me as a pattern. 2 layers of fleece or 3 layers of terry cloth sandwiched between 2 pieces of flannel, serge the edges. Done.

Why do kids grow?

In one week my baby girl will be 2. I feel like I just brought her home from the hospital like last week.

Look at this tiny sweet newborn perfection.

And now she's a giant independent potty trained little girl.

I'd like to freeze time and keep my babies small forever.
Oh, well I'll have another newborn come March. Until then I'll just enjoy my big girls.

Projects with my mommy!

I know I said I'd post on Friday but I kinda suck so, sorry. My hubby's out of town at see his sister get married so my mom came to visit and make sure I don't kill the girls help me out around the house. Here are some of the projects we've done. Hung curtains for my closet doors. They're 4 pairs of Ikea Lill curtains (only $4.99 a pair!)

 We also got the chandy I picked up at the Goodwill rewired and hung. It was ugly gold before it's make over. Now it's white with pink candles and pearls. Girly and cute.

I have more to do. Hopefully I'll have another post in the next few days.

No, I didn't fall off the face of the Earth

 I'm alive and the baby's kicking (not that I can feel but we saw on the ultrasound today.) It's a wiggly little thing. Our doctor was surprised at how stretched out it is. I guess most babies are curled into a ball at this point (12 weeks).

 

 I'm way behind on updating my blog. So here's a quick peek at what I've been up to besides growing a baby and sleeping.

Muffin Tin Meals

Nothing fancy but the girls don't care.

 

 A little bit of sewing for the Miss Mina.

 And a bit for my little cousin. She just turned 5.

And a few projects around the house I haven't gotten around to photographing. Like a new toothbrush/towel rack for my bathroom, chandelier and the start of the nursery/craft room. I promise another update by Friday.

I just cleaned my shower with an orange and some kosher salt

That's right. With food. And it worked great. Even better, it smelled great! So I'm addicted to Pinterest (and spend too much time on their site) and found this idea. Now my shower will never be dirty again. (By the way I'm about 10 weeks preggo and have the super smell ability, which means the smell of comet, scrubbing bubbles and yes, bleach make me wanna vomit.) So it had been a while since I'd scrubbed the shower. Like almost 2 months.

After a test spot.

Don't judge me too harshly for the disgusting before.

No chemicals means I get a little helper.

Ta-da!

And I have a feeling it will look even better when I clean it again next week.

 Super simple directions.
Cut orange (or lemon or grapefruit) in half
Sprinkle liberal amount of salt in tub/shower
Rub fruit in small circles, picking up fresh salt every now and again.
I scrapped out the worst of the salty-pulpy gunk but washed the rest down the drain.