I have recently discovered pinterest! Now I really thought I had no idea what it was all about until I was informed my initial thought was correct! After that I have been increasingly addicted to it! I made 1 recipe already that I found there and have all but 3 items needed for another! Also the DIY crafts are awesome! I am loving it! I have so much planned for Evan this year that I wish I would have had last year. One in particular is making ghosts out of his foot print! I cant wait!

My little man has to have the oddest sized feet ever! They arent too fat height wise but they are very wide. Crazy wide!! But oddly small for his size. A 2 would nicely fit him if they werent so narrow (even 2w is too narrow) so we go up to a 3w but its really long in the length. Meh at some point it'll even out right? LOL!

Speaking of the little man he is EVERYWHERE! His feet are constantly in a run mode and his favorite thing to do is run towards the stairs yelling No! No! I think he thinks if he does this we wont come and stop him from climbing them. Who knows! He has also officially reached the Toddler Tornado stage. The path of Tornado Evan stretches from one end of our house to the other and no clean space is left unturned. *Sigh* I miss the days when I could clean the house and it actually stay that way long enough for me to actually see it all clean at once!

Evan had his 1yr check up recently. During that visit he was supposed to get 2 shots 1 was a booster(MMR) and the other was the varicella vaccine. I have done some research on it and decided to hold off on the varicella. Not forever just to give him time to actually get the chicken pox instead of getting a vax for it. Well the pedi did not at all like this. She's not exactly been grand on many of the choices I've made but this one she down right had a problem with. I do wish I had a more I guess crunchy friendly pedi but I seriously doubt I'd find one around here. This is actually one area my mom agrees with me on. She's against cloth diapering was against extended breast feeding and many other things but she did back me up on this and I was happy about that. I dont think its necessarily something he needs to be vaccinated against. I know the course of chicken pox, I remember having them and how they itched and so on, but also the fact that you dont need a booster in a few years with it and you arent put at risk for shingles at an earlier age from it. Also why is it that they HAVE to have it so early? Why not before kindergarten? He has years before it will even be an issue so I am not understanding why the dr. felt the need to so completely disagree and then say we'd "discuss it at his 15mon check up". I'm fairly sure I'l still feel the same way in 3 months as I do now. I got a letter from daycare today reminding us that he will need updated medical records as of Sept 1. I am hoping this will not be an issue with them too.

Evan has recently been obsessed with a couple of books. He's always loved them like no other but lately its been a crazy love. His current recommendations are Hug by Jez Alborough, Barnyard Dance by Sandra Boyton and Skippyjon Jones Color Crazy by Judy Schachner. The kid is obsessed. He has us read them over and over and over again! He brings us Hug saying Bobo Bobo Bobo (the gorillas name). When we open the cover to Barnyard Dance he sees the cow and moos! I love his love of books and hope it sticks with him. Before bed he's gotten into reading some of those first word books. Where it has a picture and the name of said picture underneath. One is of animals and the other is misc items. And every time I turn the page and say the word he shakes his whole body yes as if to say "Yes momma you are right that is a sheep". LOL! I love him and love watching him explore and learn. We sign with him. He can do some back but not many. He does seem to understand many more signs than he can sign himself. I guess its same with spoken language. He knows what yogurt and hot dog mean but cant actually say it.


Its no secret that I absolutely LOVE cloth diapers. Not only are the more economical, they are better for the baby, and the earth. I have recently found many cloth diaper stores in my area and I could not be happier! I love finding, and learning as much as I can about them. Owning a cloth diaper store would be heaven! I could literally sit and talk about them forever never getting tired of it. Its really become a passion. No idea what I am going to do when we are done having kids and they are all potty trained.