Im still alive!!

Hello out there.  We are all still doing great and loving life.  My schedule doesnt allow for a ton of blogging any more, though I will try.  Promise!

The boys are getting big!  Garrett is 5 months old and moves EVERYWHERE!!  He rolls and rolls and rolls some more.  And then he does a little scooting and turning and gets to where he wants to be. He is so stinking adorable.  See for yourself!

Sorry thats a side ways picture.  Im unsure how to even use blogger anymore.  *sigh*

Corbin will be THREE next MONTH!  Wow!!  It's crazy how fast time flies.  He loves his little brother and his little brother LOVE him.  It is the most incredible thing to watch how much Garrett LOVES Corbin.  If Corbin so much as looks at Garrett, Garrett is LAUGHING!!  Its is SOOO adorable!!  wow.  I just love it.  I have tons of stories and hopefully I will get around to writing a "Funny things that happen at the Waddell's House" post soon.  

Clynt and I.  I never post much about us, but we, too, have had some fun changes.  My photography business has grown leaps and bounds over the past couple of months!  It has been amazing.  Im loving being able to make pretty good money and set my own schedule, and do something that I LOVE.  You should check out www.picturemechic.com and see some of our work.  Hopefully we'll update in the next week or so with some of the sessions from this past month.  Anywho, blessings.

And Clynt is now at a new company!  After much prayer, we decided that Clynt needed pursue other options for both career growth and financial growth for our family. Within a week of applying for what seemed like the perfect job, Clynt was offered an amazing salary as a pipe materials manager for Bechtel.  He started last Monday and it has been going well.  He is still learning the ins and outs of the new company, but is really enjoying it!

OK, I have 2 little boys needing more attention right now, so i have to go!

Cloth Diapering my newborn!

As many of you know, I didnt start cloth diapering Corbin until he was 15 Months because that was when I decided to take the jump into being a Stay at Home Mom. I did it for the environmental factor, but the money saving part was totally awesome too.  I only bought 1 type of diaper, and I loved it.  So until Garrett came, I had still only used the one type.  I had done lots of research and decided to not use a one-size diaper on my newborn, so I went on a mission to buy several kinds.  All of which are so different.  I LOVED Lil Joeys the first 3 weeks, but he quickly out grew them.  They were wonderful though. I also had some BG XSmall and Small and some FB small also. I used them all and they were okay.  I also used Green Mountain prefolds with covers.  While I really liked those, they just would be soaking wet after an hour or 2,  so he needed to be changed very often.  Then I started using my Kissaluv size 0s.  I was in love.  They are very expensive because you have to buy the diaper and a seperate cover, but we did not have any leaks and they absorbed so much more than the prefolds.  The FB and the BG leaked relatively often with Garrett.  Now that he is 3 months, he is getting to wear he is a little big for my Kissaluv 0s, so I have moved on to the Best Bottoms one size now.  These are what I used with Corbin.  They are a one size shell but sized inserts.  The are trim and do NOT leak!  I love them!!  I wasnt sure that they would work for both of my kids so perfectly because no diapers work for all kids, but these are wonderful!   They are so easy, so light to pack because I only need one shell and a few inserts vs bring a few big diapers.  He doesnt have to go up a full size in cloths in them because they are much smaller than the KS0s.  And anything that doesnt leak is perfect in my book.  I love them yet again!

A couple side notes, we have skinny long kids, so that makes a difference, if you have short and chunky, they may not work as well.  dunno.   And Garrett also only poops 1-2 times per week.  These diapers do not have as much of a coverage as far as the sides go because it is just an insert with a cover, not a full on diaper.  So explosive breast fed poos generally mean changing the shell and the inserts, which is not any different than changing the whole thing anyways, but you would need more covers if you have a kiddos that has messy poops several times a day.  Does that make sense.

But for use Best Bottoms are the best diaper for my 3 months old and for my 2 year old (which is no longer wearing his, because he's POTTY TRAINED!!!).  Not that Im super excited or anything ;)

Okay, that's my cloth diaper review for now!

Life as a mom of 2....

is crazy!!  I am blessed to have 2 healthy little boys.  But, man is it a lot more work than just having one.  I am potty training, nursing, and still having to do everything else that was done before.  Not only do you have to get one child in the car, you have to get 2 children,  2 bags, extra everything, and so on and so forth.  If you go to the store, you better only have a list of a couple of things because you have one kid in the cart and one kid in the top of the cart.  You have to listen to one child cry for food, while the other is telling you "mommy, Im hungy".   It is a whole lot more work than it was with just one!

But it is sooo worth it!  I love the days where Corbin starts searching for Garrett because Corbin wakes up first, or the times when Garrett is crying and Corbin is saying "go pick him up!".  Its so stinking adorable.  Their is hardly ever a time where at least one of my kids is not smiling, laughing, cooing or talking.  Its so stinking adorable.  I love to imagine how good of friends they will be (and the fights they will get in).  I can't wait to continue to watch them grow.

I am trying to take things less for granted this time.  With Corbin, I wanted him to walk and talk and everything so early and I didnt embrace the moment like I should have,  This time,  I realize how fast things fly by.  It is amazing how fast they grow up!  Garrett is 3 months now, and Corbin is going to be 3 in December!!  Its absolutely crazy!

Corbin is talking up a storm and says and does some of the cutest things ever.  I love watching him grow.  Its amazing!  and Garrett is rolling and cooing and laughing like crazy.  Here are Garrett;s 3 month pictures:

 
Lately in my world, my photography business has been taking of!  It is amazing what the Lord is doing in my life to allow me to help my family financially some, while still being able to stay at home with my boys.  I praise HIM for that!  Check out www.picturemechic.com.   Its not completely in order as we are working on our new portfolio page, but it gives a small idea what Ive been up to!

Wow!

I don't believe it has been 2 months since I blogged. I have been having lap top problems, and am only on my desktop when Im working, so I just have not had the time to do much of anything on the computer. 

Garrett will be 3 months old next week!!  How crazy is that?  He is sleeping through the night, napping when Corbin naps, rolling over, and smiling all the time.  The little boy is a blast to have around. Though he likes to be held quite a bit! He was doing perfect at his 2 month check up and so everything is just going great.

Corbin is a great big brother.  He loves having Garrett around and wonders where he is at if he is not in the room.  He too is doing wonderful.  Talking up and storm and POTTY TRAINING!  YAH!  He is no longer in diapers except for pull ups for bed time.  He only has a couple accidents a week and so he is doing very well.  I am super proud of him.

So, all in all life is good in the Waddell world.  Here are a few pictures of my guys lately.

The Birth =)

As I sit down to write this Garrett is waking up cranky, so it might not be as long as I would like it to be, but oh well.  Its been almost 7 weeks now since we had our littlest guy, so this is quite a late post, but hey- better late than never.

So I went for my normal appt every Wednesday when I was 38 weeks and I was 3 cm and mostly effaced and my BP was pretty high.  My doctor decided to go ahead and strip my membranes in hopes of putting me into labor since I was so close to it anyways.  I started having more contractions a little while later, and then on Thursday night, I could hardly sleep at all because of my contractions, but it was nothing too consistent and nothing too painful, so I just stayed home.  Then Friday, I had another appt and this time was 4 cm and and ready to go, so my doctor sent me to the hospital to start some pitocin.  I was put on the pitocin at 6:00.  I was 5 cm at 6:30 and they broke my water then.  Then the contractions started getting really painful.  So I got an epidural around 7:00.  At 9:00, they check me and I was 10 cm already. The nurse said that she wanted me to practice a push and half way through it, she made me stop because he was coming out already.  We had to wait on all the other nurses, and stuff to get then.  So then I started pushing at 9:04, at 9:07 after 1 contraction of pushing, I delivered our little boy.  He was jittery so they had to check his blood sugar and it was low, so we had to give him a bottle right away to help with it.  It was okay that.  After I had him, they took the cord blood and all that jazz and then we finally got to eat dinner. =)

Well, that was a really short birth story, but it was a really short labor! =)  I have to go tend to crying baby now.

Wow... It;s been a while!

My blog pressance has been virtually non existant that past couple of months.  The main reason?  Im now a mom of 2!!  Im sure you all know that by now.  We welcomed Garrett Christopher on June 3rd at 9:07 pm.  He was 6 pounds 3 ounces and 20 inches long.  He is such a sweet little guy and he is already bringing much joy to the family.  He had jaundice and had lights on him at our house for a couple days but other than that he was a very healthy LITTLE guy.  He now has acid reflux and is on 2 different medications for it.  Clynt has it, and so did Corbin, so we figured it would happen again. Hopefully it will clear up by the time he is 6 months old or so.  He is a champion breasfeeder and is doing really well.  I has a very fast let down, so that combined with the acid reflux makes some feedings difficult, as he grows a little that should all settle down.  So we are making it through. 

Last weekend was Rachel's wedding and it was beautiful.  Everything went perfect.  Corbin was ring bearer and did a fabulous job.  He was such a cutie too.  But we are glad life is getting back to normal now with bed times and no stressing or having to mess with pumping and bottles and all that jazz.  If you remember with Corbin I pumped ALL the time, but this time I am swearing that off.  Unless I need to pump because we simply have to be away from eachother, I am boycotting it (well at least for a little while).  =)

I will post Garrett's birth story soon.  Garrett really enjoys being held during the day so it is hard for me to have time to post.  Though at night he is a champ sleeper.  He goes to bed at 9 and only wakes up 1-2 times between then and 7 or 8 in the morning.  I get at least 1 6-7 hour stretch in there.  So we are blessed. =)  Anywho-  Like I was saying I will post more about the birth soon, and hopefully be able to up date more on how everything else is going. =)  For today here are lots of pictures!  Enjoy!

Updates

So, I have really been slacking on the blog front, and i have soooo much to say!  Hopefully I will have a blog a little later today with some pictures, but for now, just words!

For starters, I am sorry if I have failed to respond to phone calls, emails, texts, etc lately.  I have been a zombie and incredibly busy preparing for baby Garrett's arrival.

Let's start with the doctor's update.  Yesterday, we went to the doctor.  I was 3 cm dilated now, and looking really close to starting labor.  She stripped my membranes and we are currently waiting to see if it worked.  I have been having contractions, but nothing timeable or anything.  She thought that it should work by tomorrow, so we will see.  IF it did not work and I am not in labor by tomorrow we go in tomorrow afternoon at 2.  At that point, if my blood pressure is high (which it has been), or if I have dilated any more, we will be sent to the hospital for induction.  Meaning, that we almost positive that we will be having little Garrett by tomorrow night! =)  We are soooo excited and really can't wait to meet him!  For now we are just praying that I go into labor on my own today or tomorrow. =)

Around the house.  Corbin's bed is in his room and the the room is 95% complete.  Clynt still has to finish painting the firebird on the wall and a couple things on the truck, but we don't like having the paint fumes in the room while Corbin is here, so we are planning on getting that done one of these days when Corbin is with his grandparents. Then that will all be done.   We also got a new dining room set (well, it was my FIL's, who btw is moving to Australia soon, but that is a different post in itself).  And so we were able to get it into the house and it looks gorgeous!  Then we moved our old dining room table over to the kitchen, and took that table out.  We also have rearranged several things.  I have cleaned out the toy room, in process of making a toy room upstairs also, organized more in Garrett's room, and so on.  Everything has just come together and our house looks amazing. I will try to post pictures this afternoon of the new updates. =)

Okay, well that's all for now.  I have to get my little guy up.  It's a really sad thought that today is probably the last day he will be the only child.  I guess lots of spoiling is in order. =)