Raisinglittlegrays

Today Hasting had his 2 month check-up!  Here are his specs: Height: 24 inches (highest %tile, he's gonna be TALLLLLL) Weight: 11 pounds, 9 ounces! (48th %tile) Hasting gained 2 pounds on the money in 20 days! Head: 15 1/4 Our little man is a healthy booger, and is going to be started on his solids in 6 weeks per the pediatrician! I can't believe how fast time has FLOWN! I feel like just yesterday I was in the delivery room anxiously awaiting his arrival!

Today I went to my step sister-in-laws baby shower at my daddy's house. I was pretty much surrounded by babies the whole time, and it got me to thinking.  It's so wonderful how BABIES can bring family so CLOSE. I have a different upbringing than most people. Long story short: My mom passed of a heart condition when I was four . My dad remarried shortly after to my first step mom. Mistake, She left taking everything. My dad started drinking. My dad met my current step mom, at the time another MISTAKE. My stepmom became abusive towards me, really hurting me. My dad became abusive to my step-mom (not because she was abusive towards me). A lot of things happened. My dad got in trouble with the law.  Dad went to prison for 6 weeks. Step-mom became even more abusive. 7th grade I went to school & told on my step-mom. My aunt & uncle got custody when I was 12. When I was 16, I became rebellous. I tried moving back in with my dad, didn't ...

Alright, so I know everyone is curious. Why am I choosing to cloth diaper? Almost everyone in not only my family, but Chad's family as well looked at me like I was INSANE when I told them I was going to cloth diaper Hasting. There are a few reasons as to why we chose to cloth diaper Hasting: 1. MONEY! 2. Better on his booty 3. No need to add extra garbage in the landfills 4. They are super cute! 5. We can use them on future babies, saving even MORE money. (1) The first reason we chose cloth is money.  As a general rule, it is almost always cheaper to reuse than to buy new every time. This is no different with cloth diapers. Most parents go through 6 to 8 thousand diapers per child, from birth to about age three. If we take an average of what those diapers cost, that equates to between 2000 and 3000 dollars per baby. Once those children are potty trained those diapers are gone. They can't be re-used. So a significant chunk of our hard earned money has gone to bu...

Hasting turned 2 months old yesterday!  It's hard to believe that time has flown by SO fast! Chad and I are so blessed to have such a beautiful little angel in our lives! He is growing like a WEED! He has a doctors appointment coming up on Tuesday, so I'm excited to see how much he weighs and how long he is! I know he has grown in length for sure! He weighed 9 pounds 9 ounces 2 weeks ago, so we will see where he is at his 2 month check up Tuesday :) He is very alert and loves to fight his sleep. He always wants to know what is going on around him and doesn't want to miss a THING!  My laptop is dying and something is going on with my charger, so I must go for now, but another blog will be here later tonight or tomorrow!

Our Family Picture at Myrtle Beach, SC February 18, 2012 (yes, Hasting is hiding in the moby wrap, snoozing away) Alright! So we just got back yesterday from our very first vacation as a family, and although there is LOADS of diaper laundry and regular laundry to be done, I'm taking a break and blogging! We were able to take some time and go on our first trip as a family to the beach from 2/17-2/20. We took along Hasting's godfather Clay, because we consider him family and wanted to share that time with him as well. We were planning on leaving around 11am Friday morning, but with all the procrastination the night before, trying to get floors ready, and Hasting, kinda didn't happen. We ended up leaving the house around 1 and going to eat mexican for lunch. We had to make a pit stop at BabiesRUs as well to get a travel bassinet for Hasting so he would have somewhere to sleep. Hasting did outstanding for his first long car ride! He was awake for some of the ...

Little man turned 8 weeks old yesterday, my oh my how the time has flown! We started off the celebration by heading here to Myrtle Beach, & will be here through Monday! Hasting has been such a joy to Chad & I since he came into this world. He is such a blessing & a wonderful miracle. Chad & I both thought it would be a while before we could have children. My progesterone levels were too low, & I was apparently "underweight". Then wallah, his little booty popped up :) He is growing like a WEED! A few days ago we took Hasting in for a weight check at his pediatrician, and he weighed in at 9 pounds 9 ounces. We were so happy to hear this, because at 5 weeks Hasting had only gained about 7 ounces since he was born! He has also became VERY alert and loves to watch TV, look out the window (whether we are home or in the car), and loves to kick his feet. I tell Chad he is going to be our little soccer player the way he moves those feet. He absolutely ...

I've spent most of my day today putting off the packing, and getting the house cleaned up and getting our wood floors ready. The floor guy is coming while we are away to refurbish our floors and our house is a mess with all the furniture sprawled out everywhere. I saved the packing for last, because to be honest, I had NO idea where to start! The whole time I was cleaning and doing laundry today I was brainstorming ideas and thinking "Where do I start?". This is our FIRST official trip out of town with a baby, and oh my, if I could take the whole house with me I would. Not only do I have to pack my things (which can usually be 3-4 bags just for a few days trip), but I have to prepare everything for a baby as well! Cloth diapers & all that goes with cloth diapering, cloths, bottles, paci's, baby towels & washcloths.. the whole nine yards! Since I'm new at the whole "packing a bag for a vacation for a baby" I totally googled it to get some advice ...

Yesterday was Hasting's first Valentine's Day! To celebrate the day of love Hasting and I got together Chad's Valentine's while he was working! We got him a box of chocolates, a card, tickets to go see Tosh.O in April, and made him a cake! Chad didn't get home from work until close to 7pm, but when he did we had take-out from a delsih japanese restaurant Kimonos, then family time the rest of the night! Hasting & I also had some Valentine's Day pictures made for Chad. We were going to make something really neat for Chad, but Walmart ruined that idea.. they would't let us take our pictures because I didn't have a copyright release form :/ Here's a few of the pictures we took: