Cloth diapers

We are experimenting with cloth diapers. I have to tell you, I am quite nervous. This came from a need to cut costs, and we spend an enormous amount on diapers. Living on one income has been an experience for us!

I have felt terribly guilty for using disposable diapers because we know how bad they are for the environment. One diaper can take up to 500 years to decompose!! In a lifetime, a person will use enough diapers to fill a swimming pool. That is not taking into account the inputs that are used to manufacture the diapers; mostly petroleum products. Think about it....that is a lot of diapers and oil. Massive carbon footprint to hold a bunch of crap.

Before we got the boys I always said that I wanted to try cloth diapers because of the environmental issues, but I expected to have only one child. Now we are trying the cloth diapers mostly because of the financial burden of diapers! Funny how perspectives change.

Last week recap

We had a great week. We had a picnic at the park on Wednesday. It was a ton of fun. Asher and Cache are getting around very well (except they refuse to walk.....) so our trip to the park was filled with excitement. They were little explorers. The best was the wood chips; they are very tasty. Our trip to the park was filled with mom saying, "Asher no, don't eat that, Cache no don't eat the wood!" They like wood........I guess like father like sons. The dirt was pretty good too. Cache especially liked the dirt; he would get a handful and put it down the back of his shirt. The boys bear crawled to the play equipment because they didn't want their knees to touch the ground. It was comical to watch them "crawl" around the playground.

On Friday, George and Abigail came over for our first play date. It was so much fun!! Mom even got to have "adult" conversation too! George and Abigail are twins in the boys class at school. George and Abigail are great playmates because they are 19 months old and are walking and talking quite a bit. They had such a great time playing with them.

Hunting Easter Eggs!!!

We spent Easter with Grandma and Papa H. We went up to Edmond and had a great mini vacation. Casey and I got to rest and let the grandparents take care of the kids. The boys loved it and so did we. Asher got to sleep in bed with Grandma; he is such a snuggle bug. Cache got to be carried all day by Grandma and Papa H.

Kadan and Camryn (cousins) came over and hunted eggs and help to "hide" Easter eggs for Asher and Cache. Inside the eggs we put their favorite treat, yogurt bites. The boys had a fantastic time. Once they figured out what was inside the eggs and how to get them open we had a big time. Cache had so much fun shaking the eggs and hearing snacks inside. Asher was all about getting to the food.

Par-for-the-course, mom forgot the camera. So, we are waiting on Grandma to email pictures of our great hunt.

Reflecting on the past few years

April 8 was our 3-year anniversary. Although we have only been married three years, we have been together seven years. One on hand it seems like yesterday we were getting married...lying on the beach in St. Lucia; on the other it seems like forever ago. Our lives have changed so much since 2006. We were so carefree. Our greatest concern was who was going to keep our furry kids when we traveled. Wow, how times change.

We spent our 2-year anniversary in Crowell, Texas preparing to go to court to take custody of Asher and Cache. It was a very intense time. On April 10, it was one year since our family grew to 4!


I have mentioned several times that Asher is pure ornery. We captured that face on camera. Now the world can catch a glimpse of what we see.