So far so good...

It's been one week of cloth diapering and I am still pretty excited. With some help from fellow cloth diaper users and my mom I have even managed to not mind the poopy ones. I tried out T's sprayer on her toilet and am sold! I am totally impressed at how easy it's been and I feel silly for putting it off for so long.

One downfall I am less than thrilled about is having to put away a whole stash of clothes she hasn't even worn yet because of her extra junk in her trunk.

Believe it or not, Clint is on board and has even changed a couple of the poopy ones. When I asked him for a statement for our blog he declined and was suddenly unavailable for comment.

Thanks for the advice and comments.

I'm going to try it!

This is it! I have officially jumped on the bandwagon. I am totally convinced on the benefits, just unsure about our level of commitment to the extra effort that is involved. By "our" I mean, mine & Clint's, as well as the grandmas, aunt, and babysitter. I've got a lot of people to convert here, cut me some slack.

My supply consists of:
8 bumgenius OS pocket diapers, one long liner each
5 Green Acre Medium pocket diapers, one long liner each
6 small liners
1 hemp double liner
1 small wetbag

Any advice from those of you out there already doing it would be greatly appreciated. Drop me a note if you think there is anything else I need too.

I'll let you guys know how it goes from here!

Charlie's Blessing!

Their first slumber party!


All the priesthood holders from the circle.


Proud Parents


Charlie Eva Henriquez

You've had a birthday...

Well I had a birthday and man did I celebrate!! (No pics, shame on me!!)

No longer 25....I know, I know, I am still young...........but I am not 25 anymore! Boohoo, right?

I didn't take a lot of pictures, actually I didn't take any pictures. The only pics I have are some that Candi took.

Here's what we did this year.

Friday night The Collards brought over treats and Tara and Andrew and we got to enjoy some good company and good movie together. I got some super cute work out clothes!

Saturday I got treated to a shopping trip to Michael's for craft supplies. Then we went to watch Blind Side (great movie) and pigged out at Texas Roadhouse! Clint got me "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" on DVD since he couldn't take me to the play, and some new runnng shoes.
(Oh yeh, and he got the baseboards done at the house a couple of weekends ago while I was in TX!)

Sunday  my family came over for cake and ice cream and watched Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (my little brothers have never seen it!!). I got jewelry, smelly stuff, and was surrounded by a lot of good company!!

Black Friday Crazies

For those of you who don't know, my family has it's share of crazies....

After a hefty Thanksgiving dinner they were some of the few amongst the hundreds who were sprinting around Superstition Springs Mall doing some Christmas shopping in order to redeem thier receipts for gift cards. Just short of a full out fight, they made it out of there alive getting everything they set out to get, then spent the day getting caught up on some Z's.

Just another example of how crazy my family can get.

Calling all Male Nurses...

This announcement is embarrassingly late….Clint has been accepted into the ASU Nursing program! It gets better….ASU offers an accelerated program (16 months) at the Mayo Clinic for only a few students….with Clint’s smarts and Hispanic leg up he was accepted to the Mayo program! It looks like a pretty rigorous program so come January he may be MIA for a while.

Clint, we are so proud of you and so thankful that you have dedicated so much work to this decision. We feel so blessed to be part of this journey. Love ya!!

Halloween

For Halloween this year we planned around Lina (seems like an everyday occurence actually). We picked up a giraffe costume at good ol Walmart for $8 for her (which can double as a pajama so we really get our money's worth). We dressed up as explorers out on an safarri adventure...she was our only find.

Clint made the torch....pretty creative....I was impressed.

Candi hosted the annual Henriquez Halloween Party....it was a lot of fun, she did a really good job. Check out her blog for pics of everyone.

We partcipated in the dance off, based on the judges' votes we tied with my parents so it went to a text vote for "America" (all the guests) to chose the winner....we ended up getting second. The win went to my parents this year for their Adams Family Routine!