Our first blog..

Well Miss sassy is dozing away in her baby bjorn as i type. of course she is tired, since she was up until 2, back up at 5, and then again at 7:30. i would like to be strapped to someone for a nice snooze. any offers?

Ginny is 7 weeks and growing. Last night was a challenge, but i wouldn't trade it for anything. Funny how that works. .

This week sassy had her first tears. that was on monday. sunday night we clipped her nails for the first time. that was scary. i don't cut chino's nails anymore b/c i hurt him. we did ok, they are still sharp though.

i am looking forward to getting out with miss sassy soon. we have been staying home until her first set of shots, which are on october 7. i know most people think that this is insane, and i am starting to get antsy, but everytime i go out i am presented with sick kids, and am SO thankful that she isn't with me. i saw a baby last wkend at walmart that couldn't have been a week old, perched over the shoulder of a teenager, who was out shopping with her experienced friend (she was giving her diaper advice) who was also a teenager. that was scary, and so sad. for both parent and baby.

in the next week i am going to be ordering our first set of cloth diapers. i am done with the disposables now that she is getting a little older and bigger. they are such a waste of money, we are spending $20 a week on them, and that will only get worse and she gets bigger... the packages stay priced the same, with less diapers in them. we have already stopped using wipes in lieu of wet washclothes, which work out perfectly. and i feel better not throwing something into the landfill. we had to wean off the wipes sooner than i anticipated b/c we started using huggies, and in less than a day she had BAD diaper rash.. it looked so painful and took a few days to clear up. it started getting immediately better when i began to use the washclothes, so that was a relief.

in other news, it is fall in some parts of the country, but not in satan's attic. don't get me wrong, it is cooler now, in the low 80's with less humidity, but still nothing like i love back home. i always get depressed this time of year down here, it is hard not to have the leaves changing, cool mornings, trips to the orchard, and my morning walks with chino. not to mention pumpkins, apples, and cider. sure we can get that stuff down here, but they are very expensive and not as good. also there is something wrong about buying those things from a nursery set up in a parking lot. ick. bill just sent me a link to a professorship at university of toledo. while that is an exciting prospect, i think that would be a step down for him. ho hum.

well i think i need to get dressed now and try to get sassy ready for a car ride. i am going to run her to the library really quick. hopefully there will be no sick kids there!