Lightroom 3

I downloaded the trial version of Lightroom 3 and it's basically amazing. I used to edit my pictures 1 by 1 in photoshop which took way to long. I installed Lightroom and instantly imported all of the photos off my camera. Easy!


Straight out of camera


After editing, looks much better right? ;)

BG 4.0 pics

B is 30lbs and 36in. J is 16lbs and 26in. I could probably snap it down to the medium setting on B, fully unsnapped makes the rise VERY long which is nice. J is on the smallest setting.

Swagbucks

Anyone not signed up for Swagbucks yet? It's pretty much the coolest thing ever. So far I have gotten $30 in amazon gift cards. I figured I would post my referral link here just in case anyone wants to join ;) http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/jessicalev follow the link, sign up and start searching! It's really easy.

Bum genius! 4.0

I love our BG 3.0 but the velcro is terrible. We don't use it often because it's way to easy for B to take off on her own. I got excited when I found out they adjusted the rise on the new 4.0 and added snaps. I am definitely a snaps girl! At first I thought I'd hate them but my kids are pretty patient during diaper changes so taking a few extra seconds to snap them is no biggie for us. I got my 4.0 in the mail today and once I get some pictures of the fit on both kids, I'll post them. I tried it out on J and it fits wonderfully on the medium snap setting. He is roughly 16lbs and 26in. We have a hard time using cloth on him because every diaper cuts into his chubby thighs, it doesn't seem to bother him but I don't like it. The bum genius never leaves any marks and the elastic is really soft. I am really impressed by it, I ordered another one!

Pics will come shortly :)

Birth Story

Jax was born on April 22, 2010 at 1:12 PM weighing 7lbs 10oz and 21in long. I was 39 weeks exactly! Around 550am thursday morning I woke up and my water broke. I instantly starting having contractions but they werent very strong. Patrick had already headed to work for the day so I called and told him what was going on and that I'd call him when its time to go to the hospital. So I get up and decide to do some very last minute cleaning, did dishes and laundry until B woke up then I got her ready to go to my friends house. At 730am I called Patrick back and told him to come home since he was 2hrs away I wanted to make sure we made it to the hospital in time. The contractions were still really mild and not timeable at all so I figured we had plenty of time. He got home around 10 and we had some errands to run before heading to the hospital. We finally got to there at 1150am and the nurse started the jacuzzi tub for me. At this point my contractions were 2 min apart and painful but I was laughing and joking around in between them so they werent THAT bad. I was only able to sit in the tub for about 15 min before the contractions became unbearable. I called the nurse and requested the epidural, contractions at this point were 1 min apart. They checked me and I was dialated to a 7. Within minutes I started yelling at Patrick to call the nurse because I felt like I had to push and he was like "No, they just checked you and you were only a 7" I started freaking out and finally I hit the nurses button while trying so hard not to push him out without my midwife there. They checked me at 1pm and I was fully dialated, my midwife rushed in and 12 minutes later he was born. I wasnt able to get the epidural because it went so fast and holy crap that was some horrible pain. I was really wanting a natural med-free birth but I honestly didnt think I'd actually HAVE one lol. I am so glad I did it though. He is doing great and growing really fast. He was back up to his birth weight at 6 days old and now at 15 days old he weighs around 9lbs.

Finally!

My review for Kawaii cloth diapers! I've been so busy lately, nesting like crazy, doing tons of laundry and basically rearranging my entire house I completely forgot about my blog. I bought these diapers myself and wanted to post a little review for anyone interested in them. We've been using them for a little over 2 weeks and so far so good. First let me tell you about B, she is an 18 month old 28lb 33-34in toddler with chubby thighs and a small waist. So far shes been very easy to cloth and every diaper we have tried has fit her really well. The kawaii's are one size and come in either snap or velcro closure. I bought 4 snaps and 6 velcro. They are pockets so they come with 2 microfiber inserts each. B is on the medium size setting when only stuffed with 1 insert, at night she is on the largest setting stuffed with 2 inserts. They have a PUL outer with suedecloth inner to wick away moisture.






I do have a few minor complaints... I like to stuff them right out of the dryer so they are ready to go when B needs to be changed. These make that difficult because the inserts shift a lot. I'll stuff them and put them in the changing table but when I take one out the insert bunches up and I have to re-adjust it before putting it on. Like I said, very minor. The best thing is the velcro is holding up amazingly well despite being washed every night.

We have had 2 leaks so far and both were 100% my fault! Both times I left them on for to long. B isnt much of a super soaker and can go about 2 1/2 hours without being changed, sometimes longer. Over night I stuff with 2 inserts and that gets her through 12-13 hours with no problems.

http://theluvyourbaby.com/ is the website and the lady who sells them is very quick to respond if you have any questions.

I'm no professional reviewer ;). I plan on putting them on J when hes born in the next few weeks and taking pics. Just hoping to help some mommas out!

I'm so bad

I'm so bad at keeping this blog up to date. I want to make some changes so I actually have things to write about. I'm going to start doing some reviews on cloth diapers, hopefully I can help some new cloth moms out. I just got 10 Kawaii diapers in the mail today and I'm so excited to test them out! They are in the washer right now and when they are done I will take pictures and post about them. I also ordered 1 KatyDid OneSize diaper though I'm not sure when I'll actually recieve it. When I get it I'll definitely do a review! I really do hope I can help some people out, cloth is SO much fun but super overwhelming.

So for future reviews I'm going to do the bumGenius 3.0 one size, Kawaii one size, KatyDid onesize. I also plan on getting some Rumparooz and the bumGenius organic one size. I'm ready to start reviewing. Who knew cloth diapers could be so exciting?