Happy Earth Day!

Ways I'm going to try and help the planet:

• Buy more eco-friendly cleaners


• Try and use our cloth diapers more (we have the g diapers, with both cloth and paper inserts. Richie isn't a huge fan, but I think I'll try to force them on him more...)


• Carpool. We already do this! Yay!


• Recycle. Already do this, too. At work I'm kind of the recycle-crazy-lady. People know better than to throw away their plastic bottles if I'm around. I have eagle eyes for spotting them in people's garbage cans.


• Use a water bottle instead of disposable cups. I'm hit or miss on this now. I'll try to be more hit than miss.

GO EARTH!

Uh-Oh

I have baby fever. BABY. FEVER. Is it because it's spring?
Maybe all those zoo babies I'm going to see tomorrow will help. OR, it will make it worse. I guess we'll see.

Are You Ready?

For another baby, that is. Answer: Not really. But will I ever be? No, we’re not pregnant again. No announcements at this time. But I’m getting there! I think the time is right to start to try.

But, I bet that this will be me:



Am I freaked out that this may be a long process? Yep. Am I freaked out that it might not be? You bet. I cannot image having another baby, but I also cannot imagine life with only one. It’s a strange stage of life.

I have a feeling no one is ever 100% prepared for bringing another new life into this world. You’ve just got to be as ready as you’ll ever be and charge forward! Deep breaths – and keep your fingers crossed that this isn’t a two-year process like it was for my Roo!

Updates!

I feel like I need to start by saying I’m sorry to the one or two people who read this – it’s been a long time! I’m ready to dedicate the time it takes to writing regularly. Ok? Ok. Stick with me.



Richie updates: Growing and growing and growing! Richie LOVES toddlers. He is such a mover and a shaker and he gets to be so busy and active in toddlers. He is loving the nicer weather, too. He has a lot more words these days. Granted, if you don’t pay attention to what he’s pointing at or playing with, you may not understand them, but he’s trying! What I love right now is that he is counting! It’s only to two, but it’s adorable. Other words he is saying: Ellie, Pete (iiT), eat, more, up, Bye-bye, duck, dog, Mama, Dada, Joe, Grandma, Lola, Tita, All Done, night-night, book, the end (eee en), shoes, socks, and Elmo (also called La-La). I think there are more, but I can’t remember them. He also does a LOT of animal noises and can identify a lot of animals, too.




Richie LIKES baths, running, dancing, songs, Elmo (times a million), Cookie Monster, Mac and Cheese (“Ack an chisth” – my best phonetic spelling of how he says it), oranges, cheese in general, stickers, Duplos, walks, the dogs, BOOKS, and his monkey.

Richie DOES NOT like being redirected, not being able to stand on chairs, broccoli, going to bed, wearing his winter coat, getting buckled into his car seat, or getting his diaper changed.





As for us, not much new to report. No, there are no siblings for Richie on the horizon right now, even though I feel like I’m getting the side eye from people who are on bump watch or something. Nope, just pudge  But I think #2 will be in our near future.
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