Yesterday we went to Danny's parents house for a few minutes and when we were leaving we were waving "bye-bye". Marissa was opening and closing her hand like she was trying to say bye too! It was sooo cute. We've been working on that for awhile with her and I think she is starting to catch on.
I've been wanting to join a local moms group in our area, but haven't really had time to. They do meet and greets mostly through the week. Since I work full time, it's nearly impossible to find time to do anything during the week. I'm hoping that a weekend event will open up soon so I can meet some other moms in the area.
This is the week that Danny will be on travel. He leaves for Baltimore tomorrow around mid-day. He is going to keep Marissa in the morning to spend a little extra time with her before he goes. Since he gets back so late on Friday, he doesn't get to see her until Saturday morning. My parents are coming to visit this weekend and since there is a Civil War Relic show in town, you can bet where my dad will be!
There is a "Wee-Cycled" children's event coming up on the 12th - 15th of this month. It's at our local expo center and families from all over the area come to sell baby items that they no longer need. Last year I went when I was pregnant and was able to find a few maternity outfits at a relatively reasonable price. I didn't know if Marissa was a boy or girl yet, so I settled on getting a few books and gender neutral baby outfits. I'm so excited to go this year and see if I can find some outfits for Marissa. They also sell larger ticket items like cribs, swings, strollers, bouncy seats, jumperoo's, etc. These items typically go kind of fast, so you have to go the first day if you want in on the goodies.
A friend of ours gave us a really nice pink swing and bouncy seat for Marissa that she had for her grand daughter. The items were barely used and it was very generous of her to give us these items. I had originally registered for gender neutral baby items that we could use for additional children. Since the swing and bouncy seat were given to us, we weren't going to be picky about them being pink. I've been debating on trying to sell the swing and bouncy seat to get a more gender neutral color for when we have a second child (just in case we have a boy next). Marissa still loves her swing though and I can't decide I want to part with it just yet. She loves "catching" the butterflies on the mobile and I really love that it has an adapter for the wall or you can use batteries. It seems like a lot of the swings I've seen recently only have a battery option.
A friend of mine, Sophie, who is due in August with her first child is currently researching cloth diapers! You have no idea how excited this makes me. =) I posted the pictures of Marissa in her diaper on Facebook and a friend commented that her 14 month old son is already starting to use the "big boy potty" all thanks to using cloth diapers! Did I ever mention that some children learn to use the potty faster if they are in cloth diapers? Apparently, babies can't feel when they are wet in a disposable diaper because the gel like chemicals soak up all the liquid. Another W-I-N for cloth! I wish that I could challenge everyone with a new baby to try out cloth diapers. I would be willing to bet that they would be pleasantly surprised with the results.
Well, that's enough ramblings for one day. I'm hoping that I can start blogging more, I've been slacking big time here recently.
Have a great day, blogger world!
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