Homecoming Babies

This past weekend was IWU's homecoming. Lily and I had so much fun visiting with all my friends that came back for the weekend. Tara, D, Lily and I had lunch with our very best running friend G and her beautiful baby Ron. Our other IWU friend, Shannon, and her cutie patootie, Abe, joined us as well. It was a wild lunch with the mom's eating as fast as we could so that we could keep an eye on our little monsters. After lunch, we had a mommy parade down to the game. President Wilson loved all three of us standing there with our strollers so much that he went and grabbed Tommy Titan and the IWU photographer to get a picture of all of us. Maybe we will be in the next alumni magazine! During the game some of my very special friends that were seniors when I was a freshman came over to meet Lily. It was so nice to see Mish, Mary, Kristy, and Angie. Lily loved Mish! They chatted for quite awhile. Lily was also in love with Katie Elwood. She sang a little song while Katie walked her around. We had so much fun seeing all of our friends and I was happy they finally got to meet Lil in person. After the game, we stopped by Tommy's with daddy and visited some of his friends from school. Lily, of course, put on a show and tried to get everyone's attention. Luckily, it was loud enough in there that her yelling didn't seem to bother anyone. After Tommy's, Lily went to Grandma and Grandpa O'Rourke's for a nice relaxing evening while dad went to the local bars for alumni duties and mom went to the Coliseum to work the Bob Dylan concert.

Sunday we had a wonderful visit from Grandpa Nick and Grandma Judy. Lily showed off her crawling skills and her new teeth. As of this morning, she now has a total of four showing through. She has two on the bottom and two just now poking through on the top. She also showed them her waving, clapping, and how she says "hi dada." She was not in the mood to play peek-a-boo.

This week has marked our first week in cloth diapering. Lily looks so cute with her booty all padded with a cloth dipey. Last Friday we met with a woman in town that sells cloth diapers and does free consultations. I had researched all the benefits, pros and cons, and tried to understand all the different types, but to look at them on the Internet was overwhelming. Luckily, Sarah was very informative and seeing the diapers in person made it all so much easier to grasp and understand. With both of us working, I knew we would need a diaper that would be easy and convenient for our lifestyle and for our babysitters. We talked it all over and decided to take the plunge. We purchased all-in-one diapers and the name says it all. The diapers are all one piece and have velcro as the latching mechanism. Once soiled you just throw the whole thing (minus any solid) in the diaper pale. So far so good. We have had a few leakage issues, but part of that problem can be attributed to our squirmy child that does not sit still for any diaper change. The washing has been easy as well. The diaper pale liner is made out of the same material as the diapers and goes in the wash with them so I never have to touch the diapers at all. I just dump them in and throw the bag in as well. Pretty easy so far. Lily is a lucky baby cruising around in those soft and cushy diapers.