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Dear Life,

My mom said you'd probably call me a liar if I told you this... but I just need to document.  Emberly has been sleeping from 7 or 8pm until between 8:30-10am every day.  Sometimes she gets up to 15 hours of sleep at night.  This is super strange and very unreal and I only wish I didn't have to get up at 6am to get to work on time so that I could actually take advantage of it. 

She still naps once or twice in addition to that huge chunk of sleep too.  She is one well rested little bambino.  Let's all just pray together that Baby #2 will have similar sleep habits.  No I mean it... please pray. 

Sincerely Yours 

Only Child

 

Only Child: Expiring July 2013

 

 



Bedtime Bologna

I'm laying in bed (yes, I sure am!) listening to Emberly bounce around her crib... singing songs, talking to her teddies, and who knows what else while she is supposed to be napping.  It's been close to an hour.  Jordan and I have each been in there once.  Jordan got the pleasure of changing a messy diaper, I got to just lay her back down and say it is time to sleep. 

She is sneaky though.  We go in there to tell her it's time for "nigh-nigh" as she calls it, and she signs "eat" or "drink" or "play" - and thinks that it is going to get her out of a nap.  She is desperately tired and yet won't stop long enough to actually sleep.  So here it is 12:30 and she is supposed to be waking UP from a nap, and she hasn't even fallen asleep yet. 

Some days she gets just one nap, other days she gets two... but what she really needs is about one and a half.  Someone figure that one out for me.


My mom called this stalling, complaining, "I need a drink" or "I'm scared" or "I'm suddenly very hungry" stuff bedtime bologna when I was growing up.  I think my child inherited it from me.

 

One year pictures... blogged only 3 months late!

How did I never blog Emberly's one-year pictures??

 

 

 

 

Diaper Detergent

I've been using Rockin' Green laundry detergent for my cloth diapers since we've started cloth diapering and have had zero complaints. Our diapers have gotten clean, I haven't had many stink or buildup issues (or at least more than the average cloth diaper user), so I wasn't actively looking for a different solution. However, another cloth diapering mama friend of mine visited me awhile back and told me she makes her own detergent for pennies per wash. Way less than Rockin' Green. So I gave it a try. I've been using homemade detergent for the past 10 or so diaper loads and have had fresh smelling clean diapers!

I've literally asked her to resend me the recipe probably four or five times thanks to my disorganized life as of late... so I'm documenting in a place I can't lose it! Maybe you'd like a homemade detergent too... even if you don't wash cloth diaps!

22 oz. washing soda
7.5 oz. baking soda
8 oz. oxyclean free

The oxyclean free was $8 I believe for 3 lbs, so kinda spendy upfront, but you can make 6 recipes out of one tub. That means $1.30ish per recipe. Not bad! Baking soda is $1 for 16 ounces, so $0.50 per recipe, and the washing soda is $4 for 55 ounces, therefore $1.60ish per recipe.

Bottom line:

Homemade: $3.40
Makes 74 Tbsp. I use 2-3 Tbsp per load in my top loader. This washes 25-37 loads.
$0.14 per load on the lowest end.

Rockin' Green: $14.95.
Washes 45 loads with 2 Tbsp.
$0.33 per load.

Here is a picture in case you like to know what you're looking for!




Molly

Emberly's Words

Emberly has SO much language.  I cannot even count/note all of the words she knows because it is literally growing every day.  Every once in awhile we'll be reading books or looking at something and E will announce a new word that we didn't even know she knew.  Last night we were reading and she pointed to a fish and said, "fsh."  :)  Jordan and I looked at each other with surprise... we had no idea she could say that!  Makes my mama heart proud.  Just for fun to look at someday... here is a list of some of the words E says and signs on a daily basis...

Spoken:
- "neigh" for a horse
- "moo" for a cow
- "baa" for a sheep
- moon
- mama
- dada
- papa
- nana
- duck
- nigh-nigh
- up
- help
- ball
- bath
- cheese
- "nana" (for banana)
- all done
- honey
- teddy
- book
- more
- snack

Sign Language:
- more
- eat
- banana
- all done
- diaper
- bird
- fish
- cat
- dog
- horse
- drink
- milk
- train
- airplane
- car
- please
- thank you
- sorry
- shoes
- socks
- sleep
- boat
- ball
- wash hands
- bath
- brush teeth
- book
- outside
- bug
- up
- stars

Honey

Jordan is out of town hunting and when he called yesterday Emberly was nearby. As soon as I ended the call she looked at me and put her hand up to her ear like she was talking on the phone and said, "Honey? Honey?" :) I guess I talk to my "Honey" on the phone quite a bit. :)