My handsome boys!

Photos by Rebekah Waege

5 months old!

On October 30th, Sean was 5 months old! Weighing in at about 17 1/2 pounds, Sean is always smiling and laughing, is best known for his spiky hair, can roll very easily from belly to back and back to belly, can sit unassisted for short periods, just cut the tiniest little ridges of bottom teeth, has very good hand-mouth coordination, thoroughly enjoys watching his big brother play, eats his toes like they are candy, can put himself to sleep (most of the time!), still absolutely HATES riding in the car, and has the sweetest, most excited little personality!

From the Mouths of Babes

Charles was home sick today and Sean was napping, so I took Ian to run some errands with me. We went to the post office, then on a special trip to Farm & Fleet to look at the Toyland tractors. I love chatting with Ian, he's the funniest little dude. This is part of the conversation we had.

Me: Ian, what do you want to be when you grow up?

Ian: A tractor!

Me: That sounds fun. Who do you know who is a tractor?

Ian: John, John Deere.

Me: Oh yeah? Who else?

Ian: Allis, Allis Chalmers.

Can you tell he is obsessed with tractors? Good thing we changed his birthday party theme from trains to tractors! He's going to fall over when he sees what we got him for a gift :)

And on a totally separate note, how cute is this guy?!

Gro Baby!

It's been nearly 2 years since I've started cloth diapering. I've tried dozen of different diapers, but one that I've been eyeing up is the Gro Baby! It's an AI2 or hybrid diaper that you can reuse the shell over and over and use either reusable soakers you can wash or you can try the new Bio Soakers! They come in a variety of awesome colors and recently just came out with some adorable prints! Since working at Nicki's, I get questions about what kind of diapers I use all the time! I think people like to hear what works for others and why. I'm looking forward to getting a free trial of this diaper and letting you all know what I think!!

4 months old!

Sean is 4 months old, where has the time gone?? At 4 months old, Sean is belly laughing, pushing up on his hands while laying on his belly, doing a whole lotta chatting aka cooing, drooling up a storm (cutting a tooth!?), having a 4-month wakeful period, still eating every 3 hours but staying awake longer during the day, enjoying tummy time much more, bringing toys to his mouth (or handfuls of my hair, blankets, burpcloths, really anything within reach!) and getting very close to rolling back to belly.

According to the scale at work, Sean is just shy of 16 pounds. We'll get a weight and height check for him next Monday at his 4 month appointment. Ian was 16 pounds 15 ounces at 4 months, so I think Sean will be pretty close.

Best new of this month... Sean is taking a bottle!!! We are using Playtex bottles with a latex nipple and that does the trick! I even left him home with Charles when working the Nicki's Grand Opening and he took it like a champ! Such a relief :)

Promoting the store and Sean's big debut ;-)

Here is the nbc 15 Family First news report on the new Nicki's store that I work at in Madison! You'll see a quick shot of me holding Sean and then Sean's diaper butt :)

VIDEO

Just a bit more info about our Grand Opening for those who are local and would like to come check it out...

Nicki's Diapers is having their Grand Opening Event this weekend- 9/26 & 9/27! There will be free food on Saturday from Crema Cafe and over $1000 in product giveaways throughout the weekend from BumGenius, Ergo, Happy Heiny, Moby, Klean Kanteen, Planet Wise, G-Diapers and more! We are very excited to offer the largest selection of cloth diapers, baby carriers, and breastfeeding supplies in Wisconsin. On Saturday from 11am-12pm we are offering a FREE Cloth Diapering 101 class and from 12pm-1pm we are offering a FREE Babywearing 101 class!

Store hours are Monday-Saturday 10am-5pm and Sunday 12pm-4pm. Extended store hours starting October 1st. For more information visit our website at www.nickisdiapers.com or email us at madison@nickisdiapers.com.

We are located on the west side of Madison at 739 N. High Point Rd in Sauk Point Square (corner of Old Sauk and High Point next to the Alicia Ashman Madison Public Library).

They grow too fast!

We went up to La Crosse on Sunday and spent the day with Brooklyn and Kristina! It was so great to see "Brooke", as Ian calls her, again! I haven't seen her since the day she was born!! I can't believe how fast the babies are growing! Here they are on the day Brooklyn was born and then here they are on Sunday, 3 months old!