the beginning of a very big purchase...

So, I just made the first of my biggest purchase for baby Reegan...

I have decided that I want to use cloth diapers.... It took me a long time to convince Eric, but I think that the thing that clinched it was the fact that to purchase 24 cloth diapers (which includes the diaper, a newborn soaker and a full size soaker) is around $525 dollars, where as, to diaper a baby for 3 years using disposable diapers can cost up to $3,500 dollars.  That is EXPENSIVE!!

But, some other benefits are that cotton ventilates and will help the ammonia that starts to form after a baby pees to evaporate, thus causing less diaper rash. The cotton is also so much softer than the paper used in disposable diapers. 

I love the Rumparooz diapers, as well as the Little Joey by Rumparooz (newborn diapers). The Rumparooz are a pocket diaper and the Little Joey is an all in one, meaning that there is no insert, it's all in one ;-). The Rumparooz are a multi size diaper, which means that you can change the buttons on the diaper to fit your baby, where as the Little Joey Diapers are mainly to me used for newborns, I believe from 7 up to 12 pounds. Also, the Little Joey's have a button in the middle that will prevent the top of the diaper form rubbing against the umbilical cord stump. 

Here area few pictures of my first adorable little diaper. 

This little cutie is snapped to the smallest size. 

This picture shows what comes with 1 Rumparooz Diaper. The diaper, newborn soaker and the medium/large soaker. when your baby gets bigger, the newborn soaker snaps into the med/Large soaker to make a doubler, which is great for bigger kids who need a little more absorbency. 

I am sure that some people will read this and say "EWW, GROSS," but that doesn't really bother me because i'm the one cleaning up the poop either way. :-).

So, now the buying begins. I can't wait to start my little Cloth Diaper stash.

If you want more information you can go to a few different websites. You can go to Kanga Care or gogonatural.com. Both have the Rumparooz diapers that I love, as well as other brands. What I like about Kanga Care is that they have a baby registry so you can register for diapers.

I am waiting for Eric to give me the okay to make my first larger purchase, and I can't wait for the okay. (hurry up honey, I want to buy baby things :-)

Here's to cute baby things!!

~Amy

It's a......

......Girl.....

We are  so excited to be having a baby girl. Reegan Grace Zigler is due on December 5th. We are hoping she doesn't try to make an appearance too close to Christmas, but we will be excited just to have her here finally.

Now the time has come to begin thinking about things like bedding, clothes, cloth diapers (yes, I said cloth diapers... more on that in another post.)

We got our first baby gift a few weeks ago from some very good friends and their 5 girls. We were given the Simplisse Breast Pump and Simplisse Gia Pillow from our friends Sam and Mandy and the girls. We are so thankful that they wanted to get this gift for us, because this was the breast pump that I have been searching and searching for for a very long time.

I just started my baby registries at BuyBuyBaby and Target online the other day. It is so fun to look at all the cute little baby things and chose what I think will be best for our little sweetie. I am thinking a pink and gray and green for here room. I found an awesome wall decal on Etsy.com that I think we are going to use as the main decoration for Reegan's room, you can find it here. I cannot wait until we actually start filling up her room with little girl things.

I have a trip planned to go to a store called Once Upon a Child, which is a thrift store full of baby/kid stuff. It will be an adventure seeing what they have there that I can pick up, and hopefully start checking some things off my list.

Time to stop daydreaming about baby things and get ready for work :-D

~Amy~

20 Weeks... a little late....

Well, here I am, at 20 weeks. the picture isn't fantastic, but I didn't feel like putting makeup on that morning.  I am definitely getting a belly though. FINALLY!

Baby Z

This has been a long time coming but since we find out Baby Z's gender on Thursday, I figured it's probably time to start this blog so that our friends and family can see pictures and what is going on throughout my pregnancy and beyond...

So, for gender predictions, Eric thinks that Baby Z is a girl, where as, I think that Baby Z is a boy. We will be excited for either one, but we'd love to have a girl. What do you think? Pretty much everyone I have talked to has said that the baby is a boy, so I will be interested to see who is right.

We cannot wait to go to the store after our appointment and buy our first few gender appropriate baby things.

According to the tech that did the most recent ultrasound, Baby Z was dancing on my bladder, which is probably why I have to go to the bathroom all the time. 

Here are a few pictures from the latest ultrasound.

 You can see Baby Z's heart in this picture

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So, there you have it..... We will know the gender on Thursday, get excited. We certainly are!