I'm going to try to do a blog without talking too much about Jordon, but it's so hard not to. We have been keeping busy this week, on Thursday night we received a call to give a talk in sacrament meeting. We thought it was ironic that the topic we were given was the topic we were planning to speak about if Chris was still executive secretary by that time. We were able to put our talks together with the help of dad letting us borrow a couple of stories from his talks on Temple Blessings. I always get quite nervous when i do a talk, but today wasn't too bad. I actually prefer giving talks over teaching the whole YW organization on fast sundays which i had to do when i was the YW secretary. Everything went well and i sure enjoyed listening to Chris tell about the motorcycle story(Chris will have to tell you it if you are interested.)

This week we have also been working on some house projects. We are currently working on updating the guest bathroom by doing some painting and electrical work. I enjoy painting and it's about time for me to finish what i started 2 years ago before Jordon was born.

We have also been looking at a way to help our budget. We are still thinking over it, but I'm pretty sure we have decided to go with buying cloth diapers. Cloth diapers have come a long way from back when our parents had us, so i talked to my sister who is currently using them for her son, and she has convinced me of how much better it is. It costs quite a bit up front because you need about 16-20 diapers, a diaper sprayer, certain cans to keep the smell out, along with special detergent. Along with doing laundry every other day, which still wouldn't add up as much as buying diapers every month. It might sound gross to have to go to cloth diapers, but Erin gave me a lot of reasons why cloth is better.

1. It saves a bundle on buying diapers every month

2. It helps to save on less garbage dumping for the earth

3. There are some irritants in the diaper that hurts baby skin, leads to more rash than cloth diapers

4. In case of emergency situations and if you don't have extra disposable diapers, you have cloth you can use.

Erin even gave me a recipe for making your own wipes, which the store wipes have harmful chemicals too, and these don't take that much effort to make, and are safer.

So that is our plan. I don't think Jordon will be potty trained by 2, but we are going to think about buying his own potty in a few months. More than likely he won't be potty trained until 3, which would save us about 500 dollars or more on diapers. That's almost 2 car payments!

Anyways, that's about it. Thought i'd do a blog while Jordon is napping. Today he didn't take a nap at church so he'll be going to bed late tonight. Oh well. Chris is planning on going to the General Priesthood Meeting while I hopefully go hang out with the rest of the family at Mom's house. Sorry no pictures today!

Oh here's a good website my sister referred me to for cloth diapers if anyone is interested. (Of course we are probably going to use ebay and craig's list for discount stuff. )

http://www.bumgenius.com/

And the best thing about them, is you can get a one size adjustable diaper that grows with your child. They have snaps on them which will adjust from 5 lbs to 35 lbs. So when you buy them, they are supposed to last through two kids. Of course i don't think i would use them until after they are about 3 months old, i doubt you'd want to be changing the meconium diapers this way. But after 3 months old and use them til they are potty trained you'll save a lot of money. I was just thinking of ways to save money as a stay at home mom. These were actually designed by SAHM's too. So if anyone is interested give us a call.

Take care!