Grandparents

So my kid is huge

Here's proof:

Me at about 4. (this is the best digital copy I have of this picture. EDIT - when my mom saw this picture again she said "oh, that's in Virginia Beach - when you were about 2." Regardless - I was well past 6 months.)

Bunny at 6months.

Pimping PSE8

So I took this picture at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk last monday:

sooc - but I don't have the stats for it. I ran it through photoshop elements 8 and did exactly two things.

1st: I hit the "auto smart fix" in the drop down "enhance menu."

2nd: I cloned out the debris.

and voila:

Rockstar.

If only every edit were so easily made so awesome. I'm not going to watermark this. Because I trust you not to steal it. :-)

At the Beach

sooc:

ss: 1/640

iso: 80

ap: f 4:8

Where do you buy your napkins? Do you have a favorite etsy seller, for example?

The brick orange ones came from my stepfather (i'm not sure whom he bought them from.) The green ones are from....somewhere. The white ones are from target. They're a little small, but they do the job. I'd like to start making my own when these wear out. Etsy is actually pretty overwhelming to me unless someone shows me what I'm looking for. One thing you can't compromise on with cloth napkins: 100% cotton or linen. Nothing else will absorb nearly as well (if at all!)

confession: if it's just me I've been known to use a prefold for a napkin now that they've graduated from diaper to burp rag status.

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Could you do an update post about your cloth diapers? Which brands are you liking best these days? (I'm looking to switch...)

I am waiting for a new type of insert to arrive in the mail and then I do have plans for an update. Quickly, though, I love our fuzzibunz, still. The grobaby (now called grovia) are too short in the rise for our long, skinny boy, so they've been retired. I've replaced them with Thirsties Duo covers (the inserts that I'm waiting on) and am also using Thirsties Fab Fitted inserts. I have a couple of Bum Genius All-In-Ones, but I'm not a huge fan because the fit is weird. But that could be because our little guy is long and skinny. The grobaby/grovia disposable inserts work with the Thirsties shells and are still the only 'sposie insert I recommend. It's not necessary to use the tape to keep them in place, but that might change as Bunny gets more mobile. When the new inserts arrive I will post a blog with pictures and more in-depth reviews.

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Travel really takes it out of you