Isaac: 7 months

His first taste of food!

We celebrated my baby boy's seven month birthday this past saturday, he had his first taste of food and loved it! Matt and I have been talking about this day for months. Wondering what Isaac would think of food, would he like it or not? I bought a baby bullet a few months ago so that we could make and store fresh baby food for him. I have only used it once but so far I really love it! I can't wait to make all sorts of yummy things for Isaac to try.

We decided to wait a little longer than typical to start feeding solids since there really isn't a rush with him being breastfed. I was still a little hesitant when the day came and considered putting it off for another month, but I knew my babe was ready ;)

Here are some photos from the big day!

 (Busted diggin' through mama's bag while waiting)

My little man was a total champ, the first few bites he had a straight face and was totally acting like this wasn't his first meal. It was such a fun and special experience!

Towards the end we got a few of these faces ;)

Other than starting solids, Isaac has changed so much over the past month. He has such an awesome little personality forming. The kid keeps me laughing all.day.long.

He is all over the place! I sit him down with a few toys and he immediately flops to his belly and makes his way across the living room. I feel like every time I turn around I'm having to take a dog toy away from him or something else he shouldn't be into, and he isn't even crawling yet! Goodness.

He gets up on his hands and knees and rocks back & forth like he's getting ready to take off crawling. He also lifts himself up on his hands and toes and just looks down at 

his body, amazed at his little trick. Silly boy!

Isaac totally loves being outside. We take a few minutes throughout the day to sit in the back yard, and go for walks a few times a week. We usually walk to the park, too soon he will be ready

to stay and play! 

So much love between these two!

Happy seven months my little love!

This has to be the most gorgeous diaper bag I've ever seen! I'm in love. But with a price tag of $349 I really can't agree that it deserves to carry around poopy diapers.

<3

I'm getting so excited about the adorable boy things I keep finding.

So many hats, little man shoes, and cute outfits!

[Sources: MySweetMuffin, Etsy]

Cloth Diapers

Not only are they absolutely adorable on a baby bum, but there are a few other reasons we plan on cloth diapering.

Cloth diapers are cheaper than disposable diapers. Most parents spend an average of $3000 on disposables before your child is potty trained. With the newer-age cloth diapers you will spend an average of $800 for enough to last you until potty trained. That's a huge savings. There are also several places where you can sell your used cloth diapers, or save them if you plan to have another baby.

Cloth diapers are better for our environment. A single disposable diaper takes 300-500 years to decompose in a landfill. In the U.S. there are about 18 BILLION disposables used a year, that's an ugly picture! The idea of a "disposable diaper" is defiantly a myth.

Just to mention a couple other reasons- There are so many chemicals used in disposables, you can look those up and read about it! I've also read that cloth diaper babies on average are potty trained a year earlier than babies in disposables.

All of this added up leaves us with the obvious choice to use cloth diapers:)

So far we are registered for the Bumgenius 4.0 diapers (shown above) and the Flip one size diaper. Once we actually start the cloth diapering process I will post about our experience.

2010 Bumbleride Indie Seagrass.

I've been obsessed with this beauty for some time, and after plenty of research it's still my number one pick. I love the seagrass color, boy or girl.

Although we plan on rocking the ERGO baby carrier as well, I'm sure this stroller will come in handy much of the time. We plan on doing a lot of outdoor exploring with our baby.

Goodness, deciding on baby items... so.much.fun.