On Thursday last week, Kellie, Alana and I had a bit of girl fun time! You can read more on my craft blog, if you’d like! Kellie grabbed these photos of Alana and I, and I love them! Thank you so much, Kellie!
Alana has started to “kiss” me, or perhaps she’s just wondering what I taste like. Either way, it’s pretty darn endearing.
And slobbery 
Alana’s new little puckered face. She’s done it incessantly starting last week, and I am guessing that she is starting to teethe…
I’m trying to teach her modesty. Note the dress pulled all the way up.
More mommy-tasting:
Now that she’s gaining weight, I do believe her cheeks are starting to chub!
I love it!
Then on Sunday, Rich’s first Father’s Day, Alana gifted him with the card below. Inside, she said,
“Dear daddy, I know I can’t talk yet, but soon I will be able to tell you how much I love you. You are the best daddy I could ever ask for. Happy First Father’s Day. Love, your little ‘Lana.”
At church, we were so excited to see Randy and Charlotte (and little Ryan!) who were in town visiting, along with Chris’s wonderful parents! Little Tucker was even at church for the first time! Chris got to stand up - as the newest father in the entire church - little Tucker is only 7 weeks old! He didn’t get a gift, though I was thinking how nice it would have been if they’d given a bunch of diapers or something similarly appreciated by new parents
Then we were off to meet up with Rich’s parents at O’Charley’s for a fantastic lunch! We thoroughly enjoyed the company, and gave dad his Father’s Day gift, the framed photo of Alana (from previous blog post) at his office. He loved it
Once we were back home, I put Alana down on our love seat while I grabbed something in the kitchen. I am glad the camera was close by, because when I came back over…
She had pushed herself up onto her hands and knees for the first time!
I think we may have a crawler before too long! She just scooted back and forth for a moment and then plopped back down onto her stomach.
I cannot believe she will soon be mobile. I’m thinking of all the baby-proofing that needs to go on between now and then. Yikes.
Then we dined on Rich’s requested dinner of Chicken Cordon Bleu with Rice Pilaf and corn, and chocolate chip pound cake for dessert. Yum. You can request that anytime, babe! Happy First Father’s Day, honey. We love you so much, and we think you are the best dad ever!!!
Cha-Ching. A depressing weekend purchase. If anyone drives by our house anytime soon and sees a foreclosure sign, it was the combination of these big yellow boxes and the cost of gas prices that did it to us 
I will end with a question for all of you parents of young children out there: Rich and I have heard that the new, effective cloth diapers are super expensive, but if you are willing to pay on the front-end, they pay for themselves in a couple of months compared to the cost of disposable diapers. I’ve heard to stay away from the cheaper cloth diapers (that they sell at places like Babies R Us), because they leak constantly. Any cloth diaper people out there? Advice? Opinions?
Let’s have a diaper forum in the comment section, please!!!
I use cloth diapers all of the time! They work great
The third picture of wana on the love seat is awesome - it’s almost like she is raising her eye brow and saying - “na na na na na…I am going to crawl soon. Good luck mommy, I am going to be trouble.”
I use gdiapers on Ada when we are at home. They are so cute! The inserts are flushable if you want them to be. We chose to put them in the trash but they decompose in 150 days vs the 200 YEARS for regular diapers!!! They are not more cost effective but are more environmentally friendly. My friend Jessica has been using Bum Genius cloth diapers on her son from birth. They grow with your baby so you NEVER have to buy additional sets. She loves them and actually is so brave as to use reusable wipes too! She is one of the most environmentally conscience people I know and it turns out to be a substantial cost savings for her as well. I am hoping to be that brave next time around.
Heather, I used cloth diapers for all three of my kids (over 20 years ago). I do not remember it being a fun experience. YUCK is my memory. sure I ALWAYS had a nice soft spit up cloth around (clean diaper) but the rinsing them out and washing them…not so fun. It seemed that back in the day they didn’t absorb any better than the disposable ones that were available so why not use cloth and besides my kids always got a rash when we used disposable!
http://www.cottonbabies.com - one stop cloth diaper shop.
Heather,
These are some of my favorites! I love her kissing you…that is the sweetest thing ever…love that you share this, it puts a smile on my face.
Yo, that second picture is the absolute prettiest picture of you i have ever seen. Seriously you look absolutely beautiful. That’s all i’ve got to say. Love it!