Why does every decision you make now a days have to be so incredibly difficult? Before I decided to try cloth diapers I had to do some research. I knew nothing about them. The first time I typed in those words, "cloth diaper" I was completely shocked at how many websites there were to search. Hundreds of thousands! There are different types of cloth diapers and about a million different brands. Then there are also thousands of wahm's (work-at-home-moms) that are handmaking them and selling them. Then there are tons of sites that resell gently used! Then of course there's ebay, etsy, etc and you'll find a billion more...
Whatever happened to making decisions based off a few options? Like- what kind of detergent should we use? Arm and Hammer or Tide? Decision made. No- there are like- 100 different kinds of detergent! This is true for every purchase or choice to be made. No more simplicity. No more this or that? It's this or that or that or that or- you get the point. There are even different brands of baking soda. Why?! It's baking soda. I'm pretty sure they are all the same...And now with "off'brands" mocking "brands" for cheaper prices we have twice as many options for all of the hundreds of options we already had! Don't try to search for a new shampoo- you'll be completely overwhelmed. Don't try to figure out which lotion is best- you'll get a headache. Don't try to look for the perfect white blouse- you'll be shopping for fourteen days.
I went shopping for the "perfect" pair of boots and I went to Baybrook mall two days in a row for about six hours total. My sister went with me the second day and I pretty much made her decide because I was about to have a panic attack. Good thing they sell gelato at the mall now. That helped soothe my frustration....oh wait- it took about 15 minutes to decide what flavors to get! You get to choose 3 you know. And there are about 40 of them.
Does anyone else get where i'm coming from? Am I crazy? Or is the society in which we live? with our money hungry companies, over-production, over stimulation, the need to make the perfect product for every single selfish human being. What do you think? I'm done. Oh, and if you're wondering what cloth diapering method I've chosen....well- I haven't decided yet.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Friday, February 6, 2009
I'm back...
Ava and Cru- together again! 1.29.09
Mama and Alister
I am so glad I got this pic! Love it.
cru and his plethera (sp?) of friends.
Ben and Cru Christmas day- new orleans
brothers Christmas day
truly, Little bundle of joy
This is great- Cru and his two best friends
Daddy and little AlisterHere are more pictures to keep your interest in our blog... :)
I don't know why everything is always backwards on this blog but of course it starts w/ the most recent pictures and goes down to the oldest...I'm not fixing it, that would take forever! So, anyway, I hope you enjoy them.
I know this blog is usually the last thing on my mental list but if you read this, thanks. I know most people have probably forgotten we have a blog...I almost did. Well, we are doing great. Everything is still pretty much the same as usual: Ben doing well in school and loving it- studying alot! Crystin, loving having two boys but tired. Cru, talking more and more and getting more and more "independent". (that's a nice word for, DEFIANT) Alister, growing like a weed (seriously) and doing more and more each day- he LOVES smiling! (mostly after pooping!...and eating, of course)
Well, the only other fun new thing is on Saturday nights we've started cooking a big meal, and having over whoever wants to come. Some people bring food and some just come and eat. I love the gift of hospitality. It's great to provide a great, home cooked meal for single students that never get one and have little money. It is much harder w/ a 2 year old and newborn but we just do it anyway and it's always fun. Last time there were 12 people in our small apartment. It is a great time of real fellowship and community- something we all need more. Ben wants to start incorporating an actual prayer time to be even more of an encouragement to our brothers/sisters.
let us know how you are doing!
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Alister Isaac is Born!!
born: December 11, 2008
9:55am in New Orleans
7lb 8 1/2oz 21 1/2in
sorry the order is bckwards! enjoy! more later...feeding the baby...
Monday, December 8, 2008
The News on Crystin's Health
So, it seems I have gall stones, multiple small ones. Yea. Right now I can only take the pill to help the itching and after the baby is here and my body gets back to normal we'll start more blood tests, do another gall bladder scan and see what level my case is. Then I'll be sent to a specialist to decide further treatment. Most people get theirs removed b/c stones are recurring and could get worse/more painful. However, getting an organ removed at the age of 25 just doesn't sit well w/ me. So, we are praying somehow I get better and it's not that serious. Your gall bladder is not a vital organ but still...I don't want to have it removed.
As for the baby- I'm still measuring small but the doc is not worried. Cru measured small too and was early and still average size. I'm having more and more contractions and pains and lots of pressure but nothing regular yet. Due date is in 11 days so anytime now!
Thanks for your prayers- even though I'm bummed we are very thankful my health issue is nothing serious. More soon I'm sure...probably regarding a new baby!
As for the baby- I'm still measuring small but the doc is not worried. Cru measured small too and was early and still average size. I'm having more and more contractions and pains and lots of pressure but nothing regular yet. Due date is in 11 days so anytime now!
Thanks for your prayers- even though I'm bummed we are very thankful my health issue is nothing serious. More soon I'm sure...probably regarding a new baby!
Monday, November 24, 2008
Pictures and more Cru-isms
Here are some recent pictures of random things and baby #2. We are doing well but I do have elevated liver enzymes and I've been itching like crazy at night. So, I'm not getting much sleep and am on a pill and last night I was actually having lots of abdominal pain and nausea but it wasn't really labor so I'm hoping my enzymes aren't getting higher...that could be dangerous. I was miserable and couldn't go to sleep until 4:30am. Please pray for me and the baby- tomorrow I go to the doctor and we'll do more blood tests. This is weird for me b/c I usually have such healthy pregnancy.
Just thought of some more Cru phrases that are so cute:
Clean Up= "Queem Up"
Clifford= "Cwipperd"
I do it= "my do it!"
Mommy change me= "Mommy, change you."
Bible Study= "Bi-ble st-udy" (he says this one really well but it's funny b/c any time he gets a book from the shelf or a bag he tells me bye and "I go bible study.")
Blow nose= "Bwo nose"
horsey= sometimes he says, "Hersy" and it sounds hilarious
Slide= "Swide."
MuteMath= "Mue-Maf." or "Show" or "Daddy's Show"
Cheerios= "Chidios."
And I won't bore you any longer! But I appreciate those that think they are cute.
35 weeks pregnant
mama and Cru after church
Ben's Uncle Mel was in town and took us to dinner- so nice!
Cru in a trance watching tv and looking hilarious
Cru and NaNa playing Nov 1st when her and Jessica visited
My beautiful sis Jessica hanging out w/ Cru
Us 3 girls at my baby shower some girls from church put on
My cutie and his best friend
My cutie getting to be a big boy!
Cru playing after his nap in his creative outfit for the day
Just thought of some more Cru phrases that are so cute:
Clean Up= "Queem Up"
Clifford= "Cwipperd"
I do it= "my do it!"
Mommy change me= "Mommy, change you."
Bible Study= "Bi-ble st-udy" (he says this one really well but it's funny b/c any time he gets a book from the shelf or a bag he tells me bye and "I go bible study.")
Blow nose= "Bwo nose"
horsey= sometimes he says, "Hersy" and it sounds hilarious
Slide= "Swide."
MuteMath= "Mue-Maf." or "Show" or "Daddy's Show"
Cheerios= "Chidios."
And I won't bore you any longer! But I appreciate those that think they are cute.
35 weeks pregnant
mama and Cru after church
Ben's Uncle Mel was in town and took us to dinner- so nice!
Cru in a trance watching tv and looking hilarious
Cru and NaNa playing Nov 1st when her and Jessica visited
My beautiful sis Jessica hanging out w/ Cru
Us 3 girls at my baby shower some girls from church put on
My cutie and his best friend
My cutie getting to be a big boy!
Cru playing after his nap in his creative outfit for the dayFriday, November 14, 2008
Everything Update
I'm not sure where to start so this might just sound random. I just want to update on what's going on in the Niscavits house but it's lots of unrelated things.
1st- We had a small baby shower with some girls from our church group Nov 2. It was really nice and just a relaxing fun time to hang out with new friends. Also, my sister and mom got to come into town so it was great getting to show them where our church gathers and introduce them to friends here. It was a great blessing to us as well and good seeing family.
2nd- The seminary had a craft fair on Nov 6 and Ben and I decided to sell our homemade salsa just to see what would happen. We didn't think we'd make more than 75 bucks and we came home with over 200 dollars! We were shocked and amazed. We know God apparently has provided a way for us to make some extra money from home while I can't work outside the home. We are so grateful and now figuring out how to 'can' salsa the professional way so it can be stored. (any tips/info on canning is much appreciated!) We are still in awe of the unexpected success. God is so good.
3rd- Cru is talking like crazy. It's so weird how one day you just realize- "I'm having conversations with my 2 year old- when did this happen?!" Rachel Setliffe asked people what their kids were saying lately. So, I'll include a few things here: (he doesn't say "L' very well, it's more like W sound)
- "Mama, hold you. Hold you, mama." (he doesn't know how to say, Hold me. It's precious)
- This is kind of gross but so funny. When he has to go #2, he'll get real serious and say, "Wait. Wait!" while holding his hand up to stop me from coming to him.Then after he's gone he'll look at me multiple times and say, "I waiting...waiting" He means Mommy waiting though b/c he doesn't want to change...so odd but hilarious.
- We got him a bible for his 2nd birthday and he only wants to read one page. It's the 'fishers of men' story when Jesus tells the fisherman to casts their nets one more time and they catch tons of fish after catching none all night. He loves looking at the fish. When I try to read other stories he starts flipping pages saying, "Where's the fishies?" and he always points out "Jesus!" and the "ciples" on the page.
- "Is it Cru's? Is it Mommy's? Is it daddy's?" He scrunches up his face and looks so inquisitive. He asks these almost everyday about something. (is it Cru's lunch, mommy's cup, daddy's jacket, etc)
- "Where's the baby?" or "Where's horsey?...he's hiding." His favorite 2 animals are horsey and monkey but he's added baby elephant and mommy elephant. When someone is missing he tells me their hiding and then exclaims, "There it is!" upon finding the animal he hid himself...
-"Wuv u daddy, wuv u mama." (our favorite)
- "Hug." each morning Ben asks Cru for a kiss and then Cru says, "Hug." and they hug. It's great. If Ben gives a hug, Cru will say, "Kiss."
- and he loves "cwimbing" (climbing pronounced w/ "W" instead of "L" sound)
- "Bible Study!" when he sees us reading or we're going to Lifegroup or he sees our studies DVD's.
_ "T.B" (tv)
4th- Anyway, Ben is doing awesome in school and the semester is almost over- he has about 2 weeks left! Then we'll have been here almost 1 year already! We can't believe it but it's truly been awesome.
5th- Baby #2 is 5 weeks away. If he/she is early like Cru...this could be 3 weeks! So, we are always getting prepared (me mostly :) ) in some way. Ben makes fun of me b/c every few days he'll come home and some piece of furniture is moved or there's a new box to take to the trash or goodwill or I'm wrapping Christmas gifts or making yet another list. (i have about 1o ongoing lists...ridiculous) Oh and as for names.....Drumroll.....
Girl: Cadence Noelle- (Cadence means rythym and Noelle, birthday or Christmas or birth of Christ )
Boy: Alister Isaac (Alister means defender of man or protector of the people; Isaac- "he will laugh")
6th- Ben's brother Joe (older) and mom and dad are getting to come here for Thanksgiving and we're really excited. We don't get to see Joe often so this is such a blessing. Please pray or Ben and his time together that it's just super-encouraging and fruitful.
That's it. Let us hear from you- we miss so many of you SO much. We love you tremendously.
1st- We had a small baby shower with some girls from our church group Nov 2. It was really nice and just a relaxing fun time to hang out with new friends. Also, my sister and mom got to come into town so it was great getting to show them where our church gathers and introduce them to friends here. It was a great blessing to us as well and good seeing family.
2nd- The seminary had a craft fair on Nov 6 and Ben and I decided to sell our homemade salsa just to see what would happen. We didn't think we'd make more than 75 bucks and we came home with over 200 dollars! We were shocked and amazed. We know God apparently has provided a way for us to make some extra money from home while I can't work outside the home. We are so grateful and now figuring out how to 'can' salsa the professional way so it can be stored. (any tips/info on canning is much appreciated!) We are still in awe of the unexpected success. God is so good.
3rd- Cru is talking like crazy. It's so weird how one day you just realize- "I'm having conversations with my 2 year old- when did this happen?!" Rachel Setliffe asked people what their kids were saying lately. So, I'll include a few things here: (he doesn't say "L' very well, it's more like W sound)
- "Mama, hold you. Hold you, mama." (he doesn't know how to say, Hold me. It's precious)
- This is kind of gross but so funny. When he has to go #2, he'll get real serious and say, "Wait. Wait!" while holding his hand up to stop me from coming to him.Then after he's gone he'll look at me multiple times and say, "I waiting...waiting" He means Mommy waiting though b/c he doesn't want to change...so odd but hilarious.
- We got him a bible for his 2nd birthday and he only wants to read one page. It's the 'fishers of men' story when Jesus tells the fisherman to casts their nets one more time and they catch tons of fish after catching none all night. He loves looking at the fish. When I try to read other stories he starts flipping pages saying, "Where's the fishies?" and he always points out "Jesus!" and the "ciples" on the page.
- "Is it Cru's? Is it Mommy's? Is it daddy's?" He scrunches up his face and looks so inquisitive. He asks these almost everyday about something. (is it Cru's lunch, mommy's cup, daddy's jacket, etc)
- "Where's the baby?" or "Where's horsey?...he's hiding." His favorite 2 animals are horsey and monkey but he's added baby elephant and mommy elephant. When someone is missing he tells me their hiding and then exclaims, "There it is!" upon finding the animal he hid himself...
-"Wuv u daddy, wuv u mama." (our favorite)
- "Hug." each morning Ben asks Cru for a kiss and then Cru says, "Hug." and they hug. It's great. If Ben gives a hug, Cru will say, "Kiss."
- and he loves "cwimbing" (climbing pronounced w/ "W" instead of "L" sound)
- "Bible Study!" when he sees us reading or we're going to Lifegroup or he sees our studies DVD's.
_ "T.B" (tv)
4th- Anyway, Ben is doing awesome in school and the semester is almost over- he has about 2 weeks left! Then we'll have been here almost 1 year already! We can't believe it but it's truly been awesome.
5th- Baby #2 is 5 weeks away. If he/she is early like Cru...this could be 3 weeks! So, we are always getting prepared (me mostly :) ) in some way. Ben makes fun of me b/c every few days he'll come home and some piece of furniture is moved or there's a new box to take to the trash or goodwill or I'm wrapping Christmas gifts or making yet another list. (i have about 1o ongoing lists...ridiculous) Oh and as for names.....Drumroll.....
Girl: Cadence Noelle- (Cadence means rythym and Noelle, birthday or Christmas or birth of Christ )
Boy: Alister Isaac (Alister means defender of man or protector of the people; Isaac- "he will laugh")
6th- Ben's brother Joe (older) and mom and dad are getting to come here for Thanksgiving and we're really excited. We don't get to see Joe often so this is such a blessing. Please pray or Ben and his time together that it's just super-encouraging and fruitful.
That's it. Let us hear from you- we miss so many of you SO much. We love you tremendously.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Cloth Diapers?...
What do you think about cloth diapers?
If you use them, how has your experience been?
Do you know someone's experience in using them?
Do you have an opinion on pocket vs All in one vs pre-folds? (I know that might sound foreign to some of you...)
What brand do you find best so far?
I'd love some insight and help here! I've been doing lots of research- it took over two hours just to get the 'lingo' down...it's crazy how many options/brands/types there are! Feel free to tell friends that have experience w/ cloth diapers to post on my blog!
Also, I forgot to tell you in the last post- Cru is OFF the pacifier! He has been for 5 weeks now! Can you believe it?...we are so thrilled. He totally knows how to sleep on his own now and is doing really great. Tonight he insisted upon sleeping w/ his bible- it was so cute and I went in later to check on him- not wanting him to roll on it- and he's sprawled out on his back and his bible was right by him.
Thanks!
If you use them, how has your experience been?
Do you know someone's experience in using them?
Do you have an opinion on pocket vs All in one vs pre-folds? (I know that might sound foreign to some of you...)
What brand do you find best so far?
I'd love some insight and help here! I've been doing lots of research- it took over two hours just to get the 'lingo' down...it's crazy how many options/brands/types there are! Feel free to tell friends that have experience w/ cloth diapers to post on my blog!
Also, I forgot to tell you in the last post- Cru is OFF the pacifier! He has been for 5 weeks now! Can you believe it?...we are so thrilled. He totally knows how to sleep on his own now and is doing really great. Tonight he insisted upon sleeping w/ his bible- it was so cute and I went in later to check on him- not wanting him to roll on it- and he's sprawled out on his back and his bible was right by him.
Thanks!
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