Bum Genious Diapers

So today is our first day with Bum Genious cloth diapers (the camera ran out of battery so I'll put a picture of her in one up soon). They are adorable beyond all get out and since she's nursing, her poo doesn't need to be rinsed out or anything. All we do is separate the inserts from the diapers, toss in the wash twice, and we're off to the races. I can't wait until it's summer time and she can just run around in a cute little dress and her little BGDs...so cute in my head! She's got her first one on that Adam put on her while I was gone running errands. He chose a dark green one after I asked him to grab a pink one. Go figure. ;-/

This was a weekend of firsts! Adam got to give Morgan her very first bottle and it went VERY well! She took it immediately and drained the 1oz bottle he gave her in 2.2! She went right to me then and had no trouble with the transition. No confusion. I was really pleased and Adam was really proud to be able to feed her finally. He also gave her a bath Friday night when he got home and if Mommy hadn't made the water a touch cooler than it should have been, it would have been a super successful bathtime. Instead it was a little more stressful (for mom, mostly) than it would normally have been.

Today was a great day at church. Morgan woke up around 8:30am after her 6th night of 2 (predictable) feedings. She nursed, Adam got home from hunting and took her, I took a marathon shower and was ready to go in 30 minutes (woah!!), fed her again before leaving, and prayed she'd be a little more content than she was last time (which involved her being OUT of church more than she was IN church due to some serious screaming). Needless to say, she slept her way through church with her nuk and some gentle rocking of her car seat. We were a little nervous to leave her during communion, but the church was small and I highly doubt that someone in a tiny church where everyone knows everyone is going to take her or do anything to harm her. I told Adam that if someone took her, they'd likely return her shortly b/c all she does is scream if you don't know what to do with her. :) Doesn't that make you want to just hold her all day long? :) JK, she's not that bad. But she does enjoy her bouncing of any kind.

Yesterday was fun b/c Morgan got to meet her friend, Campbell, for the first time. In case you don't know from PPs, Campbell is my good friend (from work) Abbie's daughter. Campbell is 8 months older than Morgan and quite the mobile little girl. (Crazy to think that's where Morgan will be next summer...) Campbell tried to "borrow" Morgan's blanket, they went for a walk together with the mommies, and then took the picture below before a sleepy Morgan and I headed home. A fun visit!

One more thing...Morgan's eyesight has really improved!! That said, she now eagerly makes eye contact with us from 4-5 feet away and has discovered the dogs. Adam was changing her tonight and of course one of the dogs moves in to investigate and "help" and Morgan was beyond fascinated. She stared at the dog for quite some time! It's great to have her reaching this milestone a bit more b/c it has meant that the screaming is less. :)

Last-minute confession: sometimes I use the nuk at night as a sort of "snooze button" to get a few more minutes of sleep before nursing...great mommy, huh? :) That will change when we switch to the crib this week (hopefully)...........