Gone to Carolina

So....you know how I mentioned there will be lots of changes in our household?  Well, the biggest is that our household is moving!  To North Carolina!

Adam and I have shared the dream of one day living in NC so this is a huge step to starting "our life."  We fell in love with NC when we worked on an organic farm in Pittsboro (near Chapel Hill) and have started many sentences with "When we live in NC..."  Needless to say, we are pretty excited about this newest transition.

That being said, we will certainly miss some aspects of Little Rock.  Namely, living so close to my parents.  It has been great to just pop over there or meet them for lunch or drop Ellis Rose off so we could see a movie.  We will miss those things.  BUT, they are certainly more than welcome to visit us AND we'll be much closer to the McEvoy side of the family.

I'm probably being paranoid, but I'm not going to name the town in which we will be living.  I find it hard to believe someone would read this blog and decide to stalk me but you just never know!  Plus, the town we are moving to is tiny so it is conceivable someone could find us.  Before I had Ellis Rose, I wouldn't have thought twice but now I'm a protective mama.  So, watch out bad guys (and gals).

Adam already has a job and I am still applying but hoping to get one soon (or at least an interview!).  I will also not say where we are working because I've just heard of way too many people getting fired over content in their blogs.  I can tell you that Adam will be teaching and his job seems like a dream and I am so proud of him.

We also already have an apartment of which I've been dreaming about at night.  I love moving because I love to dream up ways to decorate new spaces.  And this space we are moving to is going to be wonderful.  14 ft ceilings (imagine the Christmas trees we can buy!), 10 ft windows, 2 bedrooms and, yes, 2 bathrooms.  I think I'm more excited about the 2 bathrooms than I am about anything.  No more jogging outside the bathroom door while I wait for Adam to finish up.  Anyway, I'll be posting some of my decorating ideas soon.

Anyway, that's the biggest news I have to share.  For the next month or so, we'll be packing up boxes and selling some of the crap we've accumulated while living in Little Rock.  That's another good thing about moving - you get to purge!

Dear Postpartum Hair

Please stop falling out.  Thanks.

Love,
Your somewhat annoyed owner

The big diaper post

Long before Ellis Rose arrived, we knew we'd do cloth diapers.  We chose to do cloth diapers for many reasons, among them:

1.  It is cheaper in the long run

2.  It is better for the environment.

3.  It is easy.

4.  The diaper covers are just so darn cute (that may have not been on Adam's list of reasons but it should be.  I'll post of a picture of Ellis Rose in her diaper so you can be the judge)

So, we embarked on the sometimes overwhelming world of cloth diapering.  First of all, most of the cloth diapering websites use acronyms to describe their products.  So I had to wade through the CD's (cloth diapers), AIO (all-in-one's) and PF's (prefolds) for a while before I had a good idea of what we wanted.

We finally decided on one-size diapers because it just seemed easier than trying to figure out how many of each size to purchase.  We bought a mixture of BumGenius 3.0 and FuzziBunz diapers but decided to just start off with 12 total.  (Most websites recommend 24 if you want to do the laundry every 2 days).  I didn't want to go out and buy 24 diapers in case we didn't like them or in case our baby had an adverse reaction to them.

Then, my wonderful and glorious sister bought me a month with a local diaper service.  This was great because it would give us a chance to ease into cloth diapering while we were easing into caring for a newborn.  The cloth diaper service uses pre-folds and Bummi's covers.  I have to say, I liked this much better than I thought I would.  So so easy!

So now we have several pre-folds, 4 Bummi's covers and 12 BumGenius and FuzziBunz.  I think we'll hold off on purchasing any more for the time being because we seem to do be doing fine with this combination.  Of course, I haven't yet started washing them myself so I may realize I need many many more when I have a pile of dirty diapers to wash everyday.

If you are considering cloth diapering, I highly recommend the following websites.  Don't let the acronyms getcha down!

Jillian's Drawers - Resource Page

Diaper Pin

Diaper Safari

And if you live in the Little Rock area, check out Green Mommie Diaper Service

This is it!

I think I've finally found a blog template that I truly like.  At times like this, I really wish I knew how to do computer graphic design stuff.  I know what I like I just don't know how to make it.

Anyway, the title of this template is "Catch Me" which I think matches our blog title "Ramble Bramble" pretty well.  Speaking of rambling, there is lots going on in the McEvoy household which I'll be sure to catch everyone up on soon.

Also, I'm playing around with the ads.  I hope the ads aren't obnoxious.  Now that I've actually got some readers, I thought I'd try it out.  If it becomes too intrusive, though, I'm getting rid of them.  Until I get a job (more on that soon) though I thought it couldn't hurt to bring in some income - no matter how small!