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    Cloth Diaper Update

    Henry (in his bumGenius diaper) and his friend, Ellie Cate (she wears Fuzzi Buns)

    I haven’t done a Q & A segment on this blog like I’ve done over at 2000 Dollar Wedding, but I received a question via e-mail that I’ve been meaning to address:

    My husband and I are now expecting our first child (we found out it’s a girl yesterday!) and I was hoping to get more of a real-life perspective on the cloth-diapering system. My husband and I don’t seem to have any friends in the area that have done cloth diapering–in fact, they actually look at us like we’re a little crazy

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    Friends in Austin?

    Henry (left) and his friends, via Ben Becker

    I’m a little freaked out (or maybe a lot?) about moving to Austin and leaving behind all of our friends. I moved to Houston in 2003, and have been building friendships ever since (minus the year I spent traveling during my self-subsidized sabbatical and the year we spent living in Denver so we could attend Montessori training).

    And, to top it all off, I’ll be leaving behind the group of women I met during prenatal yoga. We meet monthly for brunch, we started a babysitting co-op, and I get together with two of the women for weekly play dates.

    Of course

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    Our Vacation Recap in Pictures (and a Few Words)

    A breast-feeding stop on the way from Taos, NM to Denver, CO. Sadly, we spent a whole weekend at our friend’s awesome wedding in Taos and didn’t manage to take a picture with our big camera.


    Henry visiting with the owners of Sunshine Mountain Lodge outside of Estes Park. This was the reception site for our wedding three years ago. Again, we neglected to take photos of our pit-stop in Denver to see old friends and to check out their “new” house from 1895.

    They made us delicious raw breakfast every day. I’m inspired to eat healthier breakfasts! Can you tell that Henry is eager to try solids?

    We went
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