Welcome Home!

Well its been a little while since I've posted anything. There has been just a few things happening in my world.

First, I had a baby! A beautiful little girl. We didn't find out the gender of either of our children before they were born, and I had so convinced myself that we were having another boy that when the doctor told me it was a girl I was shocked. I mean totally socked. My husband and sister-in-law said the look on my face was priceless.

Since she was born I have so enjoyed the snuggles that can only come from a newborn, and seeing my J interact with her. I was a little worried about his reaction to having a new baby around, but he has been a gem! He loves her and takes every opportunity to kiss her, even when we don't really want him to.

Its so wonderful to watch him loving on her and trying to play with her. He tries to share his toys, his books and his food. The best is when she is laying on the floor and he goes and lays next to her and talks to her in his gibberish.

Second, we moved. About a week after A was born, we moved to a new apartment. Its a beautiful old Victorian house on the street where I grew up. We now live a few houses down from my aunt and uncle and a few more from my parents. Its really wonderful. There is so much more character in this house than in our old apartment. Beautiful molding and trim, and a sweet built in.

I will post more about decorating and organizing our new place, but right now we are still working out of boxes.

Happy Thursday Everyone!
Xoxo,
Coco

2013 - Exciting Announcement

HAPPY 2013!

Yay! A new year! So many awesome things happening in my life this year!

Isn't that a cute shirt? It says "ONLY CHILD expiring: June 3012." I made it as an baby announcement for our family.

For starters, my husband and I are happy to announce that we are expecting a baby in June. I can't tell you how hard it has been to keep this a secret for the past few months. 

Just like I did last time I am trying not to buy too many "maternity" clothes. My mom got me some really great maternity shirts for Christmas, but I don't want to spend a lot of money on clothes that I can only wear for a very short time in my life. So, I will be bringing you some of my non-"maternity"-but-still-preggo outfit WINS! Starting with today's!

 

Today's Outfit:

Shirt - Shade Clothing

Jacket - Forever 21

Necklace - Chewbeads

Skinny Jeans - Express (can't see in the pic)

Riding Boots - Nine West (can't see in the pic)

I am trying to figure out the best way of taking pics of my whole outfit, without having to have the hubs take the picture. I'm not sure he is the best photographer.

So happy 2013 to you all and I hope this new year brings you all the wonder, happiness, and excitement that your heart is looking for. God bless you and your family!

XOXO,

Coco 

(and ever-growing family!) 

Diaper FAIL! (and how to fix it)

I love my son. I love being his mommy. I love almost everything that being a mommy brings to my life. 

One thing I do not love is the crazy amount of laundry I have to do on what seems like a daily basis. I especially do not love the nasty diaper explosions that just ruin his (and sometimes my) clothes. 

Since there is no handbook for new moms (if only!) I have had to do lots of on-the-job-training. This diaper fail thing is one of the many tricks I have picked up over the past eight months. 

Here is the before.

Pretty nasty, right?

Well, thankfully, I have experience with laundry.

I have learned a trick or two from my days of washing actors clothing for a living. Its relatively unbelievable what actors can do to a costume in the short amount of time that they actually wear the piece of clothing. Anyway, years of getting stains of blood, sweat, chocolate, hairspray, paint, etc... out of costumes overnight (in time for the next show) has taught me a thing or two. 

If you have ever tried to get poop stains out of your babies clothing you know how hard it is to really make it go away. Well here is your answer! I have even used this system on poop stains that are days old. I have done this so many times that I can pretty much guarantee it will work.

Step One: 

Rince the poop off the item of clothing.

(To be honest, sometimes I skip this step, but then there are poop flecks, eww, floating around the bucket.) 

Step Two:

 

Spray stain with Oxi Clean Laundry Stain Remover

Step Three:

Put a scoop of Oxi Clean Perfume and Dye Free Verstile Stain Remover in the bottom of a laundry bucket. Add enough hot water to swish around in the bucket and mix with the Oxi Clean. You want the powder to be totally disolved.  I use the Perfume and Dye Free Oxi Clean because my son has sensitive skin, but the other stuff works just as well.

Step Four:

Fill the bucket about 3/4 full with hot water, I usually do this in the bathtub.

Step Five:

Add your poopy (or stained) clothing. Stir the clothes into the solution with a wooden spoon (make sure you dedicate this spoon to laundry and it never gets put back in your kitchen) or with your hand.

Step Six:

Let sit for a few hours or over night. If you remember, give the solution a stir every once and awhile.

Step Seven:

Dump the whole solution and clothes into the washer with your normal load of baby clothes and normal detergent. Run it through whatever cycle you usually use for baby clothes, I always use hot/cold settings, and then dry like normal.

There you go! Thats it! 

Happy baby with clean clothes.  

This works super well for poop stains and I have used it to freshen up kitchen towels and other items around the house. Its a really easy way to keep your kids clothes looking nice and clean. 

NOTE: I have only tried this with breast milk poop, not sure how it would work with formula poop.