Quite a bit has happened since last time I posted. Last week Mion and I have ordered our first shipment of cloth hybrid diapers and today we ordered our car seat and stroller.

-Did you know that it takes at least 500 years for a disposable diaper to completely biodegrade and that Americans put as many as 50 million diapers into landfills each day? I didn't either but when I found that out I, personally had no choice but to start researching my diapering options. In one of my many sessions of scouring the Internet I came across what I think is the most amazing invention for the diapering world EVER! They are called gDiapers. They where invented by a mom in Australia and are now headquartered in Portland Oregon. gDiapers are able to combine the convenience of a disposable diaper and the reusable aspect of the cloth diaper. A gDiaper insert will fully biodegrade in between 30-50 days. You are able to flush the gDiaper insert down the toilet, throw it in the trash or compost it in your compost pile. The cloth outer portion is very chic, it's kind of like a t-shirt material. The gDiaper marketing team calls them Hybrid Diapers. FYI: gdiapers are also a Carbon Neutral product. Hang on a second while I climb down off of my soap box and I'll tell you all about our car seat and stroller...

Ahem... Thanks for waiting.

As you all know I drive the smallest cars on the road...Mini Cooper S. And so our selection of car seat and stroller have been very stressful for me. I just knew I didn't have to give up my Mini Cooper just so I could have the ridiculously huge Graco travel system and Beck in the car at the same time. Again, after many session of scouring the Internet I was able to locate 2 companies in the UK that sells in the US. The reason I ended up with a British company is because, well, the Mini is British and from all I found they really do have a better handle to traveling light then we Americans do. And since we are going to have a new baby and the 100 pounds of his gear to haul around, I figured I would try and get an edge where I can. The stroller is made by Quinny and the model we chose is the Zapp in Lime. It is the smallest folding stroller on the market to date. It's small enough, once folded, to put into an overhead compartment on an airplane. Our car seat is made by Maxi Cosi and we chose the Cabriofix in Lemonade. There's not a whole lot that is revolutionary about the car seat just that it is made to go with the stroller we really wanted.

XO!

KCH

Nursery

Here are some pictures of the nursery. Mion has painted and assembled the crib and it looks phenomenal!

Here is a picture of the lamp we bought for the baby room. The lampshade we got on Ebay and the lantern base we found at Target. I just love the night light feature!! I know, I know! I'm a total nerd!