19/52

"a portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013"

Cambria: Love that smile.

Ezra: Love that shirt.

Avett: Love that little GT fan.

18/52

"a portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013"

Cambria: She was putting on a show for me. Again in the Tangled dress. 

Ezra: He was a "Georgia Tech boy" that day.

Avett: You can hear this picture! 

17/52

"a portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013"

Cambria: Totally in her element.

Ezra: Who YOU lookin' at? 

Avett: Cambria and I had a little fun dressing him up this week :)

Four months!

FOUR months!

Avett is officially 4 months old and growing and changing so much.

He nurses on demand but I *think* it ends up being every 2-3 hours or so during the day and 1-3 times every night.  I honestly never really think about feeding him, it just happens naturally as I instinctively know when he needs to eat. 

He still loves to be worn.

He is just starting to grab toys/objects. 

His 3 months clothes are getting small and I think we will be moving up in size soon. 

He is so smiley and happy all the time. He cried more during the first three months, but recently has stopped doing that and is generally very happy and giggly when he's awake. 

He naps SO easily during the day. I will notice when he starts getting tired and take him back to our bed and either nurse him or give him his pacifier and a blanket and within a minute he's out.

He also goes to sleep for the night easily. I will nurse him for a few minutes then he breaks the latch and just falls asleep. I loooooove him for this! 

Cambria and Ezra love love love Avett and are so happy to see him every morning when they wake up. 

Avett is never really content laying on the floor by himself or in his bouncy seat so he's usually being held by someone or in the Ergo.  Kyle and I are totally fine with this. 

Sadly almost all of his beautiful hair has fallen out.

He is bathed about once or twice a week.

Lots of people say he looks just like Cambria.

I have a hard time remembering how our life was without him. 

I love him to pieces and can't believe he's been here four months already!

16/52

"a portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013"

Cambria: Green hands on Earth Day.

Ezra: Serious duck riding.

Avett: Big bed, little boy. 

Today

The day started with Ezra waking up too early {for me}, got a little crazy and stressful in the middle, and ended with a family walk and a little American Idol. 

We visited the library to get books about bugs, made plant terrariums and dinosaur eggs, ate a whole bunch of fruit, took a few naps and admired Avett's adorable smile. 

Today was good. 

Great Cloth Diaper Change 2013

Yesterday we participated in the Great Cloth Diaper Change for the third year in a row.  People from around the world change a diaper at the exact same time in an attempt to beat the current world record of most babies changed into a cloth diaper at once.  A local diaper group I am a member of makes the event a "Green Baby Expo" to allow local vendors an opportunity to gain some exposure and to celebrate all things natural for Earth Day. This year's event was the best yet! There were 65 babies changed, lots of vendors, and a raffle that raised over $600 for our group.  Our event even made the front page in the Savannah Morning News! And the expo was right around the corner from Forsyth so we were also able to attend the Earth Day festival happening there. There were TONS of things we wanted to look at, but three children make those kinds of adventures difficult so were weren't able to see everything. Oh well, that's just our life currently.

At my table I talked to parents and parents-to-be about our cloth diapering 101 classes.  

Ezra happy to see Grandma. 

Getting ready. 

Brittany and Sophia!

Ezra was very excited to get his diaper changed ;)

We all had to hold up the diaper we were changing baby into.

After the change. 

My mom was one of the official witnesses!

I stayed and volunteered after so the kids took a trip to the park.

Avett and I met up with them eventually and we all needed a little resting/eating break before checking out the Earth Day festival.

Chickens!

First face painting experience for Ezra.  Cambria has never been interested in getting her face painted. 

He wanted a rainbow.

Petting an alligator. 

I was SO EXCITED when I actually won two of the raffle items!!! I know it may be lame, but I am in love love love with my cloth diapers and homemade soaps. 

Lots of soap from Marsh Mellow Soap, $15 to Undercover Mama, and two Charlie Banana diapers!

TWO jars of this stuff!

Only half of the bar soap. 

Our display at the fest. 

It was an exciting day and a fun way to celebrate Earth Day again this year.  I really enjoy being a part of our diaper group and love knowing so many other mamas who share my same enthusiasm about cloth diapers!

 Here's the weekend in 2011.