I must’ve popped!
Yesterday was the first day total strangers came right out & asked me how far along I was. And it happened twice! Several other people comented on how much more I’m showing. So you’ll have to check out my 22 week belly shot & see what you think. It’s fun to be at a place where everyone knows just by looking at you - for so long it’s like your little secret from the world.
In preparation for cloth diapering I found out about a book that had a recipe to keep the diaper pail from smelling bad. So I went to the downtown LA Library (An amazingly huge and beautiful building, btw) & got it. The book is called Clean House, Clean Planet - Clean your home for pennies a day, the safe non-toxic way. Well it is full of recipes for all kinds of make-your-own cleaning agents that are completely safe, non-toxic and CHEAP! Considering another book I read, The Greatest Experiment Ever Performed on Women : Exploding the Estrogen Myth I am quite convinced that many of the products we use & things we eat are contaminated and are contributing to the contemporary diseases & problems in our culture - and being that I suffer from PCOS I feel these things can have a direct impact on my health. So I think I’m going to convert to natural, homemade cleaners, air fresheners, etc. Another reason I’m motivated to do so is b/c in a couple years Elliot is going to be roaming about & I feel safer if I know that if he gets into the products in our home, I’m not going to have to panic and call Poision Control. Plus it will save me $$$ and these days I am all over anything that will do that!! And the crunchiness continues. I can’t wait to get home & start my chemistry expiriment! 
I scheduled our childbirth classes this week! We start in March. We’ll also attend a baby-basics class & a breastfeeding class. I am really looking forward to them!
I got some cash & gift certificates for Christmas so I got to pick something out myself. What I wanted very most was CD’s for Elliot. I found a great deal @ www.amazon.com and was able to get 13 CD’s for $50!! They are all Cedarmont Kids Childrens Choir. There are several Bible/Christian/Sunday School ones, a couple Christmas ones, then several ones of just fun kids songs, and one just lullabyes. I have wonderful memories of listening to music & singing as a family growing up and I think this is a great family investment. I plan to start listening to them immedietly, so he’ll be used to them when he arrives, plus I want to know all the songs! …Do your ears hang low do they wobble to and fro….
