Excited about Cloth Diapering

Well since I seem to be stuck in a rut of doing nothing but sitting on my butt which is expanding and my husband lovingly laughed at when i pointed out the new dimples (hey at least someone finds it funny) and watching tv I thought maybe I'd try blogging again. I love writing but prefer paper and pen but you know what when my daughter picked it up and said what does f-u-c-k spell I figured it's probably better to not write on paper that's left around my house! So here we go.

So since our new baby is due in March I've been doing lots of research on which cloth diapers to buy. (which has lead to many weird vivid dreams involving cloth diapers i mean I'm dreaming about reading about cloth diapers and buying them and it's just stupid but it wakes me up and i don't feel rested bleh) So after much debate I've decided to finally start buying them thanks to info from my sister Tara who uses cloth diapers and my many hours of reading. Granted I'm going to have to buy a few every month to get all that I want and think I need (and some I don't need but just want to try :-D). I placed my first order last night! I'm super excited and can't wait to get them (I know I have nothing to use them on yet but I'm still excited to get them) I'm buying them off http://www.cottonbabies.com/ since they carry the ones I'm interested in and they have FREE shipping! Woohoo! So here's what I ordered yesterday:

1. 1 Flip Organic Day Pack $59.95 it comes with 2 one-size diaper covers (i got the Bubble color) and 6 organic inserts. It also comes with 1 free package of flip disposable inserts
2. 18 Indian Prefold Cloth Diapers in Infant size $27.00
3. 3 Flip Covers in Moonbeam $29.85 (these were listed in their seconds/clearance section)
4. 2 Bummis Super Snap in Small $23.90
5. 3 Hemp Babies Diaper Doublers $9.00 size large they are 55% Hemp, 45% Certified Organic Cotton

This is only a portion of what I plan to buy because I also want to use the Bummis wraps so I'll be buying their Organic Kit they put together next time around. I love the fact that Cotton Babies is the company who actually makes one of the brands, BumGenius (Flip diapers), that I think will be a great diaper. So I had no problem with buying the 3 covers from their site that were "seconds" and the reviews from people who bought them said the "flaws" were undetectable. I hope this is true since I bought 3 of them ;-) I love to read and learn and have found that Autumn Beck's blog http://allaboutclothdiapers.com/ is full of tons of info and her readers are also great about sharing their experiences. I have also been reading up on some sites on how to make cloth diapers yourself (since 1. I know how to sew and 2. I got a kick-butt sewing machine 2 years ago and have used it 3 times) but I'll need to do quite a bit more reading before I jump into that but am really interested in it.
Speaking of projects I really need to get back to making and doing things. I've been so bored lately and now that we know for sure we are having a boy I need to get busy making things for him!! but I found my first project last night while reading on Bummis blog. http://blog.bummis.com/2010/10/make-your-own-felted-wool-dryer-balls.html So this is going to be my project for this week making Wool Dryer Balls. I'll also try to remember to post how these dryer balls work out for me. Hopefully this gets me back into the swing of things, and through out this week I'm going to hit up my huge collection of crochet patterns for baby stuff to start making. Because while dimples are cute on your face they aren't so cute on your butt!!