My Diaper Cake Experience...

I went to a friend's baby shower on Saturday.  I've been sick (sinus infection - yuck!) for about a week and a half so MrKLB and I stopped by Buy Buy Baby to get a gift earlier in the week on the one day I actually left the house.  I wasn't feeling creative so I got some useful items on the registry - Pampers Swaddlers, Diaper Pail Refill and then, at the suggestion of MrKLB, a Sophie teether.  "Everyone needs one of those," he said.  And he's right!

Anyway, fast forward to Friday night and I need to wrap these gifts.  I remembered someone on one of my Mommy message boards asking about diaper cakes recently, so I went back to look at that post and followed some links to directions on how to make one.  I found this site and decided I had everything I needed - well, mostly.  So, I started making the diaper cake on Friday night...

I rolled the diapers and wrapped each one in a rubber band.  Luckily our mail comes in a rubber band every day and we throw them in a drawer in our kitchen, so I had a ton of them lying around.  I used the box of diaper pail refills as the center instead of the baby powder like in the directions.  I did two tiers of diapers and used some pink scrapbook material that I had as decoration in between.  Then I put Sophie the Giraffe on top!

Then I needed ribbon... but I didn't have any wide ribbon in a color that would work so I decided to use ivory ribbon to wrap around and cover the rubber bands and used some pink yarn I had leftover from the Wall Letters project to do the rest.  I braided the yarn to do the top layer and bow and then just wrapped the yarn around the bottom layer.

Oh, and I wanted them to have the box that Sophie came in so I put that on the bottom and wrapped some more scrapbooking paper around it to make the base.  I stuck the card on top behind Sophie and Voila!  A diaper cake!

Catching up...

As usual, this blog of mine has been neglected while I've been busy keeping Brady's blog updated and enjoying every minute of him.  He is 21 months old now and I LOVE this age.  So far each new stage has been my favorite and while I know that may not continue forever, I'm hoping the trend keeps going for at least a little while!

I have nothing to complain about.  He is growing and learning and thriving.  We are blessed.  We still love our daycare and make the most of the time we have with him every morning, evening, and all weekend.  We are so proud of his most recent accomplishment - counting to 10!  Honestly, we don't really know at what age most kids start to reach a lot of milestones like counting, recognizing letters, spelling their name, etc., but it doesn't matter to us because we just assume he is a genius.  :)

I could go on and on about what an amazing little guy he is and how much personality he has, but I won't.  I'll just share a few pictures for now...

I can't stand the cuteness!

Since the big 2 is just a few months away it's time for me to start getting inspiration for his birthday party!  I have two different ideas as to what the theme may be so I need to pick one and then pick a color scheme.  We're probably just going to have his party at our house again this year because we had so much fun last year.  Time to get inspired!