What's in Your Diaper Bag, Chelsey?

Here is my first feature that the bestie and I came up with. After posting about my own diaper bag I have to feature Chelsey next of course. That's just how it works. So here are her answers to the questions.

Your name: Chelsey Felda
Blog: Lifes Little Souvenirs
Child/ren name and age: 1 daughter,  Ava, 8 months old

1.  What bag do you use? Do you love it/hate it?

I mostly use my Thirty-One Retro Metro Tote in Party Punch, but occasionally switch to my Petunia Pickle Bottom Boxy Backpack.
I love both of my bags, but have found myself using the tote more often as Ava gets older and requires more (I.E. food and more toys to keep her entertained while away) I love that the PPB has a detachable changing pad so I am able to use it with the tote as well. Oh, and the prints are ADORABLE on both bags.

2. The goods...what's inside your bag?

1. Face wipes because let's face it, babies are messy. ;)

2. A pen, Wet Ones, and Pacifier/Toy Cleaning Wipes: I keep a pen in the bag because I always need one when I don't have one in it, the Wet Ones are for those dirty high chairs and carts, and the wipes are pretty much self explanatory. 

3. Baby food, travel spoon, formula/formula dispenser, baby juice, and my Thirty-One thermal pouch to keep it all in.

4. Baby Mum Mum's, a granola bar for Mommy (or Daddy!), spare/emergency formula, and baby snacks (teether biscuits and puffs).

5. Wet bag and cloth diapers.

6. Bottles and a sippy cup. 

7. Teether toys!! I would DIE without these!!

8. Wipes holder with cloth wipes inside, diaper creams, and hand sanitizer.

9. Mommy's wristlet, Kleenex, and chap stick: the Kleenex because it is allergy season and the chap stick because Brian is always asking me for some. 

10. Pacifiers (always carry a spare!).

11. The "Med" Bag: in it we have things like gas drops, Tylenol, baby chap stick, teething gel, amber beads, etc. 

12. A big and a burp cloth because Ava always seems to spit up when we don't have them.

13. Spare clothes in their own wet bag.

14. Some crazy light up spinner Cinderella toy...not sure why that is in there...

3.What must you always, always, always have in your bag?

What must I always have in my bag?? That is a tough one since without one thing we almost always need it; which is why I carry so much! I would have to say that right now the one thing I must ALWAYS have in the bag is a pacifier and the wet bag...without the pacifier I can't distract her from her hunger in the even that I forgot the bottle, formula, or BOTH; which has been done before. And without the wet bag, well, let's just say we have one STINKY diaper bag without it.

4. What's the most random item in your bag?

The most random thing in my bag is definitely that Cinderella toy...I think I stuffed it in her bag when we were traveling to Georgia a few weekends ago...not sure why...

5. Dirty Secret...

My dirty secret is that I am guilty of having forgotten to take the dirty diapers out of the wet bag...oopsy! I should also swap out the spare clothes since I am almost positive they are from two months ago...guess that means we are lucky for not ever needing them! Now watch, we will need them and the clothes will be waaaaaaay too small! Ha! 

Diaper Bag Series

My best friend and I came up with the idea to feature some of our friends that are mommas and what they have in their diaper bag. To start the series off I figured I could give you a look into what in my diaper bag and a look at the questions I will be asking my friends.

What is in your diaper bag?

Take a photo of your diaper bag and what's inside your bag

Name:
Blog:
Child(ren) name and age:

1. What bag do you use? Do you love it/hate it?
2. The goods...what's inside your bag?
3. What must you always, always, always have in your bag?
4. What's the most random item in your diaper bag?
5. Dirty secret...



Here's my answers

Aubrey 

Allen who is 6 months old

1. Vera Bradley's Make A Change Baby Bag in Baroque print and I LOVE LOVE LOVE my diaper bag. I love that a diaper pad is included with my bag and it's detachable

2. Diapers, wipes, creams, change of clothes, wetbag, bib, bottle(s), blanket, monkey toy, paci, hand sanitizer, diaper pad, face wipes, and my wristlet 

3. Diapers and a change of clothes. I feel like Allen has blowouts like it's his dayjob

4. A Bible for church on Sundays

5. I have forgotten a full bottle of formula a time or two and forgot that it was in my diaper bag for a couple days. Ooopsie 

I have a 6 month old Monster

Okay yet again I feel like I'm saying it, but seriously where does the time go?! I have an almost 6 month old??? This can't be happening. He giggles, chews on his toes, and is almost fully sitting up on his own. And let me say again he has turned into a monster! He's going through a growth spurt and on top of that as if it's not enough on its own he's teething. I'm so ready for this one tooth to break through. It has been such a pain in my rear that I can't even begin to explain. Thank you teething tablets and Tylenol for taking some of the edge off of my monster's swelling gums. Allen has also decided that he's now big enough to put himself to sleep. Oh no he does not want to be snuggled, loved or rocked. Oh hell no, is this real life? He can't be big enough to do this. It's great because I get to laugh at him and what I see in his baby monitor while he puts himself to sleep, but come on give your mama a break and at least let her hold on to one part of you being little and needing me to go to sleep. Ha ha guess not.
Other than a growth spurt and teeth turning the Jamerson household into a complete shitshow things have been okay...not great, not awful just okay.
I'm a Thirty-One consultant and went to my first C & C meeting. What is that you ask. I got to learn about all the new summer awesome'ness that will be coming out next month. Be excited!!! I know I am. Well at this meeting guess what happened to meeeee. I ate gluten. Oh ya, you read that right. Not on purpose of course I accidentally consumed gluten and man oh man am I ready for it to get the f out of my system. Job wise things are good for me. I got a promotion and I'm an assistant director (director designee) at work. Job wise for Adam still currently looking. New leads still coming in and hopefully will be doing a post very shortly about what Adam does get for a job. Until then off to research if all the business that's going on with my monster is normal...

Easter is here and March is almost gone...

First time that I have had Good Friday off in a long time. Per usual spring weather came rolling in and it was so nice to let some fresh air into the house. Don't get me wrong I'm one of those crazies that LOVES LOVES LOVES snow/winter but I was ready to say goodbye winter and hello spring. With the nice spring air rolling through the house Adam and I decided some deep spring cleaning was needed. Since the house is beyond small and most days it feels like a funny farm rather than a house, we decided to clean three rooms yesterday and three today. Well yesterday it was more like two and a half versus three but hey we tried and we still have all of today. The warm weather called is outside and the four of us (Adam, Allen, Ace, and i) decided a bike ride couldn't be turned down! Also in the festive'ness of Easter we took plastic Easter eggs strung some fishing line through them and hung them on our tree outside. Ta da festive tree. Wow that was way more easy than I thought it would be. The in-laws are coming over tomorrow after church of course to hang out with us (mostly Allen of course) and to have a yummy dinner. We're not big ham fans so turkey it is. Mom is bringing dessert. I'm very curious to see what she decides to bring. It will be GF of course. Yumo!!
Allen went in for his 4 moth checkup and he is currently 14.5 pounds, 26.7 inches long and doing great. Adam had to take Allen since I couldn't take off work. Adam's exact words were he loves Allen's doctor and is very pleased. Boogie but had to get four shots and apparently did great! Woo hoo. He's currently still eating rice cereal and bottles and per doctor advice will be starting food food after he turns 6 months. Bring on my baby bullet and the crazy baby food extravaganza. I'm super excited to start making baby food. I'm thinking his first meal will be peas. Hopefully he likes them. Maybe I can follow in his footsteps and I might just like them...maybe.
Well my butt has to get back to cleaning.

Momma Time

Ok so seriously where does the time in the day go? I am a full time working mommy and when I get home I feel like there is no time left in the day and of course my blog is the last thing on my mind. It's been almost a month since my last post and of course I feel like I could write a novel about all the baby and mommy things that have been going on. Tomorrow is Allen and mommy day so hopefully while boogie butt is sleeping I can get some more updates in.

Holy GEEEZ where to start??

Now looking back that my last post was in 2012 I really need to get my butt in gear and get some updates put up. Holy geez did life get crazy ever since Allen has been born. My last post was about Allen being born. Man oh man where do I start....?

We have had a lot of firsts to say the least...First Halloween, First Thanksgiving, First Christmas, First New Year, First Valentine's Day.  

Now let's see if I can get all of these pictures put in here as well. There have also been a lot of other firsts other than holidays. First smile, first giggle, first taste of rice cereal. I seriously cannot believe how quickly time flies. It is seriously gone in the blink of an eye. 

First Halloween

 

 First Doctor's Appt

 

First Boo Lip

First Chirstmas

First Valentine's Day

First taste of rice cereal

First time wearing bibs

First bath in a big boy tub