30 Days of Thanksgiving: Day 16

Oops!  Somehow, I skipped yesterday!  I mean, I didn't skip yesterday.  I was there.  Do you ever wish you could have skipped a day, though?  That's not how my yesterday was, I'm just saying, sometimes skipping a day doesn't sound so bad!

Today I've been doing some research, some reading, some "interviewing," in an attempt to figure out the whole "I own my own domain name" thing.  I don't own my own domain name.  I've been talking about it for a while now, though, and I'm ready to take the plunge.  I'm nervous, though!  I am so anxious that when I do purchase the name and make the changeover, I'll lose something!  I'm afraid I'll lose my GFC followers, or I'll lose my posts, or I'll lose...  You get it.

I've been emailing back and forth this evening with Beth from Five Kids Is A Lot Of Kids.  Beth's blog is hilarious, by the way, and I almost always laugh.  Except for days like today, when I cry.  (If you click that link, you'll see that her url is http://putdowntheurinalcake.com, which makes me smile EVERY time I cruise over to her site.)  So, I've been emailing with Beth and her husband, Greg, and they're trying to help me understand how this whole process works.  (Apparently it's easy.  I'm just a wimp.)

Beth's not the only blogger I've emailed with questions, either.  I've asked questions of Danielle at Happenings of the Harper Household, who has been a HUGE help in setting up this blog!  She is great at helping small blogs, like mine, make a bit of a "name."  Toni at Crazy 4 Fluff has been pretty quiet lately, but I can't tell you how valuable her advice has been to me through the last year!  Even my sister at Life with my BOYS (or Crum's This N That if you've been around a while) pushes me to greatness in this blog thing.

Today, I am thankful for my fellow bloggers in this great internet blogger community!  So many of you have given your time to answer my questions and help me along the way.  I am thankful for the friendships I have formed with some of you!  I am so grateful that some of you have been so willing to step out and help a lost blogger like me find her way!

Thank you, bloggy friends, for being who you are and doing what you do!  You're the greatest!

He was so little. Teeny Tiny. I'd even say he was itti bitti!

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That's right...itti bitti!  Little Stinky weighed in at 7 pounds when he born, but dropped to 6 pounds even before we left the hospital!  (He was a 37 weeker...a "near-preemie.")  My smallest prior to him was a little over 8 pounds (39 weeks) and the biggest was almost 9 pounds (38 weeks)!  I didn't know what to do with such a little peanut!  Too bad we weren't using cloth back then, because the itti bitti line would have been perfect!

That's right.  We're wrapping up this day with a trip down itti bitti lane!

I am super excited about itti bitti diapers!  I'm sure you've heard that this Australian-based company is coming to the US in March!  If you aren't excited about it, you should be!  I received two diapers from ittibitti.us to review for you, the d'lish and the tutto!

These were my first minky diapers and I was instantly in love with their softness!  The are SO luxurious!  No kidding, every time I put one on him, Little Lou rubs his tiny booty and says, "These are my favorite."

I really love the d'lish. 

I LOVE the trim fit of this diaper!  AND even though he's 22(ish) pounds, he has tons and tons of room to grow in a large d'lish!  It's snapped in to the smallest setting...without overlapping...but if he were tall and skinny, there'd be 2 more snaps we could close!  He'll be wearing this for quite a while!

Besides the fit and the softness, I love the sewn in liner!  You can't possibly lose it in the wash!  It's soft, to, and super absorbent.

I like the tutto a lot too, although the d'lish is my favorite of the two.

I LOVE that the tutto is one size!  Unlike some other OS diapers, this one truly looks like you could use it from birth to potty.  It gets tiny!  Stinky has a lot of room to grow in this one, too! 

The tutto has a definite "learning curve."  There are three snap-in liners, which you can use in various ways to customize the absorbency for your child.  These took a while for me to figure out, but I think I've got them down now.  I think.  Or if I do it wrong, at least it works for me!  :)

Also, when I first got the tutto I thought it looked like a great overnight diaper.  I washed it several times and then put it on him to sleep.  He leaked through...the first 2 nights.  I was disappointed.  BUT after a few more washings, it became my favorite overnighter!  I use it more than any other diaper for overnights.  I LOVE how absorbent it is!  You just have to keep in mind that you really do have to wash this diaper multiple times before it reaches maximum absorbency, but once it does, it's amazing!

I can not say enough good things about itti bitti diapers!  I love them and I know you will too!  They are definitely a "must have" in your stash!

You'll be able to buy itti bitti in the US in March (and you can already buy them in several other countries), or you can win TWO of them here!  That's right!  One super lucky winner (please be me...please be me...) will with both a d'lish and a tutto! 

(Contest will end and a winner will be drawn on March 8, 2011 at 11:59am EST.)

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