Crazy for Cloth Diapers!

The Roberts family has had a new addition to the family. Not your ordinary new baby, but a cloth diapering business. The idea for Little Rabbit's Cloth Diapers has been brewing in Alison's head for many years. With Neil's recent layoff we decided to take the idea and run with it. We have been using cloth diapers for a little over 2 years. I loved them from the start and wanted to share my excitement for them with others. Not too many people are using them in Utah. Alison is determined to change that! Little Rabbits is now an online store http://www.littlerabbits.webs.com/, it is a cloth diapering boutique located at the Quilted Bear in Provo, booth L-12, and we offers cloth diapering classes through community education (nebo community school, and UVU community ed.). Wow!we have busy the last month getting this rolling. Things are going great so far! We have an article coming out soon in The Utah Baby Guide, we are hoping that the word will spread quickly.
Now shouldn't your baby be wearing a "bumGenius" instead of those boring, uncomfortable, chemical filled disposables?

Guess what we got for Christmas!

Christmas this year felt a little different for us. Neil got a pink slip for Christmas.( We joke the President Bush sent him the slip in a Christmas card) Exactly one week before Christmas, Neil was told by his boss that they are down sizing due to the current economic conditions around us. Neil has worked at the Cataract and Lasik Center of Utah for 9 years. This all came so unexpected that it left us feeling hurt, scared for the future, and just kind of numb for Christmas. We even thought Mason had ringworm for Christmas, but it turned out to be just a bad case of hives. Then our new roof started leaking in our garage, and so on. "When it rains it pours" is a little what our end of the year was feeling like.

But we are still trying to put on our happy faces, Neil is finding some fill in work for other Doctors. So we really are OK financially. It just feels like we lost someone in the family. :( Neil is really missing some of his patients that he has been helping for many years.

We are looking forward to Obama coming into office, and hoping that he can change this economy for us!!

Mason is rather proud of his piano talent!

Mason is getting ready for his first real performance: The family christmas eve party.

The Roberts Family wishes you a Merry Christmas!

Even though we have been super busy with unpacking and getting our other home rented, we have been making time for christmas. We unpacked christmas before many other items. I figured if I wait till I'm organized, christmas might just not get out. Mason is really excited!! He wrote his first letter to santa. He first asked for things he could see around the house. So we had to help him with ideas. His cousins are all asking for the Nintendo DS, so he thinks he needs that. We did tell him that santa knows whats best for him, so he might not get everything he puts on the list. (Santa thinks he is still a little young for the Nintendo DS, he is thinking more along the line of a V-tech pocket).

It has been a really fun season with Mason so far. It is the first year that he is understanding how christmas works, he keeps asking me what the names are for Frosty and Rudolph. He loves the snow and loves riding his bikes in the snow!

Good-Bye Orem---Hello Spanish Fork!

After 7 long months we finally bought our Dream Home!! It really took 7 month of being patient with the bank to get this house. It's been almost a week since we moved in and we are still in boxes. Along with our move we all got a cold, and it has slowed us down. We're hoping by the time Thanksgiving rolls around we will have all of the boxes unpacked.
What we will miss about Orem: Lots of shopping options, our ward, friends, Neil's quick drive to work.
What we love about Spanish Fork: No more sirens from State Street, more space for a yard and garden, the beautiful mountains, and a quiet street. Neil loves the cable package options in Spanish Fork.
Mason not so sure about the move, he wants to go home to sleep at night, and he keeps asking who will live in our white house in Orem. :(

Mason Goes To School

Mason just started Preschool a few weeks ago. He really enjoys going. He had been acting kind of funny lately in the nursery, not wanting us to leave him there alone. So we thought preschool might be the same. We were pleasantly surprised on the first day when he acted more interested in the toys than to Mom saying good-bye. Now we enjoy having him come home and tell us about his day. Mom is also enjoying a little alone time. Even though not a whole lot can be done in an hour and a half. However it feels really refreshing to go grocery shopping and put the groceries away all by myself!

Learning to Play the Piano

We have been looking for ways to entertain Mason at home. We looked into piano lessons, but discovered they are a little expensive for preschoolers. I came across a program called "Piano for Preschoolers" I bought it from Amazon.com for $40. So far I think it is worth every cent. We have had it for a week and Mason is loving it. When we come into the house and he sees the piano he wants to sit down and play. He is no where near as good as Neil, but maybe one day!!