TRP - Totally Random Post

I've been MIA on this blog for a while.  I've been busy busy BUSY!  Don't get me wrong...I'm not complainin'.  I have been LOVING all the busyness lately.  But since so much has happened in the last 5 weeks since I've posted here, and I know it would take me forever to go into detail about everything (who has time for that?!), I thought I would create this TRP of pictures and thoughts and just kinda dump my brain out to you all.  Exciting, isn't it?  And, of course, as usual, it will mainly be about the little Petersen.  Also, you might recall my last post was about all my pictures on my cell phone.  Well I finally took the 3 minutes to upload them all to my computer, so all of these pictures are from my phone. No judging my photography skills on these!

Anyway....here we go...

Brody loves to eat...have I mentioned this before?  Maybe once or twice.  He hears a package of food opening and he instantly throws eye darts at you and whines until you bring him something.  Kinda like a dog, I guess.  Just call me Pavlov.  But instead of a bell, it's anything that can remotely look or sound like food.

Brody is getting really good at walking lately.  I'll talk more about that in another post, perhaps.  He can make it almost across the whole living room on his own now.  But before that he practiced with his walker a lot...

And this picture is one of my favorites of all time...and one I will cherish for many years to come...

Saturday, September 17th 2011 at 8:03AM ~ Brody is 11.5 months old

No, I didn't accidentally stick the wrong picture in there.  That, my friends, is the first step Brody ever made on his own.  And it's the most godawful picture you've ever seen.  But I love it.  It shows him hands free from the coffee table and in motion...granted he was crashing to the ground at this moment, but only after that first step.  Awww, the pride!

Brody does a lot of things with his index finger.  He has for a while.  He used to try to pick Cheerios up with just his pointer.  He would try to get them to stick to it.  It was the weirdest and cutest thing.  But even still he does so much with that one finger.  Spins the wheels on his toys with it.  Turns the pages of his books with it.  Plays with his food with it.  Touches my lips and mouth with it.  Lots of things.  I don't know if every baby does this or not, but I think it's special.  Others have commented on it before so I'm tempted to think this is just one of those unique things about my son.  I love it.

Brody has gotten the big D a few times lately.  Causes some nasty diaper rash.  So I let him do this for a little bit one night...you know...to air out:

Yah, I spent then next half hour cleaning up diarrhea out of the carpet. 

Brody wouldn't nap one day when he wasn't feeling well.  So he napped with Daddy.  I LOVE these two guys.

Almost every morning Brody watches Elmo.

Is there is an ice-cream cone shaped plastic spoon on my face?  Why yes, yes there is!

We had to rip up our old kitchen floor because of a flooding issue.  Our old "floating floor" was literally floating.  But we put this gorgeous 16x16 porcelain tile in instead and I lurrrrrve it.

And this pic is the closest finished kitchen pic I have...

We still need kick boards under the cabinets.

Prepare yourself for this next pic.  It might make you sick with envy.  Envy over me having the cutest baby in the world...

Sorry if your computer just crashed due to Cuteness Overload.  I warned you though.


Mommy trying to get one decent picture to text to Daddy...

Brody looking under the entertainment center for his block...

We finger painted with cousin Owen on Brody's actual birthday.  One-year-olds don't really understand the concept of finger painting...they just want to eat it.  Although, Brody did have fun putting his index finger in all the paint!

More Cuteness:

Super blurry picture but I think it shows how much fun we have together.  :)

We sometimes take a couch cushion off the couch for Brody to play with. He likes to climb up on it and roll off.  It's probably strange to others, but I'd have to admit that it is probably his most favorite game to play at night.  One night he discovered how to climb up on the couch when the cushion isn't there.  Oh boy did he have fun up there bouncin' around!

And this picture was taken today.  I really ought to pay more attention while driving...

533

Ever have those kind of days where you just feel like crying? 

I, thankfully, don't have them very often.  Usually I am able to brush things off enough, and not "sweat the small stuff" so to speak.  But occasionally, blame it on hormones if you want, I have one of those days where I just want to go home, crawl into bed, snuggle with my boys, and maybe shed a tear or two.  Today was one of those days. 

I have a very challenging co-worker - and my patience is often being tested by her.  Today she won.  I let her get to me enough that I felt defeated. 

And I hate that. 

So, on my lunch break today, to try to keep from tearing up, I asked myself…what would make me feel better right now?  What would make me forget about my stresses?  What can I count on for relief? 

So I called Jeff.  I am a very lucky girl, and whenever I need him, he is there for me.  Always.  Every. Single.Time.  But, today he was busy at work so he couldn't answer his phone.  Darn! 

Time for Plan "B".  Well, I can't exactly call my son at daycare and tell him about my crummy day.  But…seeing his face is all I need for a little pick-me-up.  So, I scrolled through the pictures on my phone. 

533. 

That's how many pictures I have…on my phone!  And 77 video clips.  Now, I can't say that all of them are of B, but I'd probably be safe to say 97% of them are (maybe more?). 

I purchased my phone only a few weeks before Brody was born…so it's really fun to start at the beginning and watch him grow up through the screen of my Samsung. 

Thank God for technology.  Most days you'll hear me complaining about my phone…but today I'm thankful for it.  Because it connects me to my loved ones (all of you!) and helps lift my spirits when I need it.  :)

What or who is your go-to for a quick pick-me-up?  And how many photos are on your phone camera? Am I the only loony with 533?

It's Personal...

Actually, it's not...hopefully I'm not offending anyone by making this blog for personal viewing only.  I have actually been wanting to do this for a while now, but kept hemming and hawing about it.  At one time I had different plans for this blog - to maybe even try to make it more public, but that just never happened.  And my thoughts at that time would have taken it in another direction, instead of primarily blogging about life with Brody.  But it didn't get there.  Nor do I really have any desire to do that anymore.
But!...
The good news is, that I have been getting some good exposure as a "photographer" lately!!  That's kind of what prompted me to make this blog private.  That sounds backwards, huh?  It's just that, I don't necessarily want potential clients (those that are outside the realm of my lovely family and friends), to always hear about the latest happenings in my personal life.  Prospective clients don't really need to hear about my drama-queen moments when I think the world is going to end because my son cried when I picked him up from daycare one time.  Nor do they probably WANT to read about that.  (Do you guys even?).  But I love blogging here.  It's my diary.  But a diary I only want people who KNOW me, to have access to.  Make sense?  So, if you are reading this, it's because I either invited you, or you invited yourself because I didn't have your email address!  Haha.  But, I'm glad you're here and checking in on us!

11 Months

Brody is 11 Months!  

Almost a whole year old.  

I cannot believe how fast the year has flown by...slow down little man!

Not a whole lot has changed since my last post, so I'll keep this one short.  And I've sadly hardly taken any pictures of him since my last post either (hence the photos all being ones from this shoot).  I've been so busy with other peoples photos, I've neglected to take some of my favorite subject!  We'll look at it as a little break, B.  Your birthday will be here soon, and you know I won't let this milestone go un-captured!  :)

Here's what's new:

• Brody still crawls all.over.the.place.  He's so speedy fast, I am constantly amazed.  Not walking yet, but I will finally say that I think he's getting close.  He cruises around the furniture with ease and will reach for the next thing he can hold on to while he takes a big step to get there.  He has been practicing standing up on his own quite a bit too, and will stand for up to about 20 seconds or so before falling to his bottom.  He always seems really surprised at himself whenever he realizes he's standing on his own too...it's very cute.  Also, if he's standing up and you extend your arms out to him, he will reach for them and attempt to take a step towards you.  Sometimes he forgets the step part though, and just leans over till you catch him.  Maybe he's just playing the game "Trust" like his daddy likes to play too...hahaha.  Anyway, the point of this incredibly long bullet point is that he is making progress and starting to show signs that he may be walking soon.  I always envisioned him toddling around at his first birthday party, but I'm realizing since it's less than 4 weeks away now, I doubt that will be happening.  No biggie...soon enough he'll be running around, I'm sure!  :)

• Brody's eating schedule is still the same, but as of a few nights ago I decided that I am D.O.N.E. with baby food.  I mentioned in his 10 month post how much I detest some of the baby foods we've given him, and I just couldn't do it anymore.  The fruit ones aren't bad, and I may still keep some of those on hand for a pinch, but the dinners are too gross, and he does better with table food anyway anymore. I guess I never noted it, but around 9 months or so, I started buying organic baby foods for him, and those level 3 dinners tend to be smellier and grosser looking than the old jarred baby foods we used, so maybe that was my issue...I don't know.  Anyway, we're done with those.  I'm sort of struggling with what all to feed him now though...so anyone that wants to offer good suggestions for a menu for an almost one year old, I'm all ears.  So far we've done: spaghetti, macaroni and cheese, grilled cheese, teensy bites of chicken and lunch meat, and of course cooked veggies, fruit, toast, and the normal stuff.  I've heard I should try fish sticks (thoughts from you moms?), chicken nuggets, waffles, and jelly sandwiches. 

• B still gets formula 3 times a day, but we've switched out his second bottle to a sippy cup instead.  He does just fine with it actually, so I'm going to start changing out his first morning bottle to a sippy cup too.  I have a feeling his night time bottle will be the hardest one for us to eliminate, but I'm not gonna worry about that one yet.  I'm looking forward to being done with formula and moving on to cows milk though.  And looking back, I wish I would have tried to pump/nurse longer for him (although I'm proud we made it 6 months), but overall formula seemed to work out for us too.  Cows milk will be much easier though, and I'm looking forward to not having to buy formula and mix bottles all the time!

• Brody is starting to repeat a lot more sounds he hears now.  He will still sometimes cough after hearing someone cough, he mimics the ahhh sound that people makes after taking a refreshing drink, repeats Uh after I say Uh Oh, and still occasionally says Hi after we say it...not always, but sometimes.  Too cute.  
• He also claps now!  And still waves hello, goodbye, and night night (and about 100 other random times a day).  He loves to dance and shake his head back and forth in his high chair, just acting silly.

Elmo (and Grandma) helps get smiles...wish I'd thought to use him for past monthly picture sessions!

• Brody is still working on that darn tooth number 8.  So far all of his teeth have come in as pairs, but he got the 7th one while we were on vacation, what about 6 weeks ago?  And the 8th tooth still hasn't made an appearance.  I think it's giving him a heckofa time too, poor guy.
• Brody's been sick, yet again, too.  Had some serious diarrhea and diaper rash issues last week.  I kinda feel like every few weeks it's something...ear infection, colds, fever, strep, diarrhea, etc.  He's such a champ though, and really handles it all very well.  My strong little man.  

Well, the big birthday bash will be here before we know it.  I can't wait to celebrate with friends and family.  And to watch B eat cake and ice cream!  What fun! 

Ok, I think that's all the updates this month.  Did I say this post was gonna be short?  Surely I didn't.  Oh, I did.  Ooops!  :) 

It happened.

I knew this day would come.  I had been warned about it.  I was fully aware it would happen.  But it still feels like someone reached down my throat, pulled my heart out, squished it in their fist, threw it on the ground, and stomped all over it.  (sorry...I'm a bit of a drama queen tonight). 

Remember how saddened I was when this happened?  (I'll spare you the link back, if you don't feel like clicking...it's when Brody wouldn't smile at me when I picked him up from daycare).  I look at that post and think...  Psssst!  What I wouldn't give for that day!

Because this is worse. 

WAY worse. 

Alright, alright, already.  What happened, you ask? 

Brody cried when I picked him up today.  Scratch that.  Screamed!  Whaled.  Threw a down-right FIT!  Face red.  Hyperventilate cry.  TEARS!  All because he didn't want to see me.  Didn't want to go home with me.  Didn't want to leave Pam's. 

Didn't want to be in his mommas arms. 

And like I said before.  I had been warned that this would happen.  By friends.  Family.  Pam.  Heck...Brody has even given me a warning of sorts.  He's been....fussy the last few times I have picked him up.  Not wanting to leave.  But never to this extent.  He has been very attached to Pam lately.  Even her kids, Kyle and Karter, have been given the cold shoulder from Brody lately.  And even her husband Scott...whom is one of Brody's best buddies...has been pouted at.  He is just very clingy to Pam... 

And so my head and my heart begin the tug-of-war battle again.  My head tells me this is perfectly natural.  He spends all day with Pam.  And he is OBVIOUSLY loved very much by her, which is why he doesn't want to leave her.  What more could I ask for in the woman we partner with to care for our sweet sweet boy? 

But then my heart....  You know the one?  The one that is currently dying a slow death after being beaten and bludgeoned on the floor?  Yah, that one.  It hurts.  It hurts bad.  For one, that is NOT my child.  My child doesn't cry like that (except when he's sick, apparently).  My child doesn't shun anyone away!  Why on earth would he do that to me?  Who took my Brody and replaced him with this stranger?  And I'm embarrassed.  Two other moms got to whiteness Brody's melt-down today.  And I can only image the thoughts running through their head.  Jeez!  Wonder what is so horrible at Brody's home, that he is throwing such a fit to go there.  (remember, I warned you that I was a drama queen tonight).  Or maybe they were thinking.  Jeez!  What a bratty little baby! 

I let Pam change his diaper (and joked that she had to do it since he didn't want me), but really, I just didn't want to be sitting there changing his diaper while he was screaming for Pam the whole time.  So, I let her do it ("let"..haha!), let her hold him for a bit while we chatted.  Then I grabbed him and bolted for the door.  And Pam called out as I was leaving that he'd be fine as soon as I got him in the car.  Well, he wasn't.  He actually cried the whole way home.  And even a little for a while once we were home.  I tried to console him.  Give him snuggles and kisses galore.  But he didn't want that.  He wanted Pam.

It got better after a while and he was fine later on, but I can't shake the guilt and pain I am feeling.  And how horrible am I that I am totally JEALOUS of Pam.  Brody doesn't act that way towards me.  He doesn't cry when I leave the room.  He doesn't pout when I'm not in sight.  He doesn't reach for me when he's in someone else's arms.  And I shake it off.  It's just a "phase", I tell myself.  But I can't help ask myself...why?  Why doesn't Brody want to be clingy to me?  I'm his momma.  I love him more than anyone else.  He is my world.  He's the first thing I think of in the morning and the last thing I dream of at night.  I close my eyes and long for him during my days away from him.  And I gaze at his pictures every chance I get.  He is everything to me and I would do anything for him.  Why doesn't he love me as much as I love him?

I know.  I am crazy.  Even as I sit here wiping tears off my cheek I think, SHUT UP!  You are such a brat.  He's 11 months old.  He knows you love him and he loves you.  He does.  Get over it.

So I will.  But tonight I'm sad.  Right now I'm blue.  So, my bloggy friends.  You get to hear my whine for a bit.  Thanks for listening.  Tomorrow I know I'll feel much better.  I always do.  So, in case I don't post an update about this...just know that I'm certain things will be brighter tomorrow.  I'll scrape what's left of my heart off the floor and somehow fit it back into my chest where it belongs.  And I'll be fine...

Until it happens again tomorrow....

Here's a cute pic of Brody to make us all feel better:

10 Months

Check out my mad photoshop skills!  I taught myself how to hide the circle and text
behind his hands and feet by layering images and working with layer masks in Photoshop.
What do you think...is it believable?  I'll admit it's not perfect, but for my first time
doing that, I was pretty happy with it.  :)

Eeks!  I'm verrrrrrrrrry late in posting this monthly update.  Shame on me!  But, summer time is busy...add in a week long vacation, a couple of photo shoots and sprinkle in a thousand-or-so pictures to edit, and that's what you call my excuse, people!  Forgive me?

So....since I never posted Brody's stats from his 9 month doctor visit, I thought I'd add them to this post. 

Height: 28.5" - 50%
Weight: 22.4 lbs. - 71%
Head - 46 cm - 65%

That said, I know that Brody actually weighs just over 24 lbs. now, though.  I know that because while we were on vacation the other week, Brody got another ear infection.  So, I found an in-network doctors office in the area (in Spencer, IA) and took him in to get checked out.  Of course, while there, they weighed him.  What a big boy!

Ok, what are we up to this month?  Hmmm...

• Brody is wearing all 12 month size clothing now.  And we've moved on to size 4 diapers. 
• No more army crawling, this boy can MOVE!  He crawls everywhere.  And he's fast, let me tell you.  People keep asking if he can walk yet, or if he's getting close.  He's not.  He will cruise really well around furniture, and can even stand unassisted for a couple of seconds, but he's very cautious and actually doesn't even seem to want to try to walk.  Even when we hold his hands, he either turns around and wants to be picked up, or he sits down and crawls to what he wants.  And you know what...I'm actually OK with this.  I think most new parents are so anxious for their babes to take those first few steps, and I'm not saying I won't be SO PROUD when he does finally walk for the first time, but he's already such a busy boy crawling all around...  I guess I'm just saying that I'm in no rush to chase after a little toddler...yet!

• Brody can pull himself up with ease now and is (and has been for a while) frequently found in his crib standing up looking over the railing at us.  It is quite possibly the cutest thing to see in the mornings and after naps.  We are ALWAYS greeted with the biggest smile you could ever imagine.  It's the best.
• B still eats like a champ.  Pretty sure there is nothing this boy won't eat.  A couple of times I've had to throw out his baby food dinners though because it made ME want to vomit.  Seriously...some of those things look and smell like the nastiest cat food in the world.  SICK.  I cannot subject my child  to such disgustingness.  I can't and I wont. 

• Brody is still on the same eating schedule as last month...3 bottles a day, 2 meals, and 1 snack.
• He's also still on the same nap schedule.  One around 9:00 AM and the other around 1:30 PM.  The length of his naps seems to vary.  Usually his afternoon nap is the longer of the two though, but he totals about 4 hours of nap sleep a day.
• He's still going to bed around 7:30 and sleeps 11 hours till 6:30 AM on weekdays, and will sleep in a bit on weekends till 7:15 or so.  Thanks, B!

• Still no words yet.  We get Dada, Mama, and Baba sounds a lot, but I don't think he knows what they mean yet, so I don't count them as actual words.  He sometimes says Hi after we say Hi to him, but I'm not sure if he is repeating us or if it's just a coincidence. 
• Brody knows how to wave bye bye and hello now!!  This is so cute to see.  He started doing it early on vacation and we got such a kick out of having him do it all week.  Sometimes he does it more easily than others, but he definitely knows what it means when we say bye bye to him and he waves back at us.  Awwww.

• Brody now has 7 teeth and I think he's working on the 8th.  Four up top, and now 3 on bottom. 
• Brody is getting quite the little personality.  He is still such a good boy.  Always giving smiles to everyone and always very friendly.  He will pretty much go to anyone who holds their arms out for him and generally isn't scare of anyone yet.  The only person we've notice him being slightly scare of is our friend A-Rob.  Twice when he's seen him he clung to me and one time even cried a little.  Otherwise he shows no stranger fear.  Not sure if that's a good or a bad thing....hmmm...
• He has learned to cry and pout when he doesn't get what he wants...which is really only when he doesn't get food when he thinks he should be getting some.  I swear...the kid is a tank and wants to eat all the time.  If we aren't quick when it's bottle or snack time, he cries and pouts and kicks his legs.  We do our best to ignore the behavior, and 9 times out of 10 he will settle down within a couple minutes.  He's learning how to express himself and communicate his needs...I wish he would choose another way to do it, but since he can't talk, I guess it makes sense that he cries to tell us what he wants.  I attempt teaching him sign language, but I don't think it's taught at daycare, and I am not consistent with it at home, so, I'm pretty sure he's not picking it up.  I will try to make myself be better at it.  They (random things I read on the Internet) say that right now is the best time to teach sign language.

• He loves to play, crawl all over the house, play peak-a-boo, pat-a-cake, itsy-bitsy-spider, read books, and roll a ball around.  He's such a trooper and we can easily take him along with us just about anywhere. 

I'll try to do a separate post about our vacation soon, but don't hold me to this.  I've got lots of photo shoots and editing I'm working on in my spare time, and I also need to work on planning Brody's first birthday party in the coming weeks (OMG...how can he already almost be ONE?!?!).  Life is flying by way too fast....does anyone know how to slow down time?  I'm savoring every minute of it, but sometimes it feels like I blink and a whole month has gone by!

Baby Giggles

...Aren't they the best?

There are Vampires at Daycare!

Either it's that, or this is one heckofa hickey!

Actually, it's neither. 

I'm sure you are shocked. 

Truth is...Brody got bit by a little 2 year old called Kaylee.  Apparently he is her fifth victim.  I asked if Brody did anything to provoke this little vampire-in-training.  Pam said nope.  Brody was actually playing in the exersaucer.  Kaylee came right up and bit him on his tasty-looking cheek.  Bit him hard!  Brody cried.  Kaylee cried.  Kaylee got in trouble.  She knows it's wrong.  Hopefully she will stop biting the other kids soon.  They might all form an alliance against her to get her kicked out of daycare.  You never know what these kids are up to these days.  I'm told Vampire Kaylee has gotten in trouble for biting 5 times now.  Each time a new vicitim with new blood to suck.  Luckily she did not break Brody's skin...so you can stop worrying he will turn into a vampire now.  He was lucky this time.  She did leave a nice bruise/bite mark on the side of his face, however.  Maybe I'll send him to daycare with some garlic and a crusifix tomorrow...just in case...

On another (totally completely unrelated) note...Brody L-O-V-E LOVES macaroni and cheese now.  I think it's probably his most favorite food (and the boy will eat anything, so it's hard to tell what's favorite around here)...

Seeing as how Brody's 10 month birthday was 2 weeks (TWO WEEKS) ago...I'm hoping to get his 10 month update on here soon.  I've been a busy little shutterbug (and photo editor) lately, which occupies all of my free time since getting home from vacation last weekend...so please forgive me?

Dipey Wipey

*warning...I'm in a really weird mood tonight, hence the corny jokes you are about to embark on.

I did a funny little DIY project over the weekend.  I made my own baby wipes.  Weird, I know.  I learned about it while trolling internet land one night.  Thought it sounded kind of neat.  It's definitely a money saver...I didn't do any exact figuring on this myself, but I read somewhere it can save about $12 a month.  Multiply that by 12 months and you've saved yourself $144 a year, my friend.  It's not gonna make you rich, but every little bit helps, right?  I created a little tutorial for you, if you are interested in trying these yourself. 

My favorite part about these wipes is you can use different baby soaps to get different scents.  I love baby scents.  They are so clean and refreshing.  Makes me want to make ten thousand babies.  HA!  Not really.  But I do really love baby smells.

Anyway...on to the tutorial...

Start with your ingredients:

• A Roll of strong paper towels (don't skimp here, my friends)  I opted for Viva as they are quite simply the BEST paper towels ever made.
• A Tupperware-type container (the ones I picked up from Wally world worked, but they were a little short, so you might want to find something larger).
• A bottle of drinking water (you could also use tap water, but boil it first...you would need about 2 cups)
• Some baby wash
• Baby oil
• A sharp knife and a cutting board
• Measuring cup and spoons

First step, slice that roll in half!  Find a strong burly man to cut your bum-wipes for you....or just use some elbow grease, ladies.

I used a serrated knife.  It made a mess.  But I tried a non-serrated knife and it didn't do the job.  Don't even get me started on crappy non-sharp knives.  I won't go there, but you can ask my husband about my true feelings on knives.  Oy! 

Pull the cardboard innards outta the roll.  Make a couple kazoos and start a band.  (kidding, but seriously, anyone remember doing that with TP rolls and wax paper and rubber bands?  good times).

*some rolls have extra glue holding the paper to the roll.  Viva did not, so it was easy to slip the cardboard out.

Next mix together one bottle of water, 2 tablespoons of baby wash, and 2 tablespoons of baby oil.  I don't have a PhD in bum-wipe making, but my research told me that you don't want to use tap water (unless you boil it first) because something in it can speed up the growth of mold.  And no one wants to smear mold on their babies butts now, do they? 

I used the deliciously scented Johnson's Bedtime bath.  And just regular old baby oil.  The oil helps aid in getting all the doo off the bum.  Got it?  And the wash...well it washes.  Duh.

Stir it up, son!

As I mentioned above, the containers I bought were too short.  So I shmooshed my roll down in there.  I shmooshed it good.  But ideally you want to have the roll sit upright.

Then pour some of your concoction onto the roll.  At this point, since I had a shmooshed roll, I took it out and flipped it over to pour the rest of the stuff on there. 

Put a lid on it, lady.  Let it sit for a bit.

Flip it over and let it sit s'more.

There you have it!  You've got your own wipes!  You should be able to start pulling the towels from the middle of the roll.  You should if you were smart and bought a proper size container for your project.  I wasn't smart.  But I wasn't gonna let that stop me.  So I molded my wet wipes and shmooshed some more till I was able to fit them upright in the container.  This caused some issues for pulling the first few wipes from the middle of the roll, though.  Your husband may tell you that your homemade wipes are crap.  Because your husband may have had trouble grabbing proper sheets of wipes from your little $144-a-year savings project.  And your husband may have not un-wadded the wipe ball enough before using it to wipe the fresh and ripe bum staring at his face.  Your husband may have gotten some poo on his hands.  And he may have not liked that very much.  Oopsie.  :)

Couple other things to mention...  You obviously have a second roll on hand since you cut the paper towel roll in half.  And the concoction should actually make enough to use on both rolls.  Just get another container for the second roll and you're all set.  I opted to not make my second roll at this time.  I've heard if these home made wipes sit too long, mold can develop...so I didn't want to have a second roll made yet, not knowing how long it would take me to go through one container.  Also, since my roll was all shmooshed, I think it needed more liquid than it should have, so I used more than half of the concoction on one roll.  Lessons learned for next time.  Questions?