Introducing The Diaper Diaries and an update on J's surgery

As some of you know, J is scheduled to have surgery to get rid of his ileostomy (not a colostomy) tomorrow... providing of course that everything is good with his intestines. J has had a ileostomy since April 2007, just a couple months after being diagnosed with leukemia.

Today, J was admitted to the same hospital that he's been coming to for chemotherapy. We've unpacked all his stuff here and now, we're just waiting.

J is going to be wearing cloth diapers through the hospital stay. We brought our entire stash of 35 diapers with us. During his stay, we (or I) will be taking pictures and posting daily about using the cloth diapers in the hospital.

I will be adding a tab on the navigational bar that will link to all the Diaper Diary posts.

If you have any questions about using cloth diapers in the hospital, etc., just leave a comment on this post and I'll do my best to answer them.

Nature's Baby Organics

DustinNikki Mommy of Three is hosting a giveaway for a product from Nature's Baby Organics... winner's choice! Why not come over and enter this great giveaway!

Surgery??? in less than 2 weeks???

I know posts about giveaways have been lacking recently! But.... yesterday, we took J for his doctor appointments and we got a date with surgery! J has an ileostomy that was placed during chemotherapy over 3 years ago and now that he is done with treatment, we can finally get it reversed.

So, June 1st, J will be admitted to the hospital for tests to make sure everything's clear and then, he'll have surgery on the 2nd. I think this is way faster than I really was thinking!

For the next 2 weeks, there won't be many giveaways posted here, since we have tons of stuff to do to get ready.... oh, we're also going to using cloth diapers during his hospital stay. So any ideas of things we might need to get would be greatly appreciated... or any tips, too!

We'd also love for y'all to pray that the surgery will be successful as there is always a chance (especially with J's GI history) that it won't work.

BabyScholars.com

HappilyDomestic is hosting a giveaway for a Pacific Play Tents from BabyScholars.com. It looks like a ton of fun and I know that our little ones would love playing in it! Why not head over and enter for your chance to win!

A boy and his dog

J loves to dress-up in a suit and tie. We got some pictures of him the other day. I was hoping to get a picture up yesterday for Wordless Wednesday, but.... I didn't!

We are now cloth diapering full-time with J! I find I am enjoying it! lol! We stripped the cloth diapers for the first time and it took forever to get all the soap bubbles out (4+ washes without soap!). Currently his favorite diaper is the One Size Bumboo diaper from BabyKicks that I won at Dirty Diaper Laundry. The size range is from 7 - 30 pounds and J weighs 40, so the fact that it fits him (on the largest setting, I will admit) is rather amazing.

I know posts about giveaways on the net have been lacking lately, but hopefully I'll start catching up with all the giveaways going on right now.

Thank you for visiting Happily Southern and I hope you'll stop by again!

AllBarStools.com Giveaway {CLOSED}

With little ones running around the house and wanting to help in the kitchen, this is one thing you want to have.... even if you aren't little, but need that step to help reach those spices you put on the top shelf. I find myself looking around for our step stools all the time. So when I was asked if I wanted to host a giveaway for AllBarStools, I spent lots of time ooh-ing and ahh-ing over all the stools. Stools aren't the only thing they carry though.

KidKraft Octagon Kids' Table and Stool Set with Multi Striped Umbrella

I love wooden picnic tables for the little ones and this one would be perfect for the little ones in our family. I can see little guy, 'J', having a blast using this cute table and having the umbrella to protect his skin during the summer months down here.

Concept International Contour Picnic Backpack for 2 in Mulberry

Or, you could use something like this lovely picnic bag for two and go punting on the Thames with Mary Poppins :)... This is definitely calling my name!

They even have stools and chairs for that avid sports fan! I'm not a big fan of sports myself, but I know several people who would love these chairs and stools. Chairs for the Georgia Bulldog fan or for the Georgia Tech fan??? They have it!!!

Win it: The generous folks at AllBarStools have offered one lucky reader of HappilySouthern their choice of this Two Step Stool in Honey

or this Two Step Stool in White!

Mandatory entry:
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Tell me which of these stools you'd pick and go over to AllBarStools.com and tell me another thing you'd loved to get from there.

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Giveaway will end Sunday, February 27th at 11:59 pm EST. Winner will be chosen by Random.org and emailed as well as posted on HappilySouthern. The winner will have 48 hours to respond to my email before another winner is chosen. Open to the US only.

Disclosure: I received no compensation for this post. I was offered an opportunity by AllBarStools.com to host a giveaway for my readers. The words in this post are 100% mine!

$40 Gift Certificate to Homestead Company

Annie's Home is hosting a giveaway for Homestead Company! One lucky reader will get a $40 gift certificate to Homestead Company! Would you like several chances to be that lucky winner? Then come over and enter this giveaway!

$25 Gift Certificate to Homestead Company

Have you seen some of the products at the Homestead Company? I'd like to get their Eczema Oil for my dad who has eczema on his hands. Mommy2TwoGirl's is offering a lucky reader a $25 gift certificate to Homestead Company! Why not come over to Mommy2TwoGirl's site and enter this giveaway!

Bartholomew's Passage and Jotham's Journey

There is a giveaway of these two books over at Real Heart Prints. One person will win Bartholomew's Passage and one person will win Jotham's Journey. My family has read both books and we really like them! We got them through our library and we don't have them in our home so we can't read them as often as I'd like too, which is why I'd really like to win this giveaway. Why not come over and enter this giveaway?