Diaper Shopping!

We just got home from a trip to Michigan to visit the hubsters family.  We had a great, but exhausting time.  We visited for about a week and a half and headed home Tuesday morning after breakfast with My mother-in-law and her mom.   The plan was to stop at 4 stores I found online that sold cloth diapers among other natural baby products.  When I proposed the idea to my husband, I half expected him to say yes, then change his mind and come up with a "better" idea for our trip home... but if this was his plan, he must have changed his mind when realized how excited I was about it!  I was telling his whole family about my cloth diapering addiction and explaining to them how there is only one store in our area and its about 45 minutes away from our house.  They probably think I'm crazy but, oh well, maybe I am!

Anyway, the plan changed a little as we went.  We didn't make it to all four that I wanted to go to.  Just the first three.  There is one in Ann Arbor that I would like to go to one day but it probably won't happen till next years trip out there :(  We just didn't make it that far before they closed.

Abby was asleep when we got to the first one so hubs stayed in the car with her while I went in.  That one was a "children's store" that had a few cloth diapers.  The woman behind the counter was a little helpful (explaining what she uses for bed time and how she heard good things about the bamboo diapers that a local wahm makes), but she didn't seem to be the most friendly person in the world.  I don't know if I will go back there on future trips.  

Our next two stops were in Lansing & East Lansing.  I came across this one cloth diaper website called Mother & Earth baby boutique.  I wasn't sure if they had a Brick and mortar store, so I found them on facebook and asked.  To my surprise, they got back to me and said that their store would be opening on Tuesday August 21.  How bout that!  That was the day we were planning on heading home.. Yay!  We got there, and Abby had just woken up, so we went in.  It was a cute little place and when Abby was giving daddy a hard time because she wanted to get down and walk (yes I said walk :) well, kinda... she takes 5 or 6 steps on her own!) they suggested he take her in the play room!  They had a little room set up for kids to play in with chalk boards, and a little table.. It was great, I could look around and not have to worry about getting "lets go" looks from daddy.  They were helpful and very pleasant and I will definitely stop again next year if we go through Lansing while they are open!

About 20 minutes further down the highway, we stopped at Little Green Branches in East Lansing.  We had a similar experience there!  I think the one woman was the owner and the other worked for her, but they were equally friendly and helpful.  The even drew us a map to Cracker Barrel so we could stop there for dinner!  The other cool thing about this place was that their kids were playing in the store next to it called simply, Play.  When they suggested we check it out because, while its for many ages, Abby was a great age for it, we told them where we were from!  It is basically just a place where kids can, well, play!  I don't know much more about it but it looked like a great place. You can click here or where it says play. to check it out!

By the time we got out of the state of Michigan, it was around 9pm!  After along trip and many stops we finally made it home at 5am Wednesday morning.