Happy Easter!

Evelyn is the cutest little bunny I ever did see!

 

Bunny Gone Wild!

 

40 Things that make it all worth it.

1.     My Husband

2.     My Daughter

3.     My Family

4.     Warm Baths

5.     Hot Showers

6.     Coffee

7.     Smell of Roses

8.     Pasta

9.     Green Grass

10.  The Ocean

11.  Sunsets

12.  Sunrises

13.  Fresh Food

14.  Books

15.  Movies

16.  Cats

17.  Comedy

18.  Harmonious Music

19.  Camping

20.  Road Trips

21.  Hiking

22.  Feeling Loved

23.  Sleep

24.  Thunder Storms

25.  Swimming

26.  Sound Of a River

27.  Sound Of Wind In The Trees

28.  Soft Blankets

29.  Friends

30.  Breakfast For Dinner

31.  Christmas Time

32.  Fireworks

33.  Sweets

34.  Human Connection

35.  Smell Of a New Book

36.  Fall Leaves

37.  Learning New Things

38.  Going on Walks

39.  Fire Places

40.  Holding Your Loved Ones Close

MomMade® Baby Food

So I promised you all a post on baby food making. I know it's long overdue, sorry! As you all know I work and go to school so I'm not a person who has a ton of free time but I still manage to fit in baby food making time periodically. It costs a lot to raise a child these days especially when you feel like your child needs every new product known to man. I personally have tried to cut back the costs by first cloth diapering which I love! Secondly I make my own baby food. Have you seen the costs of baby food these days! I wasn't exactly planning on making my own food until I took a look at the price and calculated how much I would spend in the course of my daughters infant hood. So instead of buying the packaged baby food I went back to my produce aisle picked out a few sweet potatoes and some apples to try out my hand in baby food making. No, you don't need a fancy baby bullet or an industrial steamer. We simply use our stove top steamer and a blender or food processor. There is no sense in buying another appliance to take up room on your counter top. So I will be going over two type of ways you will be making baby food. One is by steaming and the other by baking. I will be showing you how to makes applesauce and  in another post we will make butternut squash. So lets get started!

 

Things You Will Need

 

• 8 Apples of your choice (except Granny Smith too tart)
• Cinnamon (optional
• Butter Knife
• Blender or food processor
• Steamer Stove top or electric
• 2-3 Ice cube trays
• 1 Gallon size freezer bags
•  Sharpe

Applesauce With Cinnamon

 

First you will want to rinse and peel your apples.

Best apple peeler ever! Found this at the dollar store!

Slice down each of the 4 sides of the apple until you are left with a square core.

Lay each piece flat side down and slice into same size chunks

Place in your Steamer and cover for 8 minutes.

Should look like this when done.

Place apple in the blender

Use as much or as little of the excess steaming water to thin out the apples.

Once pureed, add cinnamon if desired and blend in.
 

Pour in ice cube tray

Cover with seran wrap.

Place in freezer overnight.

Once frozen, use a butter knife to loosen each cube the don't come out like ice.

Pour cubes into a freezer safe bag.

 



Label and date. Place back in freezer. You're done!

So this is how to make baby applesauce. You can do this with any fruit or veggies. Try doing broccoli, peas or spinach. Pears are exactly the same process as well. Root vegtables should be baked I also would advice you to bake large squash such as spagetti or butternut so check out my next post for a how to on that. I encourage you to add spices to flavor up to baby's food! Rosemary and sweet potatoes is one my daugher loves and it is surprisingly delicious. My moto is if I wouldn't eat it I wouldn't feed it to my daughter so I always test everything before I give it to her to make sure it's delicious. Have fun and feel free to ask questions if you have any!

Stay At Home Mom For A Week

          I got the wonderful opportunity to be a stay at home mom for a week! So I've had a lot of extra time to get things that have sitting on the back burner done this week. I made a bunch of baby food, we went on a play date, we deep cleaned the house, danced to Yo GabaGaba, banged on pots and pans, took naps, went shopping. Oh what a fun filled week but alas all good things must come to an end sadly. I'll miss being home during the day with my sweet baby girl. It's so amazing how much I never notice when I only get a couple hours a day with her only to do the bedtime routine with her which is dinner, bath nurse and bed. She has such a big personality!! She is actually starting to do intellectual things like reach for me, put her pacifier in her mouth, try to grab the animal, crack up at sounds, pick grass, eat finger foods, saying mama. She is just growing up too fast and I feel like I've been mising so much of it.

My Giggly Girl

Today after feeding Evelyn I sat her up and was talking to her and she burped and started cracking up. So it prompted me to make more fake burping noises to see if she would react the same way.This is the most I have ever hear her laugh!! Sorry about the poor lighting!

Evelyn's New Toy

She has finally figured out how to use her Christmas present and she loves it!!! It was such a nice day out today too, had to have the door open!

Too funny not to share!