My Boon Spoon

Look what I found! I was at Babies R Us and was going to get a pack of the Gerber spoons, which were like $8 (for spoons??) , and saw this nifty gadget by Boon . You put the baby food in the spoon, squirt out as much as you like and feed the babe!! Great for on the go; just throw it in the diaper bag b/c there is a little lid for the spoon. I just checked out the Boon website and oh my! They have so many cool things. Thought I'd share....

Best teether

Don't you think those big ring teethers are nice but too big for baby to hold onto by themselves and bite? I stumbled upon this great teether that is just a little bigger than a pacifier... the biter part looks like a raspberry and is soft with bumps that soothe those teething gums. Sophia loves this thing... she knaws at even the handle and leaves and can hold it and pick it up all by herself.
Check it out at Amazon ! Jess watch the mail- got one for Dayton :)

Organic Baby Food

So with some encouragement from my sister Christina... I have dove into making Sophia organic baby foods. And it really is doable! Here is my process:


1. Peel your fruit or vegetable... I am starting with pears, bananas, and sweet potatoes. You only need 2 or 3 depending on size to make quite a bit.

2. Cut up the fruit or veggie into smaller pieces and put in your steamer:

3. Steam for 11 minutes or so
4. Put the steamed stuff in my Magic Bullet (or food processor- I just don't have one). Now before blending you can add a half ounce of breastmilk, formula milk, or a little flax oil Mckmama style.
5. Pour into ice cube trays.

6. Pop out the cubes and put into freezer bags for storage. Just thaw what you need to feed your baby!

It is fresh and organic and so good for baby. I had been buying the organic gerber, but the shelf life on that stuff can be ten months old! And quite expensive. Do you all do this too??

I can't believe it, but I also ordered an all in one diaper from Three Monkeys on ebay. They are similar to Bum Genious which everyone seems to say is the best one; but 1/2 the price. And lots of cute fabrics too. We will see how it works.

Yummy!

Been making this recipe and it is EASY, FAST... and is gobbled up by Luke way better than chicken! And thin pork chops are only like $3-4 at Walmart

Sage Porkchops w/ Fried Apples!

1 tsp. dried rubbed sage
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. freshly ground pepper
4 thin sliced boneless pork chops
1/2 tsp veg oil
cooking spray
1 tsp. butter
4 cups sliced peeled apples (about 4 medium)**
1 Tbs. brown sugar
1 tsp. lemon juice
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
Dash of salt
** cut apples lengthwise so they look like circles and cut the core out of middle!


Combine first 3 ingredients., and sprinkle over pork. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium heat. Add pork; cook 3 minutes on each side or until done. Remove the pork from pan. Cover and keep warm.

Melt butter in same pan over medium heat. Add apples and remaining ingredients, and cook 5 minutes or until tender, stirring frequently. Serves apples with pork. This is soooo yummy!

Dress Sale

Hanna Andersson has a sale on Christmas dresses... $40-50 dresses for $19! You only have until Sunday! (and you could sell it next year on ebay for $10-15 at least!)

Ah hah!

I thought the new energy efficient bulbs were kind of wierd looking, so I hadn't thought about converting. Until my handyman gave me his testimonial: he switched the 23 bulbs in his place out and this resulted in a $40 savings on his electric bill in ONE month! I was sold. I bought packs of 6 at Walmart and swapped a bunch out already. You should do it too!!!

New Car Seat

Luke had outgrown the carseat he has in my car. We have a Brittax Marathon in Wayne's car which is awesome and still fits. But for his new seat I chose the Recaro Young Sport. All you moms I definately recommend this one for over 2 yrs. What I like about it? Easy to install, very soft fabric, it sits a little lower so he can get in it by himself, and the whole back slides up as they grow taller- so you never have to fight with taking the harness straps out and refeeding them. Oh and there are two side pieces that are awesome, one prevents their head from falling over to the side if they fall asleep; and one protects them more in the case of a side impact crash. It received grand reviews online also on safety. A little pricey at $249... but worth the peace of mind.