Baby Food 101

This past week my mom ( aka Mahnee) was in town and we decided to tackle the task of making homemade baby food for Georgia. A friend of mine recommended this great book to me and it's full of information on "how to" do so many great things in the kitchen for your baby! I have decided that I would love to make my own baby food to cut cost on buying jar food and for the wonderful organic nutrition I can give Georgia ! AND the big plus is that when you freeze the "food cubes" you make -- they can last anywhere from 3-10 months! WOW - so convenient ! Just take your cubes out of the freezer, microwave for a minute and ..... DONE ! There are only a few foods she can have at this age so we made - sweet potatoes, peaches, avocado, and mango.


The girls making dinner at Kenda's house when Mahnee was in town!

6 mos check-up

Georgia had her 6mos check-up today and everything went great! She weighs 16 pounds, and is 26 in long ! Dr. Huss said she looked perfect and is obviously eating well ( as you can see in the "thunder thighs" post ! She did have another round of shots today but she did fantastic - a few tears of course but she was fine once I picked her up. We are very thankful for a sweet healthy girl.

Thunder Thighs

We like to call her "Thunder Thighs " .... These legs make us laugh everyday -- it's pretty much the only time that having your thighs touch is cute !! We love our little chubbs !

Small town southern girl

You know you are a southern girl when you are cooking fried Okra , wearing an apron and holding a baby on your hip! I never knew this California girl would love her country vegetable night ! Every summer (usually in august when veggies are at there best) sammy and I have a few friends over for country veggie night! The menu consists of Fried Okra, fried squash, corn, green beans, cucumbers/tomatoes, cornbread and some good 'ol sweet tea! Look out Cracker Barrel ! My cousin Amy and our friend Daniel joined us last night ... we dined outside, ate until we were stuffed , and then had a friendly game of SPADES where the ladies took home the WIN! Thanks Lord for good cookin ' !!

More water please !

More water please ! Georgia has been eating so well and loving her solid foods so we decided to let her try a little water tonight - my baby food book says that it helps with digestion !? I was not sure how she would do since she is primarily a breast fed baby and will take a bottle (but with milk of course! ) SO, after she had a delicious dinner of carrots and pears, Sammy gave her a sippy cup that was just her size and she gulped down about an ounce ! It was so cute -- you would have thought she had been drinking from a cup for weeks ! I did not think she would like it since water does not have any flavor ....but I guess this hot summer day had her thirsty!

Hot Summer Days

Welcome to August--- my least favorite month of the year ! ( no offense sammy, i know it's your birthday month so I will love Aug 23 for you !) It's too hot to do much of anything outside, but a few times a day Georgia and I will sit on the front porch and rock to get some fresh air and hopefully catch a breeze. She loves to be outside - usually it's the best cure for a fussy - teething baby! Georgia is 6MO OLD today - our sweet girl is growing up. Here are some pics of her sitting by herself in the rocking chair !

Where's Georgia?

Georgia and I were in the kitchen today , and she was playing in her pod seat and I was making cookies ... when all of a sudden, it got very quiet and I did not hear her make a sound for a few seconds.... thinking....hhmm... she is up to something!?? I turn around to find her STILL AS A MOUSE with a blanket over her entire body! haha ! She had pulled the blanket off of her bouncy seat onto her head -- I WAS LAUGHING So hard ! Too bad Sammy was not home to share in the moment.