Just call me Gerber

So now that Molly's 6 months old she's ready to start "real" food. So Saturday afternoon we went on up to Sprouts to get everything we needed to make her food. I bought apples, pears, green beans, peas, a butternut squash & carrots. Although once I got home and started getting everything ready I peeled the sweet potato and realized I'd grabbed a parsnip by mistake. Oh well. For now I want all her food to be organic and homemade if I can keep up with it.

First I washed, cut and peeled everything.

Then bagged it up to steam. Then dumped each one into the magic bullet with a little water. This is about the time that I managed to burn the entire palm of my hand.

Once they were all pureed I spooned them into ice cube trays. Don't they look so pretty!

Here she is trying her first few bites of Parsnips.

Project 365 Week 4

6 Months

Molly,
I absolutely cannot believe that it's time for this post already! That means we've made it through your first holidays and we're getting ready for another session with Brandi.

It also means we're ready to start "real" food. So far you've had rice cereal and seem to like it ok. You eat one "big" bottle in the late morning and 3 small bottles the rest of the time you're with Miss P. (I can't believe you two have already spent almost a month together!) You're getting better at napping for her and playing by yourself. You don't like to spend much time in your swing now but really like your walker (even though you can only go backwards) and excersaucer. You'll play with your feet forever if I let you. You really like to pull off your socks and chew on them. When we go out to dinner you like to chew your Sophie or play with spoons.

You're getting better about sleeping. You go down around 8 & you only get up once at night around 3:30 or so. Most nights you'll eat and then go back to sleep but some nights you want to talk and play with mommy's nose or glasses. On those nights most often we end up sleeping in the big brown chair until mommy's alarm goes off.

You're still wearing size 2 diapers & 6 month clothes (we still roll the sleeves up for you). Your 3 month close def. don't fit any more but a lot of your jammies are 3-6 months and they fit perfectly. Bath time is your favorite time. We sing "rubber ducky" while you get all cleaned up. You had your first cold this month but we're on the downhill side of it now. I'll add your measurements once we get back from the dr. on Monday.

You've started to yell loud to hear yourself. It makes you smile. You also played "opossum" for the first time the other morning when I tried to wake you up. You'll pull all the drool in your mouth to the front of your lips and then make a buzz noise so its flies out. This month you met your Great Great Aunt Rosie & Uncle Bud.

I love you so much Peeps. I'm excited for all the new things to come. Happy half birthday!
Love Mommy

Weigh In Wednesday...On Friday

So I have gotten into a rut and only have a few new "favorites" for this week. If you have any suggestions for quick easy things to toss in my lunch box please pass it along!

I know it's silly to pay more for an apple that's already cut but it's the only way I like them! I eat them with 2/3T of peanut butter.

These lean hot pockets are super yummy & are an easy breakfast! They make bacon & sausage.


Recipe for the Week
Cordon Bleu Panini
Slice of ham
Slice of chicken
mustard
Laughing Cow Cheese Wedge
Pickles
2 Slices of Bread

Ok I know a Panini is just a fancy grilled cheese but this was sooo yummy! Just spread mustard & laughing cow cheese on bread. Add pickles and meat then press in the panini maker. YUMM!

Stats for this Week
(feel free to leave yours in the comments section if you want to have another source of accountablilty)
lost this week: 1 lb
total loss in 2 weeks:7 lbs
Lbs left til Pre-Molly Weight: 11

Smiles from Miles Away

My sweet friend Sarah was needing a pick me up this past week. So I wanted to make her one of the great care package that I'd seen floating around pinterest. Only thing was that she's lost 13 pounds and I didn't want to send her a basket of "junk". I wanted it to be something that she could use to help her on her journey, not sabotage it. I'm someone who puts a stop to my weight loss efforts at the drop of a hat so I wanted to send a supportive pick me up. So this is what I came up with. Inside is a WW magazine, a pedometer, a bag of hair bands for workouts, a Biggest Loser Workout DVD, and Crystal Light Mocktails (only 5 calorie margaritas!).

BBQ, Bald Eagles & Birthday Cake

After church this week we jumped in the car and headed to Llano for some BBQ at Cooper's. It was A-MAZE-ING! If you havent been out there it's everything people say it is. Their slogan is "It's all about the meat y'all" and let me tell you as someone who's a fan of all the other stuff (beans, potatoes, bread, cobbler, etc.) it really was all about the meat.


After lunch we stopped by the roadside to see the bald eagle nests. It really is an awesome site to see, these eagles and their babies just hangin out in the nest along the side of the road.





Our last stop of the day was my parent's house to celebrate my little brother Joe's birthday. We had a nice time eating cake and opening cards.

Project 365 Week 3

Classroom Updates

Here's a few pinterest ideas that I've incorporated into my classroom. Somehow I always manage to miss out on getting pictures of my students doing the cool lessons I've found. Oh well!

This is our writing anchor chart for all the mentor texts we've read. Each strip has a picture of the mentor text and what we learned from that writer. Then we place it under the "Trait" it fits best.


This is my T-Do list. I never seemed to get back my pre-pregnancy memory.


This is my "new" file cabinet. I put a border on the side closest to my desk and covered the drawers wih bright paper just to jazz it up a little.



And I didn't see this on pinterest but i thought it was a cute idea I came up with all on my own ;) This group will all have a new baby within a 1 school year span. 7 babies (lindsey's still out on leave)!! Lots of new friends for Molly, Can you believe it.

Speedy Delivery

Kelly had a monogram swap a few weeks ago and Jamie was sweet enough to send Molly some M things. How cute are these!!

Thanks you!!

Bible Study

Molly and I started going to Bible Study at Miss Cindy's house on Wednesday night. It is such a blessing to meet with this wonderful friends to worship and study. Molly's done great playing on her own but this week I packed her her own Bible Study Bag. It has a few teething toys and the basic stuff but I included these great board books

And I picked this Coloring Book up at the Dollar Tree so it can grow with her as she gets bigger.

They also have these for when she's even older

Then I'm going to make her a blanket out of this material to put in her bag too.

And I made her this cute top. I saw one online and it was a little more than I wanted to pay. I think hers is just as cute!

Praise the Lord

My sweet friend Perla has been mentioning how much her little Harper loves her Praise Baby DVD. Usually Molly doesn't pay attention to the TV except to watch football with Daddy. Lately I've noticed she'll stop eating to look at the colors on the TV so I went to use my MLK Day coupon at the family Christian Book Store. I bought one of the DVDs for $8. I chose this one mainly because these songs are all on my favorite praise CD.

She loves it!

Wednesday Weigh In

The new challenge at school this week is going well. I lost 6 lbs last week so I'm back to my Pre-Christmas cookie weight. WHOO HOO! I bought myself a "5 lb" prize.

this is it, only mine is zebra and bright pink! Thought it was too cute and would be a practical "prize".


These soups freakin' rock! The beef pot roast is only 4 points for the WHOLE can! Which is better than I can say for the Blueberry thingys from Last week which were 2 servings per muffin DANG. The Chicken pot pie and beef and barley are my other favorites.


Here's a non-food favorite for this week. Baby Reps is a cool way to workout without having to take time away from hanging out with Molly.She thinks were playing and I get in a workout.

Recipe for the Week
STEAK SOUP
2 leftover steaks
1 lb brown ground beef
1 can diced tomatoes
6 C beef broth
1/2 t each of season salt, salt, black pepper, red pepper, celery salt
1 T flour

Mix all together and bring to a boil. Then simmer for an hour and a half


Stats for this Week
(feel free to leave yours in the comments section if you want to have another source of accountablilty)
lost this week: 6 lb
total loss in 1 weeks:6 lbs
Lbs left til Pre-Molly Weight: 12

Sensory Play

I'd been reading over on Play at Home Mom about sensory tubs. I decided that I'd make one for Molly since she's been getting more an more curious about things. It didn't cost much at all.

I hit up Wal-Mart and the Dollar Tree and bought 5 cup containers & a 6.2 Quart Steralite container. I also bought beans, rice, oats, pasta, corn, & Water Beads. I also have containers for rocks & shells, gems, and puff balls (pom-poms)

I put them into the storage containers and labeled them with my handy dandy label maker

Today I thought we'd start with the pasta

She LOVED it!