Homemade Baby Food

This is Sophia getting ready to eat some of her sweet potatoes. I have been making all of her baby food. I think it's a lot of fun plus I'm saving money and know exactly what she's eating. She loves her sweet potatoes and has also tried green beans, butternut squash, and bananas...yummy! She is such a good eater, she eats rice/fruit for breakfast, vegetable/fruit for lunch, and oats/vegetable for dinner. I never knew foods would be so much fun!

These are the containers I bought for her baby food, they are called Baby Cubes. They are AWESOME, I love them! They are like ice cube trays and you snap these containers into them and they each hold 2 oz. of baby food or breast milk. It is so nice because I can grab a couple of them and throw them in the diaper bag and we're off!

They stack very nicely in my freezer, I bought 4 sets (although I think a 4 more would be great..Christmas ideas?) Anyway making baby food is way easier than I thought it would be. This morning it took me less than 15 minutes of prep time to make butternut squash and less than 5 minutes to make green beans. I even use just a cheap blender I have, not a fancy food processer! The savings are adding up too, I saved $10.40 this week on making my own baby food than buying generic brand baby food at Wal-Mart, so just another reason to make my own.

And when we're done we just put them in the dishwasher they are dishwasher, freezer, and microwave safe! So if you are thinking off ways to save money you can make your own food, or if you just want to know what your baby is eating! It has been a lot of fun and I think the Baby Cubes are the way to go...easy and portable. I think our next food will be another fruit...most likely PEACHES!!! I'm sure she'll love them. What does everyone else think about homemade baby food? Any good recipes? I better run almost time for Sophia's PM nap. Thanks for looking!

McCain/Palin all the way baby!

Alright here goes, this blog is mostly to brag about Sophia but I had to throw in my 2 cents about the election (something I rarely do). It will come as no surprise to those of you who know Jason and I that we will be voting Republican in November. Normally I shy away from political debates but I feel so strongly on this issue I am compelled to show our support. I've noticed lately that many people are jumping on the OBAMA bandwagon much like supporting a winning sports team. It seems that "change" and "Obama '08" bumper stickers are the newest fad! I am not one for political fads and believe people need to really know what they are voting for that's why I'm urging all of you to check out www.glassbooth.org . It's an awesome website that you can go to and vote on issues that are important to you and at the end it tells you which candidate you are most aligned with and why. Of course I was most aligned with McCain at 73%. I'm curious to see how all of you do at the quiz. If you're comfortable add as comment and let us know.

I truly believe Obama would bring change if elected but not the change people think--this is not not the time for on-the-job training!! So please check out the website and get informed and remember that regardless of where you stand voting is a precious right that we all should exercise. I will get off my soap box now and post new pictures of Sophia in a few days :)

"I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction"
--Barack Obama in his book Audacity of Hope

Showin Off Her Stuff...

Soph is getting more mobile by the day...I was laying on the couch yesterday and Sophia was on the ground playing, I looked away for only a minute and she had rolled 20 feet across the room...she's a wild woman! Thankfully we had prepared weeks earlier by putting up a gate to the basement stairs. Here is Soph attempting to stand in place on the couch, but she needed a little help from mr. pillow!!

Let's Swim Everybody!

Sophia thought it would be a good day to swim, so we broke out the little pool she loves so much...

She loves to have fun.....

Time For Big Girl Food!

Sophia had turned 4 months old on August 11th, so it was time to try some cereal!! She did great with it, has us laughing, and seemed to like it..

Here we are telling her that there is more on this earth than milk to eat--yeah!
Slowly but surely..
Hmmmm..... not bad!
Getting ready the next day for another bowl of cereal!! Rice cereal..yummy (whatever) and wearing the required Raider armor.....
Getting anxious...I'm hungry!!!!
Never missed a thing!! Miss Nosy we call her.....

Whoa!!

Sophia having her typical wild mama hair day! Just a quick pic to show.. she's a nut!

Party for Soph at G-Ma & G-Pa VB's!

Sophia had her first open house at Grandma & Grandpa Van Buskirk's --- a party just for her, which she loves!! She had lots of guests, including all of her great-grandparents on Jason's side and even great-great grandma Brown was there. Dave's golf cart was the excitement of the day, as everyone wanted their own tour of the woods, with the nice trails that run through it---and at the end of the day mommy, daddy, and Soph drove back and showed her the woods daddy grew up playing and hunting in.


with great-grandmother Sara


and great grandma Sue



Here is a really neat pic, it is a 5 generation picture of Jason's family on Dave's side..

Aunt Kristen with Sophia's great grandpa Ron and Jeanie..

and some hangin out time with Aunt Kristen..
and then with grandma..


I think she's ready to wrap it up!!!
BYE BYE!!