Homemade baby food for Amelia

Wash and peel the fruit/veggie. This time I made a batch of yams & apples. 

 

 

I then cut them up to roughly the same size so the cooking/boiling time was even. I added the apples to the water when the yams were almost fork tender as they cook faster.

We bought this Cuisinart Mini Prep years ago. We love it and it works perfectly for blending baby food and does not take up much counter space. Blend your fruit & veggies adding a tad of the hot water from pot if needed for a smoother run.  

Add puree to ice cube trays. Each compartment is about an ounce or a little more and at 6 months, Amelia is eating about 2 to 3 cubes of solids with cereal. 1 yam and 1 apple blended provided Amelia about 6 to 9 meals for her at a fraction of the price you'd pay for jarred food. Not to mention a healthier option. TIP: I have 4 different color trays. I use the orange and green for veggies (warm colors) and for fruits, blue & purple (cooler colors)  Freeze the cubes and then add them to freezer zip log bags, labeling date & contents. Under an hour I can make a variety of food for Amelia for a week or more. 

Moving right along..

Amelia is really on the move these days. Rolling off her blanket and ending up pretty far away from it pretty fast. Now that the kids are in school, she's enjoying a lot more time on the floor. Everything seems pretty interesting to her and I am constantly on the lego look out. Yikes. Christmas will be fun with the tree and all.

9/21/2011 - Amelia turns 6 months. Teeth are coming in and teeth are coming out :)

Hard to believe it's has been 6 months since Amelia's birth. She has two bottom teeth already in and is handling teething well. No fevers and not too fussy. Rolling over is a constant thing and she is no longer being swaddled because of it. She is still an excellent sleeper, most nights sleeping all the way through and sometimes waking around 4am for a bottle but goes right back down without a hitch. The kids are enjoying her more and more. Especially now that her personality is coming out and she's doing more things. 

See my two teeth!?

Sweet Sam lost another tooth. This time a top tooth. 

Both sweet. Carrots and Sisters

I can't tell you how often I catch sweet moments like these. Sure the kids bicker and argue just like most siblings but there are plenty of these tender moments in between and that's when everything comes together, my heart flutters and I realize just how close Maggie and Sam are and how lucky I am to witness it all.

Kaiser well appointment. Maggie helping Sam tie his gown. 9/14/11

I'm having fun making Amelia's baby food and she certainly is enjoying it. So far, apples, pears, yams, carrots, green beans, peaches, nectarines and baby cereal.

Just when we thought our family was complete...

Meet Cobie. He's an 8 year old Golden Retriever and came to us from NORCAL Golden Retriever Rescue. I got a call last Wed about him being available. His family that he knew all his life had lost their home and could no longer keep him. He is a gentle giant with the sweetest face. He is potty trained, sits, shakes and fetches. We currently are fostering him a few days to see if it's a perfect fit. We think it is and are already considering him ours..    

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