Discovery Bottles

My baby is getting bigger. At 7 months I can barely equate him to the little puffy newborn he was just mere months ago. Now he is old enough to sit, grasp and crawl. That means this is my new life:

Put him on the floor. 30 SECONDS

No! Not the TV box. Get up, reposition him. 30 SECONDS.

Ack! Not my shoes. Get up, reposition him. 30 SECONDS.

Oh! Not the power cords. Get up, reposition him. 30 SECONDS.....

Repeat for hours.

Chocolate Sauce

Pregnancy is over but I have a residual sweet tooth that I can't get rid of and it hits every night. At any given time you can find ingredients to make cookies, cake or other tasty treats hidden in my cupboard. Last night I was all about the ice cream in the freezer but the plain old vanilla needed something a little extra. Then I realized I had the ingredients for chocolate sauce.

Terrarium

I've already said I am not a gardener. I stopped buying house plants a long time ago and recently gave up outdoor plants after the slow death of a hanging flower basket. But my mom, the optimist, gave me a small greenhouse with 6 succulents as a gift.

Apple Carrot Baby Food Puree

I never know what to do with extra vegetables. Really, I want to eat carrots with a meal one night but I don't want to eat 20 of them. This happens every week and inevitably I feel bad throwing away perfectly good veggies. Ya, ya, I know I can freeze them, make a soup or vegetable stock but I....don't.

Since my baby is over 6 months now, I've been trying out different fruits and veggies. He does not like carrots, but I have some that need to be used and carrots are a good source of nutrients like beta carotene and calcium.

I'm not saying there is anything wrong with buying baby food. In fact, I really like the Plum Organic brand, but making baby food is really easy plus you get to used leftovers from your fridge.  And you don't need any special equipment, a standard food processor works great.

Star Mobile

Space scene

During the intense nesting phase of my pregnancy, I decided on an outer space theme for the nursery. What nobody told me was the "nursery" is really just a baby storage area because the baby spends all the time sleeping in your bedroom and playing in the living room.

One day my adorably decorated room complete with custom painted mural and framed space posters will be really cute for a little boy. Considering he sleeps next to me in my bed right now, I have no idea when that day will come. But I am really looking forward to sleeping on more than a sliver of mattress.


My mother hand painted the walls. Even though I didn't paint it, I'm adding the pics anyways. It still counts because it's in the family, right? Somehow that artistic painting gene didn't travel it's way down to me.

I needed a mobile to go with the theme (even though technically his crib is stationed next to my bed...and he doesn't use it). I couldn't really find anything "space" related. There was one solar system mobile but it was $80 and looked more like a science project than something for a baby. Besides $80?? I could make something way cheaper than that!