For My Baby

I am so proud to be a mom today.  There are so many

things going on, and available to us now to make the lives of children today safer and healthier.  When I was pregnant, I swore up

and down that I was going jump on the clothe diaper

band wagon.  That didn't exactly happen....  When the realization hit

me of JUST how many diapers you actually go through with

a newborn, it was a bit of a reality check!  I just couldn't

find myself to do it.  For you mom's out there who

not only lose sleep and your state of mind at times...I SO ADMIRE YOU! 

What an amazing woman you are to sacrifice yet one more part

of your day!  I'd high five you if you were here talking to me ;) 

Anyways!  I still want to do as much for Lily as I can.  I grew a garden this

year and when planting it thought, "Why not throw some veggies in here and

try out making babyfood!?"  Oh my goodness, when I looked into it I could not believe how simple it is!  Seriously ladies, you steam or bake your veggies, throw em in the ole food processor and walk away while they puree.  It's amazing.  SO simple and you know EXACTLY what you're feeding

to your little one.  And think of how much money you will save!

I just had to snap some pics and post about my first time making Lily carrots.  I couldn't believe how fast and simple it was, and that was

with a whiney teething 5 1/2 month old clinging to me most of

the time!

 Just chop up some carrots and throw them in to steam, if
you need to buy them definitely go with organic!

 Throw em in the ole food processor, you'll need to add a bit of

water.  I used the water that I steamed them in.

Once they were all smashed up, I put them into ice cube trays to

freeze them

 I used 3 lbs of carrots and they filled three trays.
Then just pop em in the freezer to harden up

I suggest having a glass of wine and some cheesecake after that's all done :)

  Once froze, they pop out SO easy! 

Then put them in a freezer bag with the name/date and anytime
you need to feed your little munchkin grab a cube and let it thaw out :)
Each cube is about 1 ounce so you know just how much you're feeding.

I hope you do try this for your little one.  I've already gotten apples, squash, green beans, pears and carrots as you saw.  The hubby is hoping

this doesn't get in the way of all my big people canning!!!

Hilarious Cousins

Jake is going to look like the star of my blog this week!  Not only

did I take some pictures of him and his sister, he also has a

cousin who is also a senior this year.  Cameron met up with us

to sneak into some of Jake's senior pictures.

These two were cracking me up- I had to keep asking

if they were putting on a show, or if they are always

crazy and fun when they get together :)

Don't you just love these two!?

I was so nervous snapping these, but luckily they both

had perfect landings :)

Brother and Sister...all grown up!

I had the pleasure of doing Jake's senior pictures and his mom asked if we could try to recreate some pictures of him and his sister Kyra from when they were just little tots!  We had such fun trying to find the exact spots

the pictures were taken, along with trying to get the poses

identical to the originals. 

I haven't posted anything recently with all the editing I've been doing, so I thought I'd toss a couple of these cuties up here in the meantime. 

Stay tuned....I will be posting LOTS and LOTS of

pictures of just Jake soon :)

I LOVE this one :) 

Mom looking at a snapshot of them as little kids trying

to get their pose JUST right. 

Thanks for sneaking into some of the shots Kyra!

Senior Smiles

I met up with my hubby's cousin last week to take some senior pictures

downtown.  It was so nice having his mom come along for these too...she was able to call him out on those fake or forced smiles hehe!!!!  We had

such a great night and were able to take some awesome pictures.

  I hope you have a great Senior year!

The SHIRT!!!!

Anyone who knows our family, knows how big of fans we

are of Notre Dame Football :)  Ya ya ya, we get a lot of grief

from our MSU and U of M friends, but let's face it....the Irish
are amazing!

Every year my grandparents make a trip to the University and buy shirts for all of us for the upcoming season.  I was SO surprised when my

Grandma brought home some goodies for Lily too this year! 

Totally unexpected!  I had to share :)

We may have to wait until next season....but she got her

these adorable little cheerleading pom's

LOVE this bright blue color they picked for this year

 

She even grabbed her this adorable pair of socks!  I must admit, mama's

a little bit jealous ;)  Hmmm wonder if I can squeeze my feet into these!?!