Adventures in Baby Food!

Yesterday I began making my own baby food, which was MUCH easier than I thought. All that's needed is a saucepan and a blender. No need for a babyfood maker, although I have to admit that I almost did buy one! We made banana blueberry, peas, sweet potatoes, apple strawberry, peach strawberry banana, and peach strawberry blueberry.

Here are my findings:
Banana Blueberry- SUCCESS!
Peas- COLOSSAL FAIL!
Sweet Potatoes- FAIL!
Apple Strawberry- Hated at first, but by the end was okay with it
Peach Strawberry Banana- SUCCESS!
Peach Strawberry Blueberry- Have not tried yet

I think I'll make some more this week. I have food to make broccoli, green beans, and combinations of the above mentioned fruits. A book I'd suggest if you're interested is Top 100 Baby Purees. I learned something in all of this...did you know that some foods (like carrots) retain more nutritional value if you add butter to it? It holds more of the carotene. Fascinating!

Brendan is getting closer and closer to becoming mobile, which is so cool, and so scary at the same time! He's now doing a full push-up and will rotate himself in a circle this way. It's only a matter of time! Time to buy some baby gates! Any suggestions would be awesome! We will need 4...one for the top and bottom of each staircase, so I'm thinking 2 screw in, and 2 tension. Actually, I'm pretty sure we have one tension one from when Pepper was a puppy, so we'll need 3.

Speaking of poor Pepper, his Panosteitis is really acting up and I feel HORRIBLE. There really isn't much we can do, though. Right now it's on his two back legs, so he's having a hard time standing. Totally breaking my heart :( He's 4, so I'm hoping that another year of this and we'll be done. If you're interested in reading more about Panosteitis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panosteitis . This article doesn't discuss it in complete depth (as it can effect dogs as old as 5), but it's a basic description.

Back to some positive news: SHOPPING! I bought a maxi dress today. I'm pretty sure they only look good on you if you're really tall and skinny, but my short and stout self thought they looked awfully cute and comfortable. We'll see! I also bought these today:


I'm such a sucker for this As Seen On TV stuff. But seriously, it's awesome! I actually have room in my closet now (for more shopping???)! And it forced me to purge, which is probably more important. Plus, I got it at BB&B, so 20% off is always sweet.

EDIT: Do not buy this product. Now that I have them all put in, I have discovered that it does not, in fact, save 3 times your closet space. More room, yes, but not enough to matter. *Sigh*