What Luke's been eating

While these photos are somewhat old, something I really enjoyed doing (for the most part anyway) was making his baby food. We did a lot of squash, carrots, yams, peas, green beans (more difficult to do than all the others... too stringy!) etc. I'm surprised he didn't turn orange! He has now graduated to where we don't need to puree anymore which is nice. I can just cook up a bit batch of veggies and freeze them for later use. Thanks to all those who gave advice on this process. It really isn't that hard and was TOTALLY worth the money we saved. I think I calculated in February that we spent for 3-4 weeks worth of homemade baby food what we would have spent for a weeks worth of store bought. Plus, I knew exactly what was in it! It was nice to have some of the Gerber variety for traveling or whatever, and we were given several of those that an older cousin had outgrown. However, I can honestly say that we only bought 8 jars/containers of baby food total. And we bought four of those before he was even born! I did pick up 6-8 toddler meals from Beech Nut because I had coupons for those (they ended up being six cents each!) and thought they would be nice for the future. We'll probably use those in the coming months. For now, I just toss whatever is in the fridge (lately it's been butternut squash that I finally tried, thanks for the encouragement Jena!) into a reusable container and off we go. I found four really cute "snack containers" at Kroger on sale, so those are what we're using to transport our baby's food for now.






Yummy! I must admit, I had a hard time not eating most of the squash. I LOVE squash!

Okay, sorry for the book. Hopefully I'll be back to blogging more soon. We had a blast with Gramma and Grandpa Mack this last week. What a blessing!

Linky

Oh my goodness. I just found this site today. It shows you how to make felt food and it is SO cute! I just thought I would post it for all you creative t ypes. :)

Close Up of Lukey

I'm pretty sure he was again trying to take the camera out of my hands while I was trying to take a picture. Crazy kid.

Gotta love him!

Our Backyard

So this is a shot of our neighbor's RV.... er, a shot of our backyard. We have a very small yard, but Luke was enjoying it while Daddy grilled! Uncle Jonny, you'll notice that he's properly dressed. :)



He was pretty happy to be on grass for pretty much the first time in his life. He found a leaf that was pretty wonderful, and tried to eat some grass. Good times, good times. :)

Luke's First Walk in F-ville

A few weeks ago Andrew and I took Lukey for a walk around our neighborhood for the first time. It's lovely to live in an area where it's easy to go for walks! Of course, there were a lot of hills and I don't think my knee has recovered yet, but it was lovely all the same. Luke had a good time until a dog came and barked at us. That wasn't so much fun. It was also one of the few times the kid has been in a stroller. He's usually in the sling, but it was nice to have a break and just take turns pushing him along.











Once he saw the house he was ready to get out!

Luke and mKhulu

Kisses. 'Nuf said.

Dessert, Anyone?

Luke took it upon himself to unpack yet another box. This time it was kitchen items. This is how Daddy found him...


Looks like a sweet treat! He looks so proud of himself.