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Thursday, July 28, 2011

Jones- 6 Months

So, the babe is half a year old.

Jones at his Christening a week ago. In a dress my mother made and shadow-stitched. Both cousins have worn it too.

He is such a joy--and such a chunk. At his check-up this week he was in the 90th percentile for both height and weight! He is wearing 9 and 12 month clothes already.

At the beach.

Love this one of Jones and my grandmother, MamaCat, smiling at each other.

The boy is finally sleeping through the night (most nights), and he cut his first tooth in the past week. He is loving trying new foods--he has had brown rice cereal, squash, zuchinni, green beans, peas, carrots, sweet potatoes, peaches, banana, honey dew, cantaloupe, prunes, apples with cinnamon, avocado, beets...his favorites are sweet potatoes, peas and beets! Not digging banana yet, but we'll keep trying. I am making almost all of his food and still enjoying it--just steaming/pureeing it all on Sunday for the week. Organic, and sometimes local, produce as much as possible.

He can now sit unsupported and rolls over. Most mornings we find him happily babbling and playing in his crib, waiting for us to come get him. He is so mellow and laid back these days, it is so nice!

His newest "trick" is clapping along as we sing "If You're Happy and You Know It" to him. He started this a few days ago, and now he knows that it elicits such a response from all around him, that he will clap randomly for attention. The funniest is when we get him up to change his diaper at about 11 PM each night, (the boy leaks out of every diaper we've tried if we don't change it once in the middle of the night), and he is lying on the changing table smiling and clapping for us. A half-asleep, happy baby might be one of the most amazing things in the world.

We feel so blessed to have a happy, healthy 6 month old baby boy and can't wait to see what the second half of his first year will bring.

XO,
B

The Simple Things

Here's what's making me smile after the weekend:

My baby boy's first laughter:

(You can hear my nephew, Taylor, yelling in the background :))

My first lunch packed in my new Goodbyn bento box:

roasted chicken, black beans, roasted almonds, string cheese, pistachios, sandwich thins, and an avocado

(Goodbyn bought using the discount code provided by Bleubird Vintage--thanks! Bleubird was also the inspiration for posting a photo of my lunch--checkout her cool kids' lunches).

And, I made our first batch of baby food with my baby food system, organic green peas--pictures and details on that to come, but it was easy and fun!

image via here

I think I'll try edamame and chick peas next, then maybe squash...any other suggestions on first foods for baby that are easy to make yourself?

Healthy Store Bought Snacks for Kids (or Grown-Ups)

As a new mom to 10-week old Jones, I know it is a little early to start thinking about him eating solid food, but it is on my brain these days. I'm hoping to make his baby food using a cool baby food-making system that my sister and I went in halfsies on a few months ago when she thought she wanted to try to make baby food for her little one. I haven't tried it yet, but I have high hopes!

For now though, since Jones won't be eating solids for a while, I have started seeking out healthy snacks (store bought) to provide my 3 1/2 year old nephew, Ben, with when he comes to my house to visit.

Here are a few of my (and Ben's!) faves:

Clif Organic Twisted Fruit

image via here

They look and taste like old school fruit roll-ups, (or so I would assume, since I don't eat fruit-in-weird-forms myself), but each snack contains 1 serving of real fruit!

Annie's Organic Cheddar Bunnies