Haidyn Six Months - Happy 1/2 Birthday!

LENGTH: 26 inches

LIKES: 

-Petting Sass! She gets too excited when she gets to, but Sass lets her anyways. 

-Her pink elephant.
-Cellphones. It's starting young :( Selfie queen is obsessed, but we bought her, her own cellphone.
-Facetiming Uncle Jon!
-Seeing Grandma Esther, Tracey and Grandpa Willie.
-Seeing Mommy at pickup!
-Seeing Daddy in the morning for wake up time!
- Mommy and Daddy singing "You are my Sunshine"
-Mommy singing "Skinna-marink!"
-Snuggling with Senor BooBoo Bear.
-Looking at herself in the mirror.
-Playing in her bouncer. 

DISLIKES: 

-Sitting in a highchair.
-Sitting in the seat of a cart. She can't stand not being able to do things like everyone else.
-Missing her naps. Yikes!
-Facetiming Auntie in the tub. 

MILESTONES: 

-We can roll over and over and over.
-Holding her bottle- only when Mommy isn't around.
-Eating more solid foods.
-Scooting around and circling on the floor!
-Can eat up to 8 oz !
-Holding her own spoon.

EVENTS:

-Hung out with Grandma Barb & Grandpa Ray during the UNR vs Boise game.
-Hung out at the park while Mommy took Senior pictures.
-Went  to Garage sales with Mommy & Aunite Stace !
-Meeting Jessica & Kennedy!
-Lunch w/Grandma& Grandpa
-Lunch w/ Lola

DIY Baby food

Making baby food isn't difficult at all and I don't mind doing it. I think of it as making Haidyn dinner from scratch, no different as I would make Waymon and myself dinner. So the excuse of, it takes "too much time" isn't plausible here.  Like I said in my last baby food post, I really want to control want Haidyn eats. It's very important to me that she gets what she needs from the foods she eats.
Haidyn is a food lover! She's very interested in trying everything and anything. She enjoys the seasonings of everything too. I add cinnamon to almost all of her fruit ( that's her favorite ) and a little salt and pepper to her veggies.  She likes fruits, but loves her veggies! I'm thankful that she's ready to eat all of the beautiful vegetables that are in season right now. We have tons of food her now and I never have to step foot in the baby isle for those jars.



HERE ARE THE  BASICS----------

Directions: 

1. Peel all of the skin from your veggies/fruits as well as getting rid of all of the seeds
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. Steam the veggies/fruits for about 15-20 minutes. ( This makes them easier to puree)
   
   
   
   
3. Take your baby blender ( Mine is KIDCO from my awesome cousin Ellie:]) and blend away
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
4. Place all of pureed food into ice cube trays and chill for about 5 hours ( more depending on the veggie/fruit)
5. Place all foods into separate labeled bags for easy storing.

** Once you're little one is ready to eat food cube into the microwave for about 30 seconds, stir around and add in the rice/oatmeal ( link for my recipe here ), add seasonings and serve! 

Now that we've expanded on her foods this is all of them she eats ! 

SUNNY COCKTAILS- Adult Oreo Cookie Shake

Waymon's hobby now is mixing up drinks. I can't complain since I get to taste test everything. :) So thanks to him, I get to add his drinks to the blog!

This shake is AMAZING! It's taking your favorite shake and having it with an adult twist. It's not too strong, but it does make you question why in the world haven't you tried this shake without alcohol before.


Ingredients :

1. 5 scoops of vanilla ice cream
2. 5 Oreo's
3. 1.5 oz cake vodka
4. 1.5 oz vanilla vodka
5. Splash of milk

Directions: 

1. Add in all ingredients into a blender and blend! 

DIY Baby Rice & Oatmeal

I didn't get to breastfeed Haidyn as long as I would have liked, so in part of my guilt I've made it my priority to make her food. It's important to me that I know what is going into her body to help her grow and thrive. I have a ton of rice stocked at home at all times, so why not make my own rice cereal? Also, I always have oatmeal so of course I made  her, her Oatmeal too! I don't spend extra money on her food because it's what I already have and use daily.

Ingredients: 

1. Rice - I use organic brown rice. 
2. Oatmeal

Directions: 

1. Take rice ( start with a 1/4 cup) and grind in a food processor. - I used our bullet. 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. Take oatmeal ( start with a 1/4 cup) and blend in a good processor. -used our bullet here too. 
3. ** Make sure that rice and oatmeal are ground fine enough for your little one. 
4. Place each of them into an air tight container and store. 
   

Directions to make rice cereal & oatmeal :

- 2 tablespoons : 1/2 cup water- 

1. Take 2 cups of water and bring to a boil,
2. Drop in 8 tablespoons of rice/oatmeal and mix thoroughly.
3. Place made rice/oatmeal into ice trays. - I used baby trays for this. 
4. Store these in the fridge. 
   

Ready made cereal/oatmeal will last a week. Make sure that you label it correctly in your fridge! 

Grown Up Pizza Bagels

My husband loves pizza bagels bites so much that I decided to make him real size ones. A box of these regularly costs us about $10.00( give or take  at Costco). Now, that I've made them for him they cost me about $5.00 for 12 pizza bagels.

Ingredients:

1. 1 bag of bagels
2. 1 pack of pepperonis
3. 1 jar of marinara sauce
4. 1 small bag of shredded cheese
5. Pizza seasoning

Directions: 

1. Lay out all bagels halves and layer with marinara sauce ( put a lot on there in case you are freezing them.)
   
2. Add cheese , pepperonis and top with seasonings. 
   
   
   
   
3. Bake at 450 for 10-12 minutes or freeze them ! 

Chicken Cheesesteaks

Here is a healthier version of the Philly Cheesesteaks everyone loves oh so much.

Ingredients: 

1. 2 chicken breasts cut into strips 
2. 1 small onion
3. 1 bell pepper, cut into strips
4. Swiss cheese 
5. 4 hoagie rolls ( we used hot dog wheat rolls)

Directions: 

1. Cut chicken into strips
   
   
   
   
   
2. Cut bell peppers and onions.
   
3. Saute onions and bell pepper in a pan on medium high heat. 
   
4. Add in chicken into the pan and cook thoroughly. 
   
5. In a baking dish, place rolls along side each other and add chicken mix. 
   
   
   
   
6. Top with Swiss cheese and broil until cheese is bubbly. 
   

#iLOVEMOMLIFE

 

I get the snooty looks from  the Mom's that read my blog when I pass them in the grocery store or in town all while they say , "Oh my god Jannine, you look soo good!" or "Oh my god, Jannine.. I don't know how you do that all!" ( INSERT MY EYE ROLL HERE) By now I'm use to it. At first, when I was adjusting to Mommy life I would take the latter comments offensively and bitch to Waymon about it. Waymon would always tell me to brush it off . Now, I take those comments in with a grain of salt and a glass of whatever alcoholic concoction Waymon decides to mix up.

Hey Bitchy Mom's, wanna know my secret? Get ready for it, here's my confession......  I don't do it all. I don't have this glamours life/secret of making it all look so easy. It's not easy. I struggle just as much as the next Mom. I didn't lose all of my baby weight when I wanted to. I don't get as much sleep as I'd like to. I don't always cook home cooked meals for my family. I don't clean my house as often as I should. Sometimes I get Haidyn out of her bed and let her cuddle with me in my bed so we can sleep an extra 10 minutes.  Sometimes I don't wash my hair when I really need to. And my work clothes always have a milk/food stains from Haidyn.  I'm normal just like everyone else in this world.

I've learned that having balance in life is much more important than doing it all.  Believe me, there's nothing more in this world I would rather be than Super Mom. Work all day and come home to be the perfect house wife, but I know that I will never be her. I can be the best Mom I know how to be. I do what I can, when I can for my sake as well as my family's . I learn more every day about life slowly,but surely. I don't pretend to be perfect. I don't pretend my kid is either. I just would rather focus on all of the good things that went right today than all of the thousand things that could have gone wrong. I don't have everything, I just make the most of everything that I do have. This life I'm living is exactly what I've always wanted and dreamed of.
I will never compare myself to other moms out there on who's better than whom. However, I will continuously seek help from other passionate Mom's out there willing to share there knowledge with me. I'm a Mom and I struggle daily to keep my sanity together and my hair in place. I've given up on my need to control everything and set aside my pride for this lifetime job. 

At the end of the day, all that I care about is that Haidyn is growing into a strong independent young woman and that I've shown her how much she's loved. So thank you condescending, uppity, eye rolling, judgmental, bitchy Moms out there for reassuring me that I'm doing exactly what I should be doing in this wonderful life I'm living as well as giving me an even thicker layer of skin.  

I love being a Mom.