Adventures in baby food making begins....

Well, let me start off by saying that I hope everyone had a great new year's and that your new year has gotten off to a good start!  The start of our new year comes with big decisions (finances being the biggest) and many adventures to look forward to.  With all of our holiday shopping and travelling over, we can now start to "buckle down" on our finances.  I know this is going to be very difficult at first but I'm hoping that with the small changes comes the big rewards.  Hopefully sooner rather then later, but we all know how that goes. 

Speaking of traveling, we just got back today from visiting my mom and a couple of my very best friends, whom I haven't seen in FOREVER.  We only went for a couple days because once you have a baby your schedule revolves around them.  And it turns out that anytime we take Ethan to an unfamiliar place, his sleep habits change drastically and mommy and daddy end up paying for it.  I have circles under my eyes that make me look like the walking dead.  HAHA!!!  All in all, our trip went really well and I was SO happy to get to see everyone.

While we were away, a package arrived carrying the infamous "BABY BULLET"!!!!  If you have no idea what I am talking about, I will fill you in.  I know everyone has probably seen the infomercials about the magic bullet, the mini blender.  Well, the recently came out with one that is directed towards babies.  Supposedly helping in the process of baby food making.  With new year bringing new changes, one being our finances, I wanted to try my hand at making my own baby food instead of buying the jarred food that sits on the store shelf for however long.  I will admit that up until now, Ethan has been eating the jarred food only because the thought of making baby food just seemed too complicated and time-consuming.  But I have also heard that it can save you a lot of money in the long run.  So, I jumped on the band-wagon and purchased the "BABY BULLET".  I researched like 5 different gadgets that helped with making baby food and there were a couple other that practically did the whole process for you but cost way too much for our wallet at this time.  So, I decided to go with the mini blender and just suck it up and steam the veggies myself. 

Today was the first time using the blender and, I must say, I am quite proud of myself.  It turns out that once you get the hang of making baby food, it is actually not that bad.  Ethan had avocados for the first time today and he seemed to like it.  I'm sure mixing them with bananas is what sold him on it but I like to think he enjoyed the avocado regardless.  I also made butternut squash mixed with bananas and by itself with a little cinnamon sprinkled in.  So far it has gone pretty well and I'm excited to continue to do it.  I know that I'm not going to be able to use the mini blender that long, seeing as Ethan is almost 10 months old but I'm happy that I went ahead and bought it and tried my hand at making his food rather then buying it jarred from a store. 

I will keep you posted on how our adventures in baby food making go and of course everything else.  Again, Happy New Year!!!!

Until next time...