Category Archives: food

Fresh Start

I think we’re finally on the mend here.  I’m on antibiotics for Bronchitis and don’t quite feel like myself yet, and the baby has drops for his pink eye, but it sounds like his cold is getting better and Josh as well.  Plus the wonton slept all through the night so that was a massive improvement.

It seems like we chose the perfect time to start getting healthy, though.  We’ve been trying to improve what we eat for a while – ever since Enzo started solids, but now that he’s really into finger foods, we’ve had to be a lot better about making meals and having healthy options on hand.

Dehydrator

I’m really excited about the dehydrator I received as a gift.  We’ve used it on strawberries, pineapples, bananas and apples so far and it’s fantastic, plus it makes the kitchen smell really good.

We’ve also hopped on the kale bandwagon and made our first batch of kale chips!  They really are very good, especially sprinkled with a little sea salt.

Kale

Most of all, I’m hoping Enzo will learn good eating habits from his parents, but I really want us to start feeling better as well.  It’s so easy to come home from a long day of work and not eat a real meal and just snack or eat something frozen, but thankfully Enzo makes that harder to do since we aren’t going to feed him that crap. In the long run, it’ll be a good change.

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Sippy Cups and Skyfall

We finally got out yesterday and went to see a movie, and I will just start by saying that ‘Skyfall’ was pretty much awesome.  Josh felt it was a little long at times since they started with so much action and then kind of slowed down for a while, and I can see that, but even then we still both enjoyed it.

The month of November is well underway and Enzo continues to grow and explore. We started giving him a sippy cup with dinner, and he has been very into that… I think more because it’s soft and feels good on his gums when he chews it, but that’s okay.  He’s had a few sips of water and will most likely be a pro in no time.

Enzo has also decided he doesn’t mind a spoon so much, and has been getting better with one, so we’ve decided to start doing some breakfast in the mornings, so he had oatmeal and some homemade applesauce (just apples and a dash of cinnamon) mixed in, which he ate a ton of.  I’m wondering if we have a growth spurt on our hands. We do still like to give him larger pieces of food to try and experiment with as well, though, like banana and sweet potato sticks and we tried some carrots too.

We also picked up a small pumpkin, so I’m going to bake that tomorrow and give him some chunks, but then probably do a thick puree of the rest and throw in some nutmeg and stuff to see if he likes his own version of pumpkin pie.

In other events, our little man is on the verge of crawling.  He’s sooo close!  It’s fun to watch him scoot around on his belly until he gets frustrated he isn’t going places fast enough.  He was going after the cat this morning, which serves as really good motivation for crawling.  I imagine it’s only a matter of time, so baby gates are going to get pulled out and now we just have to figure out how to baby proof the rest of the house. :p

And it’s only Monday!

I think today has to be one of the best Monday’s I’ve had in a very long time.  For starters we had a pretty good weekend… I even made cookies!

Yeah, not really a big deal usually, but this is the first time I’ve baked since Enzo was born.  I’m not sure why I didn’t get around to it sooner… probably just busy and tired, but last night after we put Enzo to bed, I decided it was the perfect time to make cookies, and it felt good.  I forgot how much I enjoyed making things from scratch.

That, however, isn’t why today has turned out so good.  In a totally sudden and unexpected turn of events I was offered a different position in another department in the company where I work – one with more responsibilities and a larger paycheck.  I was completely shocked and realized (thanks to Josh) that this is actually my first promotion… ever.  I’ve never really been in positions that offered advancement, so this is really exciting for me. Don’t ask me what I’ll be doing… I didn’t exactly get the specifics, but from the sound of things, it’ll be a much more challenging position than the one I’m in now.

And now, because he’s adorable… Enzo.  Josh had been playing video games and got up, so I decided it would be funny to put Enzo in his chair with the PS3 remote when Josh came back.  Oh, I wish we could have gotten Enzo’s first smile when his daddy discovered him in his recliner – he was so excited and happy to be in on the game.

The Best Part of Waking Up…

Fall is definitely in the air, which felt really good, but also a little weird.  I’m looking forward to cooler temperatures since we’ve had such a hot summer, but at the same time,  I don’t know that I’m ready for what comes after Fall. 😉 So, we decided to make the most of this weekend’s nice weather.

We started Friday night off with a glass of wine from one of the bottles we bought last weekend, and sat down to watch ‘Tailor Tinker Soldier Spy,” which I’m sure was a good movie, but… I may have fallen asleep and Josh said it was a little slow and they avoided action at all cost. One thing I’ve noticed with having a baby – if a movie doesn’t grab our attention fairly quickly, we turn it off.  We have so little free time as it is now that we don’t want to waste any of it.  Granted, I did have a really nice snooze before it was time to get up and feed the baby. :p

We woke up without a plan yesterday morning.

And on a whim we decided… why not go to another winery?  We went to the Parley Lake Winery and Orchard, and it ended up being a really nice afternoon.  Enzo was really well behaved and enjoyed looking at all of the falling leaves and smiling and chatting with people while we did a wine tasting. We didn’t pick any apples… or buy any, but they did have amazing Dutch Apple Jam and Pumpkin Butter, which tasted exactly like Fall, and we bought a jar of each.

We also discovered this weekend that Enzo is a huge fan of the Jumper and pretty much wore himself out.  At first he’d just kind of hang there and twirl himself around a bit and it was funny to watch him realize that he could actually do so much more.  Ever so cautiously he’d lightly bounce and then he just got downright crazy. We’re going to have to watch this boy.  Ha ha.

And now here we are at Sunday.  We woke up a tad early as baby’s clock does not have a weekend setting, but the best part of waking up is opening my eyes and seeing my smiley Enzo.  Granted, getting kicked in the ribs is usually how I wake up, but I love spending our weekend mornings babbling in bed. At first neither of us thought we’d be the co-sleeping types aside from having a bassinet next to the bed, but there you go.  I wouldn’t change a thing… well, maybe in a couple months. We’ve decided once Enzo hits 6 months it might be a good idea for him to sleep in his crib, so we’ll see how that goes.

Life with Baby

I can’t believe that Enzo is already more than 3 weeks old… time is flying by already, and he’s had a busy first few weeks. When my mom was here, we took him to see the Biggest Ball of Twine for his first Random Trippers outing.

 

Then my sister and my nephew came to visit us for a long weekend!

As you can see, Uzi was really excited to have a playmate.

While they were here, Josh made us frog legs, which I admit took some mind over matter.  They’re pretty tasty, but it’s hard to get past what you’re eating… at least for me anyway.

 

We also got to give Enzo his first bath!  Unfortunately he wasn’t super stoked about it in the infant tub, so now he just takes baths with me because he greatly prefers being more submersed in the water.  Hopefully this means he’ll one day be a better swimmer than his mom. 😉

Aside from that, I try to make sure he gets a little time on his play mat, but really we spend a lot of time snuggling and napping. Since we only have a few more weeks left together, I wouldn’t have it any other way.