1.  Sunday is my birthday. My parents are getting me an ice cream cake.  I'm excited! About the cake; not about the birthday.  2.  Jack is in constant motion. When he's sitting on the blanket, he's rocking and leaning and falling and chewing on anything he can get his hands on and his mouth around. When he's in his jumper/activity thing, he's spinning and grabbing and bouncing. When he's sitting in my lap, and we're trying to take a picture, he's all over the place.  I love him.  3.  I put actual clothes on instead of staying in pajamas most of the day. So there's that. Jack also wore actual clothes today :).  He looks less like a baby in actual clothes though, and I'm not ready for that quite yet, so I think we'll stick with cute, cuddly onesie/footed pajamas for his daily wear :) 4.  It's was a gorgeous day. So, I fixed tons of baby food. I don't know what it is about cloudy, cold wea...

1.   I've had to manage my time wisely during Jack's naps in order to do it, but I have been one busy baby-food-making momma the last couple of days. In between loads (and loads) of laundry, I've made a batch of green beans and potatoes for him to try out, two batches of peaches and cloves (which he can't get enough of), a batch of pears and cinnamon, a batch of apples and cinnamon, and another portion of oatmeal that should last us a couple of days.  For my future self, here's how I prepared things.  Green Beans and Potatoes One can of no-salt added cut green beans One (next time I'll do two) red potato, peeled and cubed Garlic powder to taste (needs a little more next time) Boil green beans and potatoes until tender enough to mash Blend in blender, adding some of the water from pan as needed Peaches and Cloves Two bags (1lb each) of frozen sliced peaches Cloves (powder) to taste--I just sprinkle some in  Steam peaches (one bag at a time...