Babies Are Blessings

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Making Valentines

Today we had a lunch time Valentines day celebration with my Mom so we decided that for todays activity we should make cards. Here is what we came up with.

We traced his little hand. I cut it out while he "wrote" on the inside and then he got to glue the hand on the card. He was so excited to give it to his mamaw! We will be repeating this activity several more times this week as we have more of these cards to make.

Here are some post party pictures. Annie got an adorable baby, card and book. Connor got a book, some trucks, stickers, and a very small heart filled with candy. They had a great time!

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Shower Soothers

So anyone who knows me knows that I hate germs. If someone is sick I try to stay far away. When I get a cold it always goes straight to my lungs and I'm down for weeks. It sucks. I have avoided places with a lot of germs like public play places. Well this week I decided to get over it and take the kids out. I want Connor to have had some exposure before starting school. This week I set up three playdates in a row. By the fourth day both of my kiddos came down with a case of the sniffles. Enter todays activity.....Shower soothers.

Here is what we started with.

1 cup baking soda

1/3 cup water

Essential oils

(We used Rosemary, Eucalyptus, Lavender, and Peppermint-we love DoTerra oils but they are not always in the budget)

Muffin tin- we used mini

muffin liners-these stick so silicone may be a better option, just make sure its safe for baking

Set oven to 350

Mix the water and baking soda into a thick paste.

Add a few drops of each oil and mix

Fill the muffin liner halfway

Add 1-2 drops of each oil to the middle of each soother

Finish filling the liner

Bake for about 20 mins and remove from oven. (May need to adjust this if you use larger liners)

Wait for them to completely cool and then add a few more drops of oil to the top of each.

Wait for that to dry and then place them into an airtight container.

There you go, super easy and cheap!

If the paper is stuck it will come off in the water (It was no big deal to me but if that would bother you use silicone safe for baking)

A Year of Breastfeeding in Pictures

The first latch

Milk Drunk

Laid Back Breastfeeding

First Trip to the Milk Bank for a Drop Off

Because when you fall asleep nursing this is the best option... Co-sleeping... at least for us this worked so well!

Big Brother wants in on the action. He's going to be such a good daddy one day :)

Annie's first "Solid" Breastmilk Ice cream

I eventually had to go back to work and this is the only way we could get breastmilk into Annie when I was gone. No bottles for her for a long time (she started taking a bottle of breastmilk when I was working my 12 hour shift around 7 months old)

At the Big Latch On 2012

(Hosted at our house)

Nursing Gymnastics- We reached that stage around 6-7 months. This was a trip to the park. We were trying to take some pictures, got a few and then Annie had some other ideas LOL!