Some baby crafts

So I look at all things baby at stores and online, and realize 1) Holy, expensive... for the 3 months baby will use item. 2) Where's the boy stuff at????

I've decided to make a few things for my little Oliver. 

I can not get over how adorable these "Toms" are!! They fit him perfectly right now, so I will have to go buy more fabric and make ones slightly larger.

I can't recall if I posted about my cart cover or not, but I'm in love with it. I love taking him shopping now that he can sit up by himself. He can keep busy by either looking around at all of the things to buy, or play with some of his toys attached by the tags.

I had some towels I received as a Christmas gift from my mom a few years back that were perfect for our Master Bath. Except they weren't very absorbent. Super soft and fluffy, though! So I thought to change them into baby hooded towels. Grabbed the hand towel and sewed it onto the center of a normal towel, and Voila! Got a cute hooded towel that is sooooooo much better than the crappy microfiber hooded towels I got for Oliver earlier!

So Oliver loves to eat his Puffs grandma got for him for Christmas, but how healthy are they? They for sure have tons of ingredients that (to me) are not necessary. My little can do without some of them. So I made some of his favorite combos(sweet potato, carrot, apple, and rice) and dropped it into little bite sized pieces and froze them. They are now sitting in the freezer in a bag, ready for little hands to grab and eat. One of many plus sides? They are cold to help with achy(taking forever) teething gums!

Next on my craft to-do list? Hats for our visit to Maine in a few weeks. Maybe a few matching bibs to help with the drool?  And another pair of "Toms" :) Zeb wanted me to make him a pair too.... Maybe?
Til next time!

The food issue

I've experimented with a bit of recipes lately that I've been loving. Remember that fried rice in my last food post? Omg. My staple. I know Zeb doesn't like rice too much, but he loves the Liquid Amino I put in it(a healthier soy sauce. I recommend it. It's very salty without any salt in it!). 

It's super easy..... Garlic, a little onion(but I forget it a lot!), a small bag of frozen mixed veggies(our local grocery has a mixed bag of lima beans, corn, carrots, green beans, and peas) 2 cups of uncooked brown rice(cook it per your package- think it makes 7 cups cooked?)  pre cooked chicken if you like, 2 or 3 eggs, soy sauce, cook it all in one pot(minus uncooked rice) in that order and you're good! 

Tonight, I made homemade tomato soup and grilled cheese. Doesn't seem like anything special, but the soup has sweet potato, red pepper, onion and fire roasted tomatoes in it. Pretty good in my opinion. For not being a tomato soup gal. The grilled cheese had a few drops of Worcester sauce in it. Made the classic That much better. 

Let's see..... Shopping at Costco has gotten me to explore a little in grains. They sell a brown rice and quinoa with garlic pre packaged for 2 servings. It is soooooo good, I eat it plain. But this specific night(a few nights ago) I cooked up some red pepper, onion, asparagus, and garlic til tender, added some frozen shrimp then tossed in the pre cooked rice/quinoa pouch! OMG. I just had the (tiny bit of) leftovers today for lunch. I will dream about it until I make it again. Luckily, Costco sells all of the listed food items in bulk so I can make it over and over again!

For my birthday, I ordered lobsters to share with my family that came to Tahoe for Christmas... So for the left over lobster we made a lobster corn chowder(barefoot contessa's recipe) which was devine. I had leftovers from that, as per Zeb's request, and it was really good chowder the second night(frozen until the Master of the House got home from work).

Leftovers again from Christmas week with my family, we had beef tenderloin. The Christmas dinner I tried to reenact with twice baked potatoes and asparagus, didn't quite taste the same as what my mom did(she's a great cook), but it sufficed. We still had left over meat, and hubby wanted a beef stew... who makes beef stew with beef tenderloin!!??!!? I reluctantly made it, though. It was really good! I can't remember the recipe... And I didn't get pictures. All I remember is that there were veggies(the same veggie mix bag from the fried rice) and I added wine to it :)

As of now, I have no pictures, so I can't remember what else I made!! I've been making some purées for baby... He loves his sweet potatoes, pears, apples, zucchini, mango, and banana. I've made beets and spinach he still needs to try.

Mango mixed with rice(or oatmeal?)

Can't quite figure out how to eat puffs, but loves the package they come in!

Forgot to blog?

Sadly, I am not very good at remembering to 1)take pictures of my food/crafts 2)blog about them. Hubby is home, so I've been extra busy taking care of him along with baby and puppy. ;)

Here's my most recent projects I'm kind of proud of....

Our headboard is finished!!! I have to admit, I didn't finish it when hubby was gone(like I wanted to), but I did when he got home! At least I started it when he was gone? I needed his moral support to finish it I guess. My materials? Fabric, foam cushion, batting, glue gun to adhere to cardboard(yes!) and 3m tape to mount on the wall. Pretty impressed with the outcome.... So easy so why did I take soo long to do it?! I don't know...

Christmas wreath. Not impressed with this one at all, but I'll share my fail with you. No one reads this blog anyway, amiright? I needed to get rid of quite a few paper bags from my grocery shopping, plus I wanted a rustic Christmas wreath. I had no wreath form, so I made one with the paper bags. I then used items I had on hand to make this. Meh, it was something to decorate the door. I'll make a better one for next year.

Shopping cart cover. I needed to go to the store one day, and didn't want the baby in the car seat taking up room in the cart. So I decided I'll "whip one up quick". Ha! I recall starting at 3:45... Finished at 6. So much for the store that day(baby is in bed by 6:30). Since this has been made and used a few times, I added 3/4 inch foam cushion(leftovers from the headboard) in the seat and back rest spots(where the yellow blanket is in the picture). Haven't used it with that yet, but I think O will be a lot more confortable! Tags were added for attaching toys or just to play with. 

Til next time.