In your face Gerber

Before Delaney started on solids I read an artical somewhere about something (duh) related to babies not being able to digest common ingredients found in processed baby foods. I dont remember much because I stopped reading after the third reference to diabetes and or obesity and freaked.

FAH-REAKED.

So clearly I had to start planning how to make all my own baby food immediately. Hello internet! I found some really great resources online and a friends recommendation led me to this book:

Surprise, surprise! Its easy!

Heres my haul from todays grocery trip in an artsy fartsy fruit shot.

I won this little blender at a white elephant Christmas party. (HOLLA)

I put it into recycled baby food containers and Voila

More peach pear banana prune in my mouth please

Im naked because Im a hippy baby

Organic- homemade baby food AND recycling baby containers. I think Im about 11% Hippy, and I like it.

Love,

Hippy Jami

PS: Addison doesnt feel great today. Poor Puddin.

FALL IN

Addison has been practicing with Daddy. Gage is enjoying the show

My Workout Frienemy for the next 30 days

When you have two children in less than two years, your hotness drops drastically. Combine that with a severely reduced wardrobe and jeans budget due to me being a stay at home domestic keeper-upper (fail) and kid raiser and you have one hot mess. Not hot ness. So I decided it was just about time that I get off my heiny and did something about this situation.

This is what we are trying to get back to FYI

My husband and I have drastically different ideas of how to tackle the issue. My idea, to throw a bunch of money at the problem and let a plastic surgeon do all the heavy lifting. He didn't bite. Seth's sort of a plastic surgery party pooper. His idea - workout. Run, go to the Rec center in our development or use hand weights at home. Boooooring. Sounds like military nonsense to me. But I guess its hard to argue his logic. Delaney is already doing crunches. Great, I'm being out worked by a 6 month old. Time to take this up a notch.

A few months ago I found the beast on ebay. This thing looks like it could take on a mountain, so I had to have it. I rationalized it with Seth that I would use it everyday. OK, like 3 times. Better break this baby out for my new workout regimen.

And then it hit me, I need a workout buddy (and body shaping swimwear). Sure I have a ton of great SAHM's in my area, a couple I could throw a rock and hit their house. (It wouldn't do any damage, I'm out of shape remember) But they are sweet girls, with adorable babies, and no kind of time for my nonsense. I need someone to boss me around, in my living room at nap time. I need Bethenny Frankle. But I don't have her DVD so I guess its going to be Jillian Michaels. Ive had her DVD since after Addison. Used it once, decided she wasn't my friend, never used it again. But we are working things out and now she is my Workout Friend+Enemy. Workout Frienemy.

I popped this sucker in yesterday for my first of our 30 day workout pow-wows. But I didn't do it at nap time. Big mistake. I ended up chasing my hand weights around the first floor of my house. So that 20 min workout with Jill (I bet she'd let me call her Jill), took approx 25 minutes. I think because of my extra effort I could cut this down to a 27 day shred and lose about 3 days with this chick as time served.

So the melee and I are taking the beast out this morning, and Ill be meeting with Jill at nap time. Wish me luck on my journey back to hotness.

OOO RA

Twelve years ago today my husband stood upon these yellow footprints in Parris Island South Carolina. Thus began his transformation from a young man to a Marine.

Happy Anniversary honey

Love, me and your two devil pups

Mawage is wot bwings us togeder tooday

...Mawage, that bwessed awangment, that dweam wifin a dweam...and wuv, tru wuv, will fowow you foweva... So tweasure your wuv.

Yesterday we went to the wedding of my brother Jason and his beautiful bride Savannah in Estes Park. Congratulations Uncle Jason and Aunt Savannah, We love you.

 Addison woke up so excited to wear her pretty dress and see Uncle Jason. She hitched a ride near the lake on Papas shoulders. Once she saw where Uncle Jason was, she took off:

 Which left Papas arms free for Little Laney

 The ceremony was beautiful and even as she was under the weather, Savannah glowed. She was the most beautiful thing to look at, and thats saying something with a view like this

 Addison watched and even wanted to take a picture with Nanas camera

 Yay for the Kiss, they are Man and Wife

 Aunt Jackie and Bel look so beautiful

 The kids had a great time at the reception. There was lots of yummy food and plenty of places to run. All the things kids love to do

 Addi and her cousins love spending time together

After the reception we had four of Addisons cousins over while. What amazing kids they are. Seth said we just have to have them over more often. It was a long day, but it was filled with lots of love. We got to see so many of the people that we love (many of whom I didnt get any pictures of) and at the end of the day thats what is important. That, and great accessories like sparkle flower headbands.

Love,

J

Climbing skills aside, I suspect she now teleports

My kid may in fact have superhero powers. I dont know how else to explain how she gets from the couch in the living room to the top of the fridge in the blink of an eye. She just waits til I am sufficiently distracted by her sister for 2.5 milliseconds so that I dont actually see her disappear into thin air. We have been tossing around the idea of putting this smartypants into school at the age of three, maybe we need to look into this one:

She will fit right in with that blue scaly thing and the kid nobody can touch. Maybe Suri Cruise already goes there? Hmmmmm

Well, in an attempt to keep an unobstructed eye on her we headed outside yesterday. I got a new camera and was hoping to get her superpowers on film as proof. No luck. But you do get to meet the newest member of the Mager family, Lily. Its Addisons baby, shes fantastic, goes everywhere with Addison.

Mommy was too loud for Lily to sleep

Kissing Delaney

 Little Laney is working on her superpowers as well, Ill keep you posted as to what they may be. Being incredibly adorable and sweet is working at the moment. If her power is mind control we are all in trouble.

Better get to sewing a few super capes, pink of course.

The Main Event, battle of the 6 month old weigh ins

In this corner, weighing in at 13lbs 3oz and a length of 251/4 inches its...............



Laney Rae



And in this corner, with a weight previously recorded at 15lbs even and 27 inches long its..................


Addi O

6 month old stat breakdown
Addison:
15lbs 25th percentle
27 inches long 75th percentile
Teeth: 2

Delaney:
13lbs 3oz 3rd percentile
25 1/4 inches long 21st percentile
Teeth: Workin on it

This post is about poop. And also puns

For the record, if you invited me to your house for dinner, I would not (read: might possibly) talk about poop, its not for civilized conversation. But number one, everybody poops especially kids and Number two (welcome to the pun portion of the blog) this blog is about our real life so were going there. If you dont like a good old fashioned discussion about poop, Arrivederci.  When you clicked on the link to this blog, you entered Jamitown. And in Jamitown, Poop is currently sitting Mayor. (pun intended)

Breastfed babies have glorious poop. Fact. It doesnt stink, hardly stains and aside from looking like someone squirted mustard into a diaper, isnt really all that offensive to the senses. In short, the poop is the bomb. (only a few more, I promise.) But then these babies go on and grow up you and require more than just the boob. They need real food. And, as they say, what goes in must come out. That my friends is when things get really crappy. (see what I did there?)

Delaney has been on solid foods for a few weeks now. Today I made her homemade sweet potato, carrot, yellow squash puree. She thinks I am a fabulous cook. She has also had some Avacados, pears, and bananas. Loves the pears. Thinks everything else is just ehh.
This little squirt (Ok last one) is a 13lbs 3oz poop factory now that she is on real people food. And this kids diapers can clear a room. Were talking, take that diaper directly to the dumpster outside kinda thing.

I say the next one is for Daddy. Hes already used to the suit.

Word to the turd



Leave me alone, Im poopin