Why is Deadliest Catch SO addicting!?

Pretty busy day at our place. 

My mouth is still hurting pretty bad but I'm taking less and less pain meds again because I hate taking them. 

Cassandra got up about her normal time, daddy wasn't home yet because he did a little grocery shopping on the way home, so I got up with her. We survived our first night sleeping in cloth diapers like a champ!! I was so so so very happy!

She got to enjoy quite a bit of play time with daddy when he came home. I know because I could hear her happily babbling away from down the hall. I snatched her up while he was prepping her breakfast, thinking she would calm down with a little nursing. She was chilly in just her diaper so I cuddled her wrapped in my Nightmare Before Christmas blanket. She wriggled around a lot for a few minutes and then to my surprise she fell asleep.

I didn't need any further prompting to sleep some more myself and boy did it feel great!

Fast forward through her actually eating breakfast and boring chores getting done. Tim went out and loosened up the last garden plot for me! My two kinds of pumpkins and the melons (also two types) are finally in the ground! We'll wait and see what survives. I hope quite a bit!! My pepper plants look amazing, the cauliflower and butternut squash look alright. The tomatoes are a bit iffy. Especially the cherries. So bummed! All fruits and veggies have been planted at least into temporary pots. Next up HOPEFULLY, the side of the house where my flowers are supposed to go. It's frustrating that all my hard work ripping all the grass and weeds out was a total waste.

More on the Tiny Viking front:

She had a few more little naps, was super cranky because of this whole teething nonsense (I do NOT like seeing her so upset). I kept her as occupied as possible letting her play with one of Porky's old drumsticks for a while (sorry Daddy) and even her dumping a whole bin of toys and spreading them all over the living room.

She decided to read to Leo the Bear tonight.

She was flipping pages and shoving them in the bears face. Repeatedly. A little (okay, a LOT) more forceful than when I read to her. But, she has the concept down I think. 

I can't get over how much she loves Leo. She shrieks in excitement every time she sees him. Hugs him close, kisses him, wrestles with him, talks to him and all with the biggest smile on her face. I had been starting to feel a little buyers remorse/guilt over spending money on him. The level of excitement she gets is worth a thousand times more than I spent. So I'm not going to let it bother me any more. 

Day 4

Just a quick update:

So the other night produced a one gallon Ziploc bag full of Sweet Apple Pumpkin baby food cubes and  one tiny snack sized bag of Apple Raspberry cubes. Tonight so far we have one full tray of Cinnamon Sweet Potato Banana. The blender needs to cool off for a while now and baby had a super dirty diaper to take care of so we are letting Tiny eat and relaxing with some How I Met Your Mother. 

Next up blending the rest of the straight up sweet potatoes. 

Sorry sweetie. The other banana is all mine! :)

Day 3 of Adventures in Homemade Baby Food

There are two batches of Sweet Pumpkin Apple made and freezing in ice cube trays. Plus a tiny batch of Apple Raspberry, using some of the freeze-dried raspberries I have pureed into apple sauce. I need more apple sauce and more veggies before I can make anymore. I'm thinking of doing my own recipe and adding banana to the next batch of pumpkin apple. It sounds good to me and it'll be one more variety for her to try.

To expand: Today is Day 3 and you are probably (or maybe not) wondering what happened to Day 2? It didn't disappear. I wore myself out to much to make a post yesterday. 

Even though the recipe called for a Pie Pumpkin, I decided to give it a go with the one I hadn't gotten around to carving. It was still good so I didn't see why not! I cut it in half; scooped out the seeds and slimy entrails; placed it cut side down on a cookie sheet and baked it. It took somewhere between 40 minutes and an hour at  400 degrees. 

When it was cool enough to work with I started chopping it up bit by bit, removing the skin. Most of it was placed into a large Rubbermaid container to work with as I could. 

Adventures of Making Homemade Baby Food

I have just began my first steps into the: 

"Adventures of Making Homemade Baby Food." 

Why waste the pumpkin that never got carved when I can make puree out of it and make some baby food without preservatives and other crap! I know it's 'not as sweet' as pie pumpkins but I think I found a recipe that makes up for it.

Sweet Apple-Pumpkin Baby Puree

We actually did some "Black Friday" shopping. (Don't hate me.) We waited until almost noon to go out. I have a hard time passing up killer deals but nothing and I do mean nothing is worth fighting other people; standing in line hours and freezing my ass for! I did manage to wrangle myself a fire pit for 22 bucks! YES! My back yard is gonna fall into place next year!! Bricked off patio with a picnic table and grill, a fire pit and my garden area! 

Hopefully we can rebuild the retaining wall and put in the other steps by the garage like I want too. Then all we need is a Koi pond! Which conveniently enough my brother-in-law can help with!

I can't wait until SPRING!