With Jud approaching the 1-month mark, I thought I would show you a few of our favorite things from the past few weeks. Obviously, swings and blankets and all things baby-related are preference based. Walk into any baby store and you'll a plethora of options from everything to changing diapers to feeding. With that being said, here are a few tried and true favorites at our house. Dr. Brown's Gia Nursing Pillow- I used another popular nursing pillow to begin with, until Dr. Brown's sent us a few things to try out. I must say, I was quickly sold on this nursing pillow. It has an angled design to aide in digestion, I was having some oversupply issues and I think this really … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2014
monday adventures
We met Allen around lunchtime today to do a little fishing. How's that for random on a Monday? He just happened to have about two hours free during lunchtime and BK has been asking to go fishing for about a week now. We grabbed lunch and met him at his parents house to do a little fishing in their pond. Good thing it was at lunch time because it took us that long to get ready, fed, and out the door. It was a nice break in the middle of our Monday, and BK caught a few fish, she was a happy camper. Judson just chilled in his car seat the whole time. He's not much for fishing, yet. And I always have to laugh when I see BK doing things like playing with worms and dirt. This child who … [Read more...]
Weight Watchers Orange Chinese Chicken
I mentioned last week that one of my favorite things about Weight Watchers is that you can pretty much eat anything, within reason. For the first week I mainly ate things like grilled chicken and roasted vegetables. It was easy and I knew it would keep me within my points range. Plus, I'm all about easy while we're still adjusting to life with a newborn in the mix. I did choose one recipe from the Weight Watchers site, I read a few of the reviews and adapted it slightly based on what other people had said about the dish. It's a quick and easy week night meal and can easily satisfy a Chinese food craving. Did I mention it's only 6 points for a serving? (Recipe serves 4) … [Read more...]