Lunchtime...

Yesterday Max has his first "big boy" lunch. I decided that instead of making and/or buying jars of food I would just start making regular meals for him. Sooooo....today he had his very 1st grilled cheese. And he loved it!

I of course forgot to grab the camera but he was so cute. I just cut it up into tiny little pieces and he chowed down. He at most of it, probably a little more than 1/2, which was much more than I was expecting him too....

My little boy is growing up!!! :)

Broke Through....

Max has hit a HUGE milestone today....how ironic that it falls on his 9 month birthday! He has his first tooth!!!

It saw it this morning while he was eating his orange in his nifty little infant feeder...see the right side - (thanks Kristin for that one, he loves it!)

Anyway he was eating and was laughing and smiling and having a grand ole' time and I a tiny little snippet of something in his mouth...so I propped it open and there it was. It hasn't come through all the way but it's just peeking right out the top. It's on the very bottom on the right AND I think that the left one is getting ready to peak through any time!! I wish that I could have got a picture of it but I was not fast enough, but I did manage to snap a few cute ones when he was finished with his bottle and all happy!

You Can Call Me Martha...

As many of you know we recently started Max on some solid foods. Of course the basic rice and oatmeal cereal, which he does wonderful with and just this past week or so we started on some squash. I bought a couple of little packets of Gerber food because I wanted to see how he would do with it first before I broke the bank on food.

Then one of the Mom's from The Little Yellow Duck Club (that is the Mom's Group I go to) suggested that I make my own. I was of course immediately intimidated by this because I am not the worlds greatest cook. Learning but nowhere near great. But she tells me that it's super easy and there is this great website called WholesomeBabyFood.com and it tells you exactly how to make food, what to mix together, what babies can and cannot have in each stage. In the back of my mind I was like yeah it sounds great and easy but really me...I just don't know. But curiosity got the better of me and I took a look at the site. It was fantastic!

It had all kinds of information, different products, suggestions for food, etc. Soooo.....I went to the grocery store yesterday grabbed a couple butternut squash and headed home to whip up some homemade baby food. First I put a call into my cooking guru a.k.a my Mom. One because she knows how to make everything and two because I don't know how to make anything, especially squash. Which I happen to like but have never made....go figure! After getting a few key points on how to bake and or steam the squash I am actually excited to try this homemade thing.

I decided that I would bake this first batch just because it seemed a little less daunting than trying to steam it. I set the oven for 375', cut up the squash, tossed them in the oven for about 35-40 minutes an wallah they were ready to puree. And boy did my house smell yummy! Karl came home and asked if that was what we were having for dinner. I told him no - it was for Max...he looked a little disappointed and then realized what it was and said he didn't like squash anyway.

Next I scooped out all the yummy smelling goodness out and dumped it all in my handy-dandy blender and pureed away. Added a touch of water just to get the right texture and wallah I had a bowl full of homemade, ready to eat, no preservatives, full of nutrients, good food for Max. I divided it up into some little freezer bags that I have and tossed it in the freezer. Now for those of you out there that don't know about baby food let me give you the rundown. Gerber sells baby food in packets of 2 2.5 oz containers. They typically run anywhere from .89 to about .95 depending on where you shop. Max can eat 1 container in one day. Some for lunch and the rest for dinner....soooo that is 5 for the week, equalling 12.5 ozs and costing anywhere from $4.50 to $5.00 again depending on where you go. I spent $2.74 on 2 squash and made 15 ozs. Hmmm what should I do....spend more money on food that might not be great or spend less money and know exactly what he is eating. A no brainer! GO ME!

Squash Anyone...

Tonight we expanded Max's culinary tastes. He had squash for the very 1st time tonight.

Here is he is beforehand looking all cute and having no clue what is coming his way...

And here he is after the 1st bite...

And last but not least the finale...

All in all Max did pretty good with his first vegetable. He ate about a tablespoon which I thought was pretty good for a beginner! Can't wait for Sweet Potatoes!!!