Another Fun Recipie We use (Stole from the Duggars)

Homemade Baby Wipes:

We use these and they work pretty well! The important part is to NOT buy the off-brand paper towels, you NEED to use BOUNTY! The other thing is placing correctly in the container so that it will come out right! It takes practice, but Josalyn loves to help me make these!


•Cut a whole roll of Bounty paper towels in half and take out the holder (we’ve found that Bounty is the only brand that works. Use an electric knife for best results).

•Place one of the halved rolls vertically into an empty and thoroughly cleaned one-gallon ice cream bucket. In a large measuring pitcher mix :
Two cups water
Two tablespoons baby oil and
Two tablespoons of baby bath
.
•Pour the liquid over the halved roll of paper towels in the ice cream bucket, and soak for 30 minutes. Remove the cardboard center. Feed the top corner of the paper towels through an X-shaped slit you’ve cut in the lid of the ice-cream bucket so you can pull out and tear off one “wipe” at a time."

Homemade Biter Biscuits

Homemade Biter Biscuits

1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup oatmeal infant cereal (dry)
2 Tbs. vegetable oil
2/3 cup 100% juice

Preheat oven to 425.Mix the first three ingredients together, then slowly add the juice - you may need more or less. Mix it up until it forms a thick ball, then press it out into a big flat pancake. Use you pizza cutter to slice it into baby sized "cookies."Bake for 12-15 minutes, until brown and well set. Let them cool completely on the sheet (they will get harder as they cool) then store them in a resealable bag.The Babe LOVES these, and I know exactly what's in them - no weird preservatives or colors or sugars. Plus, they just kind of dissolve, rather than leaving a nasty foul-smelling paste all over everything.(We use Juicy Juice Watermelon for the juice, but I think anything would work.)

I made these for Jonas today and he LOVED them. Pictures to follow.....

Yo Gabba Gabba!

I wan't to be on an episode of Yo Gabba Gabba! I will do "the mommy" it'll go a little something like this... pick one toy up, "pick a baby boy up, now cooook, now cooook."

Dentist + Sick baby = not as bad as you would think

So we went to the dentist today. It honestly wasn't that bad. Josalyn cried a little, but she doesn't feel very good today and doesn't seem to want to be messed with. She is already sleeping (we woke her up at 9:45am) so i know she can't feel well. She coughed all night last night and she is doing at least 4 breathing treatments a day.

Random side note: It just started to hail!

They gave her a toothbrush and two Dora stickers, they did a fluoride treatment and then we were done! The dentist said she has perfect teeth! No cavities or anything! He was glad she already off the bottle, (me too!) and said that they like to see kids of the paci before the age of 3. I am hoping to get her off the paci this summer.

It's going to be interesting because that's what she uses to go to sleep. She always has since a very young age slept with her paci in her mouth and has never fallen asleep without it (except in the car). My game plan is to maybe take it away when we switch to a toddler bed! (when she turns two). I am hoping she will be sooo exhausted from playing this summer that she will just fall asleep without it and without very many tears. Hey, a girl can hope, can't she!

Fortunately, Jonas has never taken a paci!

Dentist Appt.

My little Josalyn has her first dentist appointment tomorrow morning. She is one. I am very interested in finding out what happens when you take a one year old who is afraid of strangers to the dentists office. Anyone know what the deal is?

My Monsters

Hello, World! Right now it is the most fun time of the day, NAPTIME! So i will take this oppurtunity to introduce you to my two monsters:

Josalyn Grace (aka. sissy-sue-a-lovey-lue)

She is little miss i-can-do-it-myself. Some might say that ALL children this age are like that, but Josalyn, she popped out like that. She didn't even like breastfeeding, and stopped cold turkey when she was three months old because she liked to hold her bottle HERSELF. When she was 8 months old she got up and started walking (literally). She is daddys girl in every sence of the word. She loves her mommy, but she just ADORES her daddy. You won't find her sitting down EVER. She even bounces around while watching television. She doesn't snuggle. She doesn't (and even as a baby didn't) let strangers hold her. She will, however, entertain ANYONE. Anyone can watch at her and she will smile and giggle but don't get to close or try and pick her up. I have to bribe her to give me kisses sometimes!
She also has asthma pretty bad. We are managing. She have been hospitalized twice with RSP this season, along with baby brother.

And this is Jonas (aka. stinky-stu-a-bubba-boo aka. Bubbies)

He is the opposite of his sister. He loves cuddles and attention and will take it from anyone who will give it. He also has been in the hospital with RSV this season, and pneumonia. He is a lover. He had reflux when he was born, but he has since (recently) grow out of it (thank God) and has turned into a little hammy. He loves his sister (she ignores him, literally) but he gets sooo happy anytime she gets near him. He was born on 10/9/08 (he shares his daddys birthday).

Where it all begins....

As I write, my daughter (1.5) is watching cartoons (while sucking on her Nuk) and my son (6 months) just left me to go to his grandmas house. I don't even want to begin to describe the guilt that I feel for letting him go away from me at such a young age (it started when he was 3 months, he has acid reflux) but I'm sure it pails in comparison on the guilt i feel for letting my child have a pacifier so long!
I write this to say: I am not perfect. I will never be perfect. I still have muffin top from my two babies (they are 10 days less than a year apart) and i ate Ben & Jerrys last night. Sometime I scream at my husband (sorry, Jon) even though I have strong convictions that you should not argue in front of your children (hopefully i will have this under control by the time they are old enough to remember, right).
I used to blog at livejournal, before kids and muffin top, but I'd rather not continue my blogging adventures there. That journal is filled with Tenn-angst and was written by a person i am simply not anymore.
So, Hello blogger world, it's wonderful to meet you. My name is Mom (or Jennifer to more sophisticated people, Jenn to those who love me, and Da doooo to my daughter who refuses to say mom)