Alabama Tracks

Week 1 at home is just about complete. I must say that it has been a crazy week but that has mainly been due to the holiday being smack in the middle of the week.

There have been times that I have wondered if I can do this all day, every day, and then she smiles at me and I forget my lamenting. As I type, she is lying on the floor on her blanket playing with her toys and spitting up. Spitting up has been horrible the past two days. The only thing that I can attribute it to is using her stomach muscles more and maybe teething. Speaking of, we should have a tooth in just a few days. Her gum is just as white and puffy. Her disposition changes on a whim as well.

I have managed to clean the oven, vacuum while cleaning baseboards and ceiling fans, washed clothes and toys, pulled out the walker and cleaned it up, made dinner a few nights, went to a play group (which was a little lacking but still something that I’ll do again), and to a well baby visit.

Her six month appt. yielded a 16 1/2 lb weight measurement and 26 1/2 inches in length. He was very pleased with her progress and said that I need not feel the need to start solid foods at breakfast and lunch. So, I’m not going to. She will continue to get dinner but other than that, I’m not going to do it unless she goes through a growth spurt requiring more food. I found out that Dr. Simon is also into Nourishing Traditions and organic farming. I was very encouraged. More so by hearing that it had taken him 15 years to get to where he is now in his style of eating. After being encouraged by him, I decided I was going to try to make my first loaf of bread from a Nourishing Traditions recipe.

I soaked my flour, did everything except process my dough in a food processor (mine isn’t powerful enough) and it turned out like a giant brick of lead. Ugly, hard, solid, no air, and just basically, yuck! I am now going to do a yeast wheat bread recipe next week and give bread another whirl. I would like to broaden my culinary ability since I am home now. Bread, cheesecake, and general entrees are the areas that need work. I’ve never made a cheesecake, bread, and I just generally am lacking in the general entree department.

I was told this week that Walmart will match the prices of other stores on items if you have the competitor sales flyer. I fully intend to use this to my advantage. I will watch the sales flyers and coupon more than I have before. I’m debating joining up on a coupon train to share coupons with others. I’ve found a new board called www.mommysavers.com. It seems to be a pretty good forum about saving money, being frugal, and general stuff like that.

Peanut will be crawling any day now. From the previous pictures, you can see she is up on her hands and knees now. She does it so much more frequently now. We’ve already determined that she likes to stand up rather than just sitting. Sitting, until Wednesday, was still lacking. She is so much better now but still falls over on ocassion. So when she does crawl, look out! The cat food bowls, the cat litter, the fire place ash, you name it. I’m sure it will be game. We have the plug covers out already and wait. She just started to eat the wood bin.

Well, my little one calls. I know this has been all over the place and for that I am sorry. I hope to write more consistently but I don’t make any promises. Until next time.

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