Thrifty Thursday- Recipe

Thrifty Thursday Saturday tip is a recipe.  I found that it is much cheaper to keep baking staples on hand.  Flour, sugar, butter, eggs... Most of these items can be found less than two dollars and can make a ton of different foods.

So here are a couple of ideas.


 Sugar Cookies- makes about 4 dzn

Ingredients:

2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1 cup butter, softened

1 1/2 cups white sugar 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:

1.	Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Set aside.
2.	In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually blend in the dry ingredients. Roll rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into balls, and place onto ungreased cookie sheets.
3.	Bake 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden. Let stand on cookie sheet two minutes before removing to cool on wire racks.

Pancakes - these are much better than the boxed stuff and cheaper.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon white sugar

1 1/4 cups milk 1 egg 3 tablespoons butter, melted

Directions:

1.	In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Make a well in the center and pour in the milk, egg and melted butter; mix until smooth.
2.	Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium high heat. Pour or scoop the batter onto the griddle, using approximately 1/4 cup for each pancake. Brown on both sides and serve hot.

So when are you having baby number two???

Source

I don't know how many of your who read my blog have ever had problems with infertility but this question is probably one of the most awkward/painful questions to answer.  I know that people who ask this don't mean to be hurtful.  I must admit that there are times that I see pregnant women and wonder if I will ever feel the kicks and movements of another baby.  I wonder if I will ever have another birth story to tell.  After I had Judah, the thought of never having the chance to get pregnant again made me sad.  Now I realize that I am so blessed.  I understand that there are many families out there that will never experience what David and I have experienced.

There are so many women that go through IVF over and over again.  To you, I tip my hat.  I don't know if I could survive going through shots, hormones, and anticipation again.  The plan???  Well what we are praying for it to be able to adopt when Judah is about 3 years old.  Perhaps a little sister for Judah.

I don't know what God has in store for us.  All we can do is trust that one day our little family will grow however that may be.

Thrifty Thursday *Baby Food*

The only reason that I chose baby food is because my camera is charging and I can't post pictures of the cloth napkins that I grabbed for 99 cents.  I can't wait to show you what they look like and to show you what I am planning for them...  :)

 Anyway, back to the baby food.  This week I found butternut squash on sale for $1.00.  So I grabbed one.  I was a little worried I must admit because I have never really cooked butternut squash. 

Well I took it home killed it peeled it.  I did not know just how annoying peeling this would be.  So after peeling it and almost losing a finger, I diced it up into cubes and added cinnomon and a little sugar.  OK OK I know that you shouldn't give sugar to babies but if adding a pinch of sugar is my worst offense as a mom then I will take it.  :)

After everything is coated evenly I baked until it was tender.  It took about 45 minutes to an hour on 275 (I did not want to burn it).  Once it was cooked I blended with water until smooth.  After it cooled a bit I used a muffin tin to distribute evenly and froze.  Total it made about 9 jars of baby food.  9.  At the price of baby food I found that I saved about mmmmm.... 8 dollars.  NICE.  I need to start a "money I saved by making my own baby food" jar and save to buy me a nice pair of shoes.  YAY.

Thrifty Thursday

So you know those things that you tell yourself every year... starting next year I'm going to...  Well that is SO me.  Every year it's the same thing.  Next year I'm going to lose weight...eat right.... save money... well all of those are really my goal this year.  Starting this Thursday I will be featuring different ways that you can save your family some mulah!!!

Judah 1-13-12

This is what I wake up to every morning.  He is such a morning person.  Enjoy!

Baby Food

I am happy to say that Judah has loved just about everything that I have given him.  Long before he was born i made the decision to make his food.  So far it has been great.  With him eating more solid food now we have saved a lot of money.  Today for example I found frozen mixed veggies on sale for 89 cents a bag.  I bought one bag and had some brown rice left over from the other day.  I steamed it all and blended it....and whala I got 10 jars of mixed veggie and brown rice.  We will see tomorrow how he likes it.

If you have ever thought about doing this I highly recommend it.  It's really easy and I know everything that is going into Judah's food.  It only takes a few minutes and you can easily make it while cooking dinner.

David laughs at me because i get excited when I find fruits and veggies on sale.  Last week I found a 3lb bag of pears for a dollar.  A dollar yall!  I bought two bags and it made 22 containers of pears.  $2.

Try it.  You just might like it.

Friday

So get ready people Judah is ready to talk... why is my baby growing so fast??  This morning Judah woke up this morning for his feeding at 6 am.  I guess those hunger pangs were really getting to him.  Well anyway, after I fed him this morning I laid him back down and went back to bed for a few more moments of sleep.

I laid back down and through the baby monitor I here.  DA-DA....DA-DA.  I don't know if it was by accident or intentional but it woke up daddy.  He rolled over half asleep and asked.."did i just hear him say da-da?"  Okay daddy you can have that, he said da-da before ma-ma.  :)

8 months old

Dear Judah.

I can't belive that you are 8 months old already.  I was cleaning out your closet the other day and I ran across some of your preemie clothes.  Its crazy to see just how much you have grown in the few months that you have been home.  I want you to know that I love you more than words can describe.  You have changed my life.  

There is nothing like walking into your room and seeing you sleep so peacefully.  This morning at 6:30  you woke up crying.  I fed and burped you and tried to lay you back down but you were not having that.  So I sat in the chair in your room with you and hummed twinkle twinkle little star into your ear and you just layed there in my arms with your little hand on my cheek until you fell back to sleep.

I thank God everyday for letting me be your mommy.  I love you to the moon and back.  

Love,

                                                                               Mommy

That's how I roll...

While I was doing the laundry the other day.  Judah decided that he was going to roll off of his blanket and roll right on under my bed.  Time to baby proof the house : /

It's a Good Morning

First tooth

Yes, you hear me right Judah's first tooth has broken the gums.  He had been teething for the past couple of weeks, soaking his shirts and his bibs with saliva.  I knew that they would come in soon just didn't realize how soon.   I feel like he is growing too fast for me.  Really, teeth??

At eight months old Judah is now rolling around like a mad man, the other day I caught him gnawing on on our side table in the living room.  He isn't crawling just yet but he sure does try.  He will put his little butt up in the air and then tries to push himself.

Where did my tiny baby go??

December 2011

Judahs new thing is to stick out his tongue.  And his favorite teething toy??  His stinky feet. 

Seven Months Old

Okay so this post is just about a month late.  Holidays are so crazy!  Anyway.  Judah turned seven months old on December 2nd.  He has such a personality.  So far he has been a pretty happy baby.  We have night time down to a science.  Bottle, diaper change, pajamas and then time for sleep.  It was hard at first to get him adjusted to this schedule but it seems to work for us. When it gets close to bed time he starts letting me know.  Nap time is another thing.   He HATES nap time.  He will fuss and roam around his crib and whine for a few minutes before he actually settles down for sleep.  Oh yea, he is trying to crawl.  Trying.  He has the leg part down now just a matter of getting him to pick up and move his arms all together.  I know, in due time. 


I know that I haven’t updated in a while.  So here are some current pictures of my monster.