Halloween Felt Monsters

How cute are these little guys?

Would that be super goober to make them as pillows and put them on my couch for Halloween?

Ya, probably.

Homemade baby food

Today I spent most of the day in the kitchen boiling fruits and veggies and then grinding them up to a lovely puree for little Miss Harlow.  The recipe below turned out awesome!  After baking a giant summer squash in the oven for over an hour and then grinding it up with boiled apples and brown rice Harlow was over the moon.

Squash Baby Food Recipes - 

Rice with Apple and Butternut Squash Purée (4)6 months+

1 squash - acorn, butternut or other winter squash
1 or 2 cups cooked brown rice
1/2 cup applesauce

Cut acorn or butternut squash in half, scoop out seeds
Place halves face down in a pan and cover with an inch of water
Bake in a 400 degree oven for 40 minutes or until the “shell/skin” puckers and halves feel soft then scoop squash “meat” out of the shell
Place squash "meat" into your choice of appliance for pureeing
Add cooked rice and applesauce and blend
Add water as necessary to achieve a smooth, thin consistency

Check out this recipe and so many others at http://www.wholesomebabyfood.com

this site has tons of useful information if you're new to the solid food stage.

As much as I think those little glass baby food jars are precious it really is a lot of fun making your own baby food.

I'm a sewing machine

Finally my new best friend came in the mail today.  The beautiful Brothers CS-6000i computerized sewing machine.  Dude it even has an automatic threader!  It's kinda like I'm not even sewing, just hanging out making a dress, what?


There are 60, that's right 60 built in stitches for your enjoyment.  This thing comes with a hard protection case and an oversized table for large projects.  I purchased it on amazon for $169!  I swear this machine makes my Singer feel like a dinosaur (sorry mom:)


So I started making Harlow a couple summer outfits, but by the time I actually finish them I'm pretty sure summer will be over.  It's not like you can really get anything done with a 6 month old baby, but I'll try.


JoAnns Fabric has really stepped it up lately in their selections.  I picked up a Rachel Shelburne retro  fabric here  on sale and one with little birds and trees too. Also I bought two simple McCall's patterns dress and hat and a Laura Ashley 


I'll post photos when I make more progress.


I'm off to the library to return my Self Sufficiency books and check more out about how to build a chicken coop.  Mmm fresh eggs coming soon.

Movies with a baby

Well I'm officially stuck in my hotel room. It's disgusting hot outside right now especially after about 12pm and you know I can't get my life together quick enough to get out of here any earlier in the day then that.

I contemplated going to see The Hangover this afternoon, but with a 3 month old baby, could it be done? It's not like Harlow is one of those babies you can just shove on the breast and she'll go to sleep. Nooooo in fact if you try that and she's not hungry she screams even louder. So I'm not going to be that lady...the one with the crying baby spilling my popcorn all over the person in front of me as I try to make a run for the nearest exit. I'm pretty sure I've even said "I can't believe that lady brought her baby to the movie" granted that was pre-kids, but still I don't want to be a hypocrite, right?

No I'll just sit in my hotel room and watch bad TV and waste my life on the computer.
So here I am, Harlow's asleep on my chest.




Yep I typed this whole thing with one hand. Oh yeah I'm that good.

Cloth Diapers

I'm doing it, saving the earth little by little. The fuzzi bunz and the bum genius 3.0 are working wonders. The g diapers now so much. I kinda gave up because the velcro just kept coming undone, I can't imagine how they would hold up when Harlow really started moving around. One great thing about the g diapers is they are really trim. I find that Harlow never fits in her pants when she's wearing the other diapers, but they are cute and its blazing hot in New Orleans so right now the no pants thing is working nicely.

I'm moving back to LA in two weeks after a brief visit to Seattle. Honestly I'm not looking forward to going to home. Yeah I miss my dogs and my vegetable garden, but the weather has been shit and I'm really enjoying hotel life...maid service anyone?? But I guess if I ever want to lose this baby weight I better get home, because the food her is ridiculous, I cant stop with the fried stuff.

Michele and Annabelle are here visiting, it's been great, like old times working on set doing wardrobe except now we've got babies running around, and well we're not getting paid either.

Cafe du monde

I cant stop eating them. Make it stop.

urgent care

I took Harlow to urgent care this morning, she was going on day 3 of diarrhea and I was nervous she might get dehydrated. Thank god she wasn't. The doctor thinks she may have caught a virus that's going around. I was under the impression that breastfed babies rarely got sick, but he explained that because I was in a new city I didn't develop any antibodies to pass on to her, or something like that.

I bought some pedialyte, now I've just got to figure out how to get her to drink it.

It's amazing how kind people are here in New Orleans. In California, strangers don't usually strike up conversation in elevators. It's nice to be around "real" people. I'm not looking forward to going home in June.