Swag, and not the stupid kind.

After PT, 80 and I hit up the Savannah Once Upon a Child.  They were having a 50% off sale for marked items (there were tons) so we got quite a haul!  I was looking for bodysuits and shorts to spice up his wardrobe which is heavily dominated by rompers.  I like rompers, no, I love them, but its all he has and it bores me.

I also found the only boys 4th of July outfit for a million miles.  I also found a little brown "Daddy suit" which means -- Photo session soon!  I am thinking it needs to be at the beach!

Little firecracker! Yes! 2 more rompers.. sigh

When I walked up, there was a red Schwinn double jogging stroller by the door, with some lady prodding at it.  When I was paying, there was another lady prodding at it.  It made me antsy, anyone who has dealt with OUC knows strollers don't stay long.  I asked the price, $100 (its a $320 stroller at babies r us) so I snagged it.  I haven't used it, but rolling it from the store to my car and my car to the house, its incredibly light on its wheels and highly maneuverable.  I like it already, too bad it has to sit in a closet till at least next year!  :/

Dane the bear got strapped in, 80 is a little small to strap without neck pads.

Hey, I didn't know it had this!  I don't really run in the rain but this will be great during Savannah's sand gnat outbreaks.  I'm more and more excited about this stroller, it has cup holders on both sides, and the rain shield, but no tray (even as an add on) but I don't really like the idea of my kids constantly snacking to keep them quiet so its not a major issue.

Here are some of the clothes he got:

Sully onesie?  Onesie with a tie?! Put it in the bag!

blue, grey, brown. All a 6 month old boy needs.

Vittles!

I have a neat little system for 80s "solids". First off, I bought this steamer/blender by Cuisinart off Amazon and have been very happy with it.

It eliminates dishes because I can steam and purée in the same container.  And it only has 3 cleanable parts (removable blade, the container, and the lid) which is another huge plus for me.

I chose this processor over other such as the Baby Bullet, Baby Brezza, or the Nuk Freshfoods processor based on reviews.  The bullet tends to shred its own plastic, and I can't remember if its the Nuk or the Brezza but one of them, a reviewer tried to contact them about the chemical makeup of the coating on the inside of the steam tank because some had flaked off in the child's food.  And they were not able to answer her because they couldn't retrieve the information from their factory in china. That is a huge red flag for me, shouldn't they know what is being used by their factory?!  Shouldn't they give the factory the design, specs, and material list and the Chinese factory make it??  Scary!

Anyway. I digress.  Cuisinart is a great brand, tried and true and I like their food processor.  It's also a bottle warmer but I have not had any luck getting that to adequately warm my bottles.  I have since switched to using the Playtex drop ins, and I rewarm those in Keurig water so I never use the bottle warming feature anymore.

I purée whatever I'm making with skins on.  You can see in the pictures that after the steaming, the skins are no bigger than flecks of pepper.  The steamer deposits steam water in with whatever you're steaming, great for avacados, but it made the pears too liquid.  I dumped all of the water out for the apples and like their consistency much more.

So onto the storage.  I bought this ice cube tray at my local TJ Maxx.  The amazon price is the same, I paid 7.99. 

ice cube tray, the two cubes are pears and apples

I was attracted by the bottom of the tray, which is silicone (It's all BPA free).  I don't have to crack the ice cubes or twist the tray, just flip over and pop the bottom.  I've frozen avocado, banana, carrots, apples and pears and never had an issue with sticking, they come right out!  Plus the little ice cubes are a perfect serving size for 80, who is really just sampling food right now.  As he gets older I can add more cubes.  I pop them in the microwave in increments of 10 seconds to warm them up.  This set of 2 ice cubes took 30 seconds total, but normally I can get good room temp results in 15 seconds.

When I store my ice cubes I put them in leftover hillshire farms deli meat containers, sorted by vegetables or fruit, very simple and stackable.

The last time I gave 80 pears, he liked them but he wasn't exactly in the mood.  Today they went over much better!  He also seemed to enjoy the apples.  Here he is sitting in the Fisher Price high chair his Aunt Kim gave him.

And the obligatory video

Stretches

As a companion to this post I have made a video of the stretches 80 does every day.

Do you like the beach blanket he's on?  I got it from Bed Bath & Beyond.  It is *not* totally waterproof, I found out (it rained last night and the ground is soggy).  But it's pretty and it only soaked through where I put my knee, not where 80 was laying.