Whew. Last week was a crazy one! Thankfully it ended better than it started. But I’m still glad to be starting a new week. Hard to believe it’s time to start thinking about fall and all of our regular activities starting again. The summer sure does go by quickly.

So, last week…here’s a quick recap…church, pediatrician/vaccine, groceries, nursery cmt, pediatrician again, farmer’s market, pharmacy, dentist/fillings, children’s museum, consignment sale, visiting out of town family and art museum. Lots of outings. And mixed in there…a teething/slobbery baby. A fussy baby from a vaccine. I developed mastitis (a first for me…never had it with Rebecca) and woke in the night on Sunday with chills, fever, shaking, headache, nausea and pain.

Then Tuesday Rebecca woke up with a swollen eye. Took her to the doctor to discover she had an infection from a mosquito bite on her face. So now she’s on antibiotics. I’m happy to say the mastitis seems to have cleared on its own. And Rebecca is doing much better (although still on antibiotics until they are gone…I cringe thinking of what they are doing to her little tummy. But we couldn’t let the infection get out of control. I’m doing my best to give her plenty of probiotics.).

Abram seems to be his happy self again (was extra fussy from his shot and from the hummus I ate I think). And we were able to enjoy some fun outings at the end of the week. All’s well that ends well 🙂  In the midst of all the chaos I managed to make crispy pecans, walnuts, almonds, macadamia nuts and cashews, hummus, kefir, chewy granola bars, pesto, sd english muffins and coconut milk ice cream. I also froze corn and beans. And we got some misc. cleaning/organizing done.

This week shouldn’t be quite as “eventful” I don’t think. We’ve got church, groceries, farmer’s market and co-op pick up. And we’re having our former neighbors over for dinner tomorrow night! Rebecca is so excited to see her friend Eva again. I’m not sure yet about a trip to Harvest Health. We’ll just see how our milk supply is…if we can make it to Wed. (co-op) with what we’ve got.

Much of my time this week will be focused on kitchen stuff. I need to prep food and make some kind of dessert for tomorrow. I’m thinking I might just do cookies or some other finger dessert. Our freezer supply of baked goods and easy breakfasts is finally getting low. So that means I get to bake 🙂  I think I might do some peach bread this week. Possibly something else. Maybe even a dessert with some of the fresh fruit that is in season. Sadly we’re almost out of eggs, so I can’t do much baking until we get more (Monday…Justin brings them home from work). I need to grind flour…today. I hardly have any flour in the house. But tons of wheat berries. I made french dressing this morning. And I need to make more mayo (when I get eggs). I also need to restock my soup supply for the week. I’m finally going to make my first attempt at stock using chicken feet. And I want to keep freezing corn. And keep up with our beans. I think I’ll wait until next week to can peaches. And our tomatoes are getting going now. Hopefully next week I can start on salsa and spaghetti sauce.

Still working on behavior stuff with Rebecca (and myself!). I finally made my own daily task chart for her with pictures so she can really see what is expected of her. We’ll start that today. I started our house rules. I need to finish them with Rebecca. See what she thinks we should add. And then post them where she can see them. I was reminded this week of how much she thrives on stimulation and learning new things. With a visit to both the children’s museum and the art museum it was obvious. I’m so anxious for Kindermusik and MOPS to start so she can keep learning and interact with other kids.

Overall I’m doing well. My big experiment this week was making coconut milk ice cream (yesterday…post to come). Anyone that knows me knows that I LOVE ice cream. It is my absolute favorite food. I used to eat mounds of it…almost daily. Until last night I had not had a serving of ice cream (just a few bites here and there when Rebecca would have some) for myself since before Abram was born. About 4 months! That’s like an eternity for me. So it was like I was in heaven last night when I actually had a little dish all to myself. I almost felt guilty 😛  Now that I don’t eat dairy because of Abram I especially avoid ice cream. So this was an extra special treat. But like I said, it was an experiment. We’ll see how both of us handle the coconut milk. We are both somewhat sensitive to some coconut products. So we’ll see. I’m hoping and praying it works for us. To be able to have one treat that I can eat once in a while without feeling like I’m making my child sick or moving 2 steps backwards on my own healing journey would be wonderful.

So on to the new week. Simple, in season meals. Here’s what’s on the menu.
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S (prep lunch, church, bake butterscotch bars, clean, make french dressing, make broth, grind flour)
  B – leftover steak, avocado, cucumbers and pesto (me), banana bread, fruit (Justin)
  L – roasted chicken legs, carrots and zucchini in cp
  D – bacon, avocado, tomato sandwiches, zucchini fries, fruit

M (prep smoothies, strain/freeze broth, Meijer, friends over)
  B – chx broth w/ chicken and avocado (me), yogurt, fruit, granola (Justin)
  D – chicken tacos/salad w/ salsa, sour cream, cheese, avocado, lettuce, peppers, cucumbers, peas, fruit

T (make mayo, fm, freeze corn)
  B – chx broth with taco meat and avocado (me), banana bread, yogurt, blueberries (Justin)
  D – salmon cakes, beans, corn on the cob

W (freeze beans, prep smoothies, co-op, make kefir, soak flour, put away laundry)
  B – chx broth w/ salmon, peas and beans (me), chewy granol bar, yogurt, fruit (Justin)
  D – pesto pasta w/ chicken, peas (Justin), salad w/ salmon, avocado, cucumber, peas (me)

Th (bake peach bread, prep smoothies, make pureed soup)
  B – kefir smoothie, peach bread (woke up LATE), toast w/ pb (Justin), chx broth w/ avocado (me)
  D – cashew avocado chicken salad, beans, corn on the cob

F (clean)
  B – soup (me), peach bread, fruit (Justin)
  D – meatloaf, potatoes, veggies

S ()
  B – soup (me), pancakes (Justin)
  D – pulled pork, veggies

Is it Sunday already? With several days away, a day at Michigan’s Adventure and Justin on vacation all week I’ve kind of lost track of the days 😛  Back to a “normal” week now. Plenty busy for sure. That seems to be the theme of August.

Last week we were gone a lot. We went to Double JJ for a few days. And we spent a day at Michigan’s Adventure. We picked out a new sink faucet (can’t wait for it to be installed!). And we got our mini van fixed. I also had to make a run to Harvest Health yesterday since we were almost out of milk. So I didn’t get a whole lot done at home. But I did manage to freeze beans, make pesto, roast beets, make mud balls and make ice cream cone cupcakes (a fun baking project with Rebecca on a rainy, lazy Saturday).

Not much down time this week. Today is church. Monday Abram gets another vaccine (no check up). If he’s up for it I want to make a quick stop at Meijer afterwards. In the evening I have nursery cmt. So early dinner. We haven’t decided yet which kid will stay home with Daddy and which one will come with me. Tuesday is farmer’s market. And there is a toddler story time at the library that we might go to. Wednesday I might go to Heffron Farms. Depends if I need stuff for next week’s meals or not. In the afternoon I have  dentist appt. to get 2 cavities filled 🙁  Thursday is open right now, but I might try to do a fun activity – zoo, children’s museum, park, play date. Friday is still TBD. Some of my cousins and their kids from out of town will be visiting. I think there is going to be a lunch get-together with them. Not sure about our participation yet. My parents and my SIL/nephew might be coming for that as well. If my SIL comes we might go to another farmer’s market. And there is also a 2nd hand sale that morning that I might go to. Still trying to figure it out. Saturday I think we are going to the Grand Rapids Art Museum. On Saturdays they have All Day with the Arts for families. I recently won a perks card from a giveaway from Natural Living Moms. It’s from GRKids.com. Each month there is a discount for a different venue. This month it’s the art museum. So we’re hoping to go. And I want to use this to try new things…do the activity on the perks card each month. It goes from July 2011 to June 2012. Lots of fun things to try! Next month it’s Boulder Ridge Wild Animal Park. Never been there, but maybe we’ll have to go 🙂

Plenty to keep me busy in the kitchen this week too. Our beans are still going strong, so I need to keep freezing those. I might try to start freezing corn this week. And there is a chance I’ll try to can peaches now that the free stone variety is ready. I want to make a batch of hummus, chewy granola bars and sd english muffins. I’m making lots of crispy nuts. I might also attempt coconut milk ice cream. Not sure I’ll actually have time for all of this, but I’ll try.

Somehow August turned out to be such a busy month. We’ve already done a lot. But I still have a long list of places to go/things to do before it’s over: visit my grandparents, go to WI, have our old neighbors over, visit the zoo (have to make use of our membership!), go to the children’s museum, the art museum and the beach (haven’t gotten there yet this summer!). Possibly schedule a play date. Plus some random errands. We’ll see if we squeeze it all in or not.

As crazy as it sounds I’m wondering if Abram is teething already. He chews on his hands non-stop and drools. He bites sometimes when he’s eating. And sometimes seems fussy for no reason. Rebecca had her first teeth at 5 months. So I don’t think it’s out of the question for him to start at 3 months. Not sure I’m ready for it yet 😛

Still making progress with Rebecca and behavior. I found a great book on Sarah’s book list at Nourished and Nurtured called How to Behave So Your Preschooler Will Too! I checked it out from the library. I have only skimmed through a few things and I can already tell this book will be a huge help. And it made me realize one very important factor. Before I can expect Rebecca to change her behavior I have to change mine. This book focuses a lot on positive reinforcement, encouragement, rules, charts, expectations. I have only glanced through it, but I have already found things to start implementing…that seem to be helping. I think I might have to buy this book.

No major updates on me. Just trying to get my gut back on track after a week of travel, changed routines and compromised food. Bring on the broth this week 🙂  Here’s what’s on the menu.
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S (cook beans, dry walnuts, pecans, almonds and macadamia nuts, soak and dry cashews, make hummus, church, make kefir, make granola bars)
  B – veggie soup w/ egg and avocado (me), blueberry buckle (Justin)
  L – beef, bean and veggie soup, grilled cheese
  D – grilled burgers, peaches, hummus w/ veggies and chips

M (Dr. S., Meijer, nursery cmt)
  B – granola bars, yogurt (Justin), soup (me)
  D – coconut pecan chicken, french fries, cucumbers and crackers w/ hummus

T (Dr. S., FM, make english muffins)
  B – soup (me), blueberry buckle, fruit (Justin)
  D – egg, zucchini and sausage casserole, sd english muffins, beans

W (put away laundry, freeze corn, dentist, prep smoothies, make kefir)
  B – sd english muffin (Justin), leftover casserole, avocado (me)
  D – squash and sausage soup, crackers w/ cheese and hummus

Th (children’s museum, make pesto, soak beans)
  B – kefir smoothie, zucchini bars (Justin), soup (me)
  D – cheeseburger zucchini/pepper boats, corn on the cob, beans

F (cook beans, clean, family gathering, MOPS sale, make corn pesto)
  B – zucchini bars (Justin), soup (me)
  D – pasta w/ corn pesto and bacon, beans, broccoli, avocado

S (freeze beans, clean floors, laundry, art museum, make coconut milk ice cream)
  B – zucchini boat w/ pesto (me), banana bread, fruit (Justin)
  D – grilled steak, grilled corn on the cob, grilled zucchini

We’re back! We successfully went on our first real vacation as a family of four. We spent 3 days at Double JJ Resort. And now that we’re home safe and sound I can post my real plans for the rest of the week.

Before I move on to the meals, I wanted to give a little review of our trip. We had a lot of fun. Double JJ is a neat place with a ranch and water park. They have activities going on all day. You can stay very busy if you want. Or you can relax in the water all day. We didn’t particiate in too many activities because our kids are too young. But Rebecca did enjoy a pony ride, petting zoo and sand art. Plus lots of water time. Our log home was very nice (you can go much cheaper…camp site, hotel or log cabin). I’m happy that we also traveled using cloth diapers. We used disposable at night to be sure we had enough. And we did have plenty. And we even got by with our 2 cloth swim diapers. I didn’t have to buy any disposables for the trip since we had some size 2’s leftover from Rebecca. Love that. The main thing I wanted to mention since this is a food blog is the food at Double JJ. If you like to eat healthy food, particularly vegetables…bring your own! I think it would be fun to go back some day when our kids are older and we can ride horses. But if we do we will for sure be brining/cooking all of our own food. We did bring all of our breakfasts and lunches (thank goodness!). But went out for dinner. They have several restaurants at the ranch. The first night we went to their nicest restaurant. I ordered some tilapia. It comes with a veggie and another side (potato, potato or more potato :P). I thought I’ll just get 2 veggies instead of potato. So I asked about the veggie…broccoli cooked in butter. Well, I can’t have dairy and I can’t have broccoli right now. So I asked if I could get a different veggie…they only have 1 vegetable in the restaurant! They did have some sauteed mushrooms as a side…but they are also cooked in butter…and they make them all in the morning…can’t get them plain/cooked another way. So, no veggie for me. I paid full price for a piece of fish and no sides. Justin had steak…a very expensive steak. And it was ok, but not great. Overcooked. The next night we went to another restaurant…nothing fancy at all. Rebecca chose pizza. It comes with french fries. Seriously? Who needs fries with pizza? So I asked if she could get a veggie instead of fries. “We don’t have any vegetables.” What?? None?? Normally they have beans, but that night they didn’t have any. Not a single vegetable in the restaurant. Are you kidding? Thankfully I learned from the night before and brought a baggie of raw veggies for Rebecca. So at least she got some. So glad she can and will finally eat raw veggies! But where does that leave me? I got a chef salad. Take away the pound of cheese they put on top, the onion and the croutons. And I have a big bowl of lettuce with about 2 slices of cucumber and tomato and some lunch meat. Thankfully I brought extra cucumbers for myself and put them on my salad. Not ideal but I didn’t have any other choice. I have not had lunch meat in years…and I don’t care to ever eat it. But I did eat some that night. I had to eat something. A bowl of just iceburg lettuce was not going to do me much good. Needless to say the food leaves a lot to be desired. And we paid a lot for not much at the first restaurant. I know I have a lot of food restrictions. But I normally assume that if I have to go out I can at least get some kind of meat and veggie. Lesson learned. That isn’t always the case. Double JJ is a really fun place to go. But bring your own food! Unless you don’t care if you don’t eat a single vegetable for days 😛

How did I do? I am quite proud of how I handled my OCD/anxiety. This was probably the most enjoyable vacation I’ve had in a LONG time. It really helped that Double JJ is only an hour away. Cutting out the travel time/time spent in a car really helps. But aside from that I did well while we were there. I’m glad I brought nourishing/healthy food for breakfast and lunch. But I’m still suffering the consequences of the poor food for dinner now. At least I was able to feel good while we were there. And it gives me hope that we can have many more fun family vacations in the future.

Another good thing is that we didn’t have internet access. So it gave me a chance to get away from the computer, catch up on some reading, and do some planning.

Anyway, on to the plans for the week.
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S (church, pack, make pesto, prep food)
  B – soup (me), zucchini bread (Justin)
  L – misc. veggies (me), beef roast and veggies  (from freezer) (Justin)
  D – egg salad, veg, chips, fruit

M (prep smoothies, wash diapers)
  M – W – vacation

W (come home, unpack, laundry)
  L – picnic at Silver Lake State Park
  D – leftover cheeseburger, fries and pizza (Justin and Rebecca), ham, olives, cucumbers (me), peas

Th (prep nut milk smoothies, roast beets, pick out sink, fix mini van, make mud balls)
  B – veggie soup w/ peas, olives and ham (me) sd english muffin, grapes (Justin)
  L – hot dog, chips, fruit (Justin), nut milk smoothie (me)
  D – CA chicken, baked potato, beans

F (prep dinner, clean, pack lunch, freeze beans, MI’s Adv., make veggie soup)
  B – veggie soup w/ beans, beets, olives and ham (me), breakfast cookies, peaches (Justin)
  L – picnic at MI’s Adv.
  D – beef roast w/ veggies in cp

S (laundry, make pesto, soak beans, HH?, Art Museum?)
  B – soup (me), TBD (Justin)
  L – leftovers
  D – bacon, pesto, tomato egg wraps, broccoli

Last day of July. Gearing up for a busy August. This week will be plenty busy preparing for a short vacation. And keeping up with our summer produce.

Last week was a full week as usual. In addition to our usual errands we made our first stop at Cone World for the summer. We went to a picnic on Thursday evening. Rebecca had a blast there on all of the bouncy equipment. And we got a free family photo taken courtesy of our financial advisor (we’ve never had a professional photo taken!). I can’t wait to see how it turned out. Then Friday we went to a Whitecaps baseball game. Two late nights in a row for the kids, but they did well and had fun. Yesterday Rebecca got to have some one-on-one time with Mommy going shopping and playing outside. We both really enjoyed that. I finally managed to find a swimming suit. I can’t say I LOVE it. But it will do. At least it looks age appropriate and fits decently. Someday I need to learn how to make my own swimming suit 😛  In the kitchen I made a couple batches of pesto, a big batch of chicken stock, pureed veggie soup, pea soup, blueberry buckle, zucchini muffins, blueberry peach cobbler, peach ice cream, froze 4 more gallons of blueberries and a few gallons of beans. I also made kefir and finally fed my sourdough. I have neglected that for a while…we’ll see if it’s still alive.

Not as many outings on our agenda this week. Today is church. Monday is Meijer (unless I decide to postpone it until later in the week). Tuesday is farmer’s market. Wednesday I might go to Harvest Health. We’ll see if I need to or not. I think that’s about it.

My main goal this week is prepping for our trip. I need to make my packing list and menu plan. And prep any food we’ll be taking with us. We’ll probably bring all of our breakfast and lunch food with us. Then go out for dinners. Of course there is the dreaded packing…the worst part of travel in my opinion. Especially when you have little kids. You have to pack for all of the what ifs. And I need to figure out our diaper situation. I know we don’t have enough cloth diapers to last the whole trip. I’ll still be busy in the kitchen as usual. We’ve got beans-a-plenty from our garden right now. I’m trying to keep up with freezing them. And wondering if our freezer is going to hold them all. Trying to think of how to be creative with beans in meals. I have considered starting to make baby food with some of the beans and freezing it for when Abram’s ready for solids. We’ll see. We’ve got some golden zucchini and beets from our garden that I need to use this week as well. I’ll likely just roast the beets for me to eat throughout the week. The other thing I want to do this week is some baking with sourdough. I have neglected my sourdough for weeks now. I finally fed it yesterday. I want to bake with it this week and see if it’s still ok.

Not much health news. Surprisingly even with 2 nights in a row out with not the best food I still did pretty well. Hopefully that continues. I did finally start Abram’s probiotic. But I only gave it to him a few times. It’s hard to remember. And I don’t always have time to deal with it…when he’s hungry, he’s hungry 😛  I need to get into a good routine and do it at the same time each day so I remember.

I’m trying to eat really well this week so I’m feeling good for vacation. And keeping up with my soup for breakfast and smoothie for lunch. Here’s what’s on the menu.
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S (prep dinner, church, make sd breakfast cookies, make mayo)
  B – pureed veggie soup w/ pesto and avocado (me), sd strawberry rhubarb muffins, fruit (Justin)
  L – sirloin steak and veggies in cp
  D – grilled brats (locally made), peas, fresh fruit, chocolate milkshakes

M (make veggie soup, Meijer)
  B – pureed veggie soup w/ pesto and avocado (me), sd breakfast cookie, yogurt (Justin)
  D – sloppy joes, beans, chips, applesauce

T (freeze beans, FM, soak lentils)
  B – pureed veggie soup w/ pesto and avocado (me), sd breakfast cookie, fruit (Justin)
  D – salmon cakes, zucchini fries, broccoli (J/R), beans (me), fruit

W (cook lentils, prep smoothies, Hop Scotch)
  B – pureed veggie soup w/ pesto and avocado (me), yogurt, fruit, granola parfait (Justin)
  D – TBD w/ lentils (oops…we don’t have any lentils) sweet and sour pork over rice (Justin), corn on the cob, leftover salmon cakes (me), cucumbers w/ pesto

Th (make sd peach muffins, feed sd, make kefir, put away laundry, make zucchini muffins)
  B – kefir smoothie, sd peach muffins (Justin), pureed veggie soup w/ avocado, salmon cake (me)
  D – sausage zucchini muffins, beans, corn on the cob

F (clean, library)
  B – leftover sausage zucchini muffins, pureed veggie soup (me), sd peach muffins, fruit (Justin)
  D – roast chx legs, potatoes, carrots, zucchini, beans, applesauce

S (clean, prep smoothie, freeze beans, bake zucchini bread, shopping?, laundry, pack)
  B – leftover sausage zucchini muffins, pureed veggie soup (me), blueberry banana smoothie, banana zucchini bread (Justin)
  D – poached or fried eggs, zucchini bread, beans

We made it through the heat wave! Not that it isn’t still hot. But…we have A/C!!!!! We got a window unit for the main floor on Thursday. What a blessing. The house has been so much more comfortable ever since. We’re not sitting here sweating the entire day. Too bad we didn’t have it when we had a house full of guests last Sunday 😛  Oh well. From now on no more sweltering family gatherings here 🙂

Last week was very busy. But we did a lot of fun stuff. Abram’s baptism was very special and we loved having everyone here to share it with us. The party went well…and I think we’ve dealt with all of the leftovers now 🙂  We also enjoyed meeting our niece Esther and going to her baby shower. I finally did a little shopping for myself yesterday while Justin watched Abram. Still no luck finding a swimming suit, but at least I did get some clothes that I desperately needed. We also took a trip to the children’s museum and the library. Rebecca LOVES both. She was sad when we had to leave the museum. Maybe we’ll have to get a membership so we an go more often. And now we have 17 books from the library that have been keeping us very busy 🙂  Non stop reading the last 2 days. I think Rebecca could live in a library. She has been an avid reader since she was little. The other thing we started working on with her last week was math. And she seems to love it! Not surprising with 2 engineers for parents. She seems to be picking it up very quickly. We did addition and subtraction using her markers. We started out easy…1+1 = 2, etc. About the 3rd try I laid out 2 markers and 3 markers. She counts each group. Then I said 2 + 3 =…and without hesitation she said 5! She didn’t even count them. She especially loves subtraction. She likes to “take away” and put them behind my back.

In the kitchen I made pummus, cold beet soup, crispy cashews, walnuts, pecans, almonds and macadamia nuts, cashew butter, almond pecan butter, cherry pie, hot fudge and froze close to 10 lbs. of blueberries, 2 gallons of beans and 5 cups of tart cherries.

This week will be busy again. Today is church. We are going to do something different and walk across the street and go to the church right by us. Always fun to have a change of pace once in a while. Monday there is a MOPS playdate at a local splash pad. I haven’t decided if we’re going or not. Not sure how well I can watch Rebecca at a splashpad filled with kids while trying to keep Abram and myself dry. We’ll see. Tuesday is farmer’s market (and Meijer if we end up going to the playdate on Monday). Tuesday is also our 8 year anniversary! We don’t have any plans made yet for celebrating. We’re still trying to decide on a joint gift. Wednesday is Harvest Health, and Justin has worship team. Thursday we’re going to a picnic at our local park held by our financial advisor. Friday we’re going to a Whitecaps baseball game with Justin’s work. I hope I can manage 2 days in a row of questionable food. No plans for Saturday yet. Maybe another hunt for swimming suits? 😛  And I might try to squeeze in a trip to Target this week. We’ll see.

Kitchen work will depend on what produce we get and how hot it is. I’m really hoping to roast a chicken so I can make a big batch of chicken stock again. I have a nice chicken, and I got some chicken feet last week at the co-op. I’ll for sure be freezing more blueberries and hopefully baking with them. Maybe do some baking with peaches too. I’m thinking about making peach ice cream. I can’t believe I haven’t made ice cream yet this summer! Our beans are in full force so I’ll be freezing those all week. I also want to make sure I have plenty of healthy food on hand for meals and snacking. I’m trying to get more veggies in my diet. I’d like to saute some veggies to have for snacks. And make more cold, pureed soups for breakfasts. I’m starting to really enjoy those. And I love breakfasts and lunches that I can just grab out of the fridge. I want to make more pesto and hummus as well. And I think I’m going to keep up with my daily smoothies for lunch. I usually have both hands full with the kids at lunch time. So it’s great to just grab my lunch and take sips here and there when I have time. I have found that they work best prepped ahead and well chilled. So I make them when I have time earlier in the day or the day before and then lunch time isn’t crazy. And I think I’ll stick with cold soups and smoothies when we travel. They will be very easy to prep ahead, store and eat on our trip. No preparation or heating at meal times. Perfect.

Not much for health updates. Overall it was a pretty good week. I’m wondering if the last couple rough weeks were from dairy or if it was a round of die off. Always hard to tell. But at least I seem to have gotten through it. I did learn yesterday that I am right about needing to avoid peppers and onions…for myself for sure but even more for Abram. I ate them on Friday. He had such a tummy ache yesterday. Had to give him tummy drops several times. And a whole day with no poopy diapers…not normal for an EBF baby. Hopefully things work through today. Lots of fussiness yesterday. Sorry, Abram. Mommy’s mistake. Now we’re both paying for it…me doubly…bad tummy and a fussy baby 😛  Hopefully we both recover very soon. I’ll for sure be avoiding the meatloaf today.

That’s what’s on the agenda. Here’s what’s on the menu.
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S (prep lunch, church, make pesto)
  B – ham and bean soup w/ avocado (me), granola w/ milk and sliced banana (Justin)
  L – cp meatloaf (w/ pureed sauteed peppers and onions), baked potato, peas (Jusitn), leftover sausage, peas, avocado (me)
  D – salmon cakes or pesto salmon, zucchini fries, beans, peach milkshakes

M (boil/peel eggs, MOPS? else Meijer)
  B – leftover salmon, pesto, zucchini fries (me), pumpkin pancakes (Justin)
  D – grilled burgers, beans, homemade french fries

T (FM, Anniversary, make stock, freeze blueberries, make blueberry buckle)
  B – hard boiled egg, toast (Justin), leftover salmon, pesto, cucumbers (me)
  D – roast chicken w/ carrots and beans, roasted rosemary potatoes

W (HH, WT, bake zucchini muffins, strain/freeze chx broth, make pureed veggie soup, make nut milk smoothies, strain kefir,  put away laundry, freeze blueberries, prep kefir smoothie)
  B – chx broth, cucumbers w/ pesto (me), blueberry buckle, banana (Justin)
  D – fresh pea soup, grilled cheese and grain free muffins

Th (make bluebery peach cobbler, freeze beans, prep nut milk smoothies, EJ Picnic and family photo)
  B – kefir smoothie, blueberry buckle (Justin), chicken broth, zucchini muffins w/ cashew butter (me)
  D – at picnic

F (clean, make ice cream, Whitecaps)
  B – pureed veggie soup, zucchini muffins w/ nut butter (me), hard boiled egg, toast, grapes (Justin)
  D – at game (bring cucumber slices and homemade popcorn w/ coconut oil and butter)

S (laundry, make pesto, feed sd, Target)
  B – veggie soup w/ avocado and chicken (me), granola w/ milk and banana, peach (Justin)
  D – pesto chicken omelet, beans, fruit