I cooked a meal. Your impressed right? I mean Allison does not cook and now she has cooked a meal! Here is a preview into the dinner I made tonight…

I have been researching and reading for days the difference between store bought and homemade baby foods. I have looked at what to give her first, how to cook it, how to freeze it, how to store it, when to introduce it, etc. Overall I decided that for at least right now I am going to make all her food. We have so many allergies in our family that I want to know exactly what she is eating and where it has come from. The organic baby food is really expensive so I’ll be saving a little money to go towards my new sewing machine too.

First I had to steam them. I had to google how to do this, but it wasn’t too hard:) Then I put them into my tiny food processor with a little breast milk.

Kennedy waited very patiently while I cooked.

I put a small serving in her bowl and froze the rest.

She was ready to try something new. We love firsts!

She knew the first step. Opened her mouth as soon as she saw the spoon.

The first bite had mixed reviews 

But as you can tell from these pictures she thinks her Mommy’s cooking is pretty good after all… 

This is by far my FAVORITE age! I thought she was growing up so fast and I would miss my little baby. No way! This little 5 month old talks, squirms, grabs stuff, laughs at things, loves her toys and stuffed animals, knows when she is dressed silly, and sleeping a little longer at night! She loves her mommy and daddy and loves when they play with her. She beams when she hears her daddy’s voice. She notices other children and like to smile at them. She is a ham and LOVES to get people attention w=in stores. She is just great! She isn’t too mobil yet so we aren’t having to childproof stuff, but this girl can move. She can slither, wiggle, roll, and squirm to get where she wants to be. Here are some new pictures of our little cutie! These pictures go from the most recent to last week. The first one is of us at Beef O Brady’s after Clemson’s big win yesterday. Then you will see pictures from Gymboree, Jay buiding our new stroller, and the pumpkin patch!