While trying to get a little more creative in feeding Florence, I’ve come up with what we call the “baby omelet”. She loves this meal so much that she will eat the whole thing. The key to making a baby omelet is using the yolks (egg whites are allergenic and harder to digest) and grating or cutting everything up so your sweet baby don’t choke on the veggies or cheese.

Baby Omelet
3 egg yolks
Black beans
zucchini
cheese

Put a little olive oil in pan. Add beaten egg yolks. While the eggs are getting a bit firm (takes about a minute) mash up a couple tablespoons of beans. Add beans, grated zucchini and grated cheese to egg. Flip half of the egg onto itself so it looks like an omelet. Let cheese melt (about another minute). Cool and give to your babe.

People caring for 8 month old babies…here’s one of my favorite feeding devices, the munchkin feeder. I just put some avocado in there, set Florence in her chair and I’ve got 10 minutes to eat my lunch.

Inspired by a beautiful spring day in Portland and after reading the rookie mom’s blog, we decided to share a mango lassi. It was quite fun.

Mango Lassi
1.5 cups of frozen mango
1 cup of full fat yogurt (good for building baby brains)
4-5 ice cubes

Blend, pour into cup and use two straws.

Florence ate a half of banana and LOVED it. It’s very exciting for her and dad, but makes me a little sad. I love breastfeeding her…it’s so easy, simple and is a great weight loss program for me. I’m a little worried about depending on the outside world for all her nutrients, where as now I know that everything she eats is pesticide free, healthy and exactly what her baby body needs. As my mother would say, I’ve got to start loosening up those apron strings.

One of our favorite activities is doing yoga together. There are two mommy/baby yoga classes in town that we especially like. However, this week I wasn’t able to make it to either one so we had to do some poses at home.

The two studios I like to go to in Portland are:

yoga shala
zenana spa

Yesterday we decided to make candies. Normally I would have done it my mom’s way of using dipping chocolate and then melting it in the microwave, however the stores were all out. So after a bit of research we decided to use good ole chocolate chips. Mmmmm

While I was pregnant I made all sorts of things for my little girl.

I printed out one of my designs on fabric and made it into a softy to hang over her crib.

Here’s another.

And finally the mushrooms.

A little friend David named Theodora.

And a set of embroidered linen softies.

A green linen dress.

And my favorite the rain dress, which she is already too big for!

I’ve quit my full-time job to take care of my little girl, freelance and design for myself. I’ve been in the corporate business world for 12 years and am now get to stay at home in my pj’s, if i want. So goodbye high heels and mascara hello fabric and slippers!