Sleepy Sleepy!

Last night marked the first night that Luca slept in his crib. I decided that he was outgrowing his basinette and it was time to make the transfer. I cant lie, I had a little bit of seperation anxiety. He isnt really doing his full nights yet. Sometimes he does, sometimes he still wakes up once to eat. So last night I decided to make the big move. You`re going to laugh though, as I slept on an inflatable mattress on the floor in his room. Haha! I know I know. I DO have a good explanation for it though. Hubby was VERY sick yesterday with high fever and coughing, etc. Saturday night he ended up sleeping on the sofa because he didnt want to wake me and the baby up with his coughing. So last night, since I wanted Luca to sleep in his crib anyways, I thought it was a good idea to sleep in his room and leave the bed to hubby so he was more comfortable. It ended up working out for everyone. Hubby had the whole bed and didnt have to feel bad about coughing and waking us up. Luca was more comfortable in his crib and I didnt panic so much leaving Luca alone.

How did last night go?? Excellent. Luca slept all night until 5am and then woke up, I fed him and he fell asleep again. I had to wake him up at 7:45am because he had his 6 month vaccination this morning. Or else I think he would have continued sleeping. He didnt wake up once crying like he always did in his basinette. Hopefully it wasnt a one time deal. I really hope that he`s more comfortable and he starts sleeping his full nights. Fingers crossed.

He`ll probably be sleepy all day today because of the vaccinations. All good, he`s in his crib right now. Looks like he`s loving it. Funny thing is, I covered him last night expecting to see the blanket at the bottom of the bed this morning, especially since I heard him rolling around last night. When I went to check on him this morning, he was completely on the opposite side of the bed and turned around.....but the blanket was still tucked around him as if I had just put it on him! LOL! Hilarious. I will try not to cover him tonight, the blanket thing stresses me out. I will see if his sleep sack still fits him.

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I Love Love Love This!

While browsing around on the Internet today, I ran into this incredibly cute party theme, that one day I would LOVE to recreate. I found it on http://www.blissfultree.com/ . I love the vintage feel. I`m really into vintage things lately. Its just so pretty. I think I was born in the wrong decade!

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Muffin Mania

Last week I looked up some recipes for low fat\low cal muffins. I love muffins. I pretty much love anything thats bready. I found s great recipe for muffins that are 89 calories each. They were lemon cranberry cornmeal. They turned out pretty good, but I think I put a little too much lemon. Yesterday I wanted to make another batch, but I switched it up. I made blueberry vanilla muffins instead. I tweaked the recipe. It takes a no fat sour cream, but I used no fat greek yogurt instead. It also takes a homemade buttermilk (which is really easy to make by the way). Instead of cornmeal, I used corn flour. I also added some bran. They turned out really good. Next time, I will just grease the muffin tin with non stick spray because both times I made the muffins, the papers are really glued to the muffins.

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Baldy Baby!

At around 2 months old, one day, Luca was sitting on my lap and I looked down at his head and it was all crusty and yellow. I almost had a heart attack. I thought maybe it was craddle cap. Can you get craddle cap at 2 months old?? So I went online to search and in fact it WAS craddle cap. He had a pretty severe case of it. It looked so gross, poor baby. I wasnt sure how long it was going to last. Fast forward four months later and he still very much had it. I was getting fed up of it. I would imagine it being itchy and uncomfortable. I was slowly combing some of it out each day. Today I made the big move and combed it ALL out. There was A LOT! The thing about craddle cap is, that with every little crust, there are like 20 hairs attached. So it goes without saying that since today I took all the crusts off, my baby is now a little baldy! Its a bit funny because the craddle cap was only on top of his head, so his hair is very thin on top and thicker on the sides. He was born with a ton of hair, so its a little weird to see him so bald. He probably still has more hair than most babies. Well, at least his head is smooth now. Hopefully it doesnt come back. Oh, the things you have to do as a mother. Anyway, bald and all, that cute little face still melts my heart!

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Food, food and food!

 I`ve given up on peas for now. Luca really doesnt like them. No point in forcing him. This weekend he started carrots and it seems to be better. At first he always makes the yucky face, but then it gets better. I guess carrots are sweeter than peas. The texture is also smoother. He`s done his 3 days of carrots and now we`re on our second day of sweet potato. It`s going pretty well. He seems to be getting more used to the different tastes. After sweet potato, I will introduce him to Squash. We`re almost done all the first veggies. Cant wait to start him on fruit.

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Date Night

This past weekend was the first time in almost six months that me and hubby had a date night. Luca slept over at my parent`s house Saturday night. So what did we do? First we went to Table 51 restaurant. We ended up meeting my cousin and his girlfriend there and sat with them for supper. It was an amazing meal and not expensive. I had their special club sandwich. It was served on ciabatta bread, with grilled chicken, slices of green apples, melted cheese and I think bacon. Anyway, really good. Then for dessert, we all shared the.....are you ready for this......Deep Fried Oreos! Yes....Oreos in a batter, then deep fried and sprinkled with powdered sugar. Served hot with a bowl of vanilla ice cream. O....M.....G! Delicious. All in all, a great meal.

After supper, hubby and I went to the movies to see Red Riding Hood. I thought it would be scarier. It wasnt really. It did keep you in suspense though. The movie was alright. It was produced by the producers of Twilight. There were many similarities. The music, the filming style and some of the characters. So yeah, it was pretty good.

So thats how our night went. We finally got a FULL night sleep uninterupted. Got to sleep in. Rested all Sunday. Watched movies, stayed in pjs, took a nap and just vegged out. It was a really good, well needed, restful weekend. Thanks Mom and Dad!

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Homemade Teething Biscuits

I discovered an awesome website called Babble. (actually I saw it on my friend Jackie`s facebook page. Thanks Jackie!). It has tons of interesting things. I found this super good idea for making your own teething cookies. They are a much healthier alternative to store bought. No sugar or preservatives. All natural and home ingredients. The recipe is very easy to make. There are other recipes too on their site for other teething cookies. These looked the simplest. Well, when the time comes that Luca is old enough to start chewing on cookies, I will definitely be making these.

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Thumb Sucker

I believe I have a thumb sucker on my hands. He started sucking his thumb at around one month old. Once at night, I heard him sucking, but it didnt sound like he was sucking on his pacifier. I looked over in his basinette and he was sucking his thumb. I thought it was the cutest thing ever. Such a little thumb. He didnt do it regularly however. Lately, he`s been doing it more and more. Sometimes I think he prefers his thumb to his pacifier or his toys. Am I getting myself into trouble letting him suck his thumb?? I might be. It`s a little hard to get him to stop when thats what he wants. Its not like I could take it away like something he`s not supposed to be chewing on. Its his finger! Ah well!! I still think it`s super cute. Hopefully he`ll just grow out of it. I mean, have you ever seen a grown man sucking his thumb?? (if you have....I have no comments!! LOL!)

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Skinny Chicken Ceasar with Burnt Crostini...oops!

Tonight was a chicken ceasar salad type of night. So that's what I made. The chicken was grilled with salt, pepper and garlic. The dressing was homemade, using fat free Greek yogurt. It turned out really creamy and tasty and it was a very low cal dressing. The crostini was not so bad....a little burnt. You have to really babysit anything you put under the broiler. It goes from pale to charred in one second. I think I caught mine right on time. They were drizzled with a little bit of olive oil and then when they came out of the oven hot, they were rubbed with garlic. A very good supper and might I add, I`m really stuffed!!

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Sweet Peas....or sour?!?!

As I said yesterday, I`ve decided to make my own baby food. Today for the first time, Luca tasted Peas. I bought mini peas because they are supposed to be sweeter. So I boiled them in a little bit of water, mashed them with the water and then strained them to get all the peels out. Let me tell you, not as easy as it sounds to strain peas. But I did it. I didnt think that Luca would like this new food. He didnt really like anything new he`s tasted right away (except Barley cereal). No exception here. He didnt like it. Not suprised. First of all, right now he`s used to eating cereal which pretty much all taste the same. Peas are a really different flavor from anything he`s ever put in his mouth. I`m not worried though. I`m going to try again tomorrow and again the day after. He`ll eventually get used to veggies. Hopefully he`ll be excited like when he sees his cereal. It`s fun now that I can finally say that he`s excited about his cereal. Anyway, if he doesnt like peas, I dont blame him....I dont like them either! Yucky!!

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