Healthy Living

Using the Food Pyramid for a Well Balanced, Kid Friendly Diet (with great FREE printables)

by Jennie March 16, 2012

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One of my top priorities is to feed my kids healthy and well-balanced meals. I started off with Cody (and now Grayson), making their baby food and trying to get them to eat as many healthy foods and “extras” as much as possible. Super Baby Food by Ruth Yaron has been one of my all time favorite […]

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Increase Your Milk Supply with Green Smoothies

by Jennie February 1, 2012

Increase your Milk Supply with Green Smoothies

Now that Grayson is almost 6 months (can you believe that?!), my milk supply has started to drop. I had the same issues with Cody and found many ways to increase your milk supply! I take fenugreek and mother’s milk tea and they both really do help. You can even get lactation cookies to help […]

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It Doesn’t Matter if Mama is Sick….

by Jennie January 10, 2012

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 Yes, that’s right! Mama may have a double ear ache, sore jaws, a throat that feels like razor blades when I swallow, headache, weak all over, fever… all of which = STREP THROAT…..BUT the kid still has to eat! We may be sick and yet we still don’t truly get to rest! Luckily, the hubs has […]

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Juice Cubes

by Jennie December 29, 2011

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We still don’t do a lot of juice because Cody eats a TON of fruit and doesn’t need anything extra. If I do give him juice I put a splash of it in his water. The main thing he drinks is water and milk and that can get a little boring so I decided to […]

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Snack Bins

by Jennie November 10, 2011

Pantry Snack BIn

SO I am totally in LOVE with Pinterest! It is completely addicting and has the BEST ideas for EVERYTHING! I have been so inspired with all of the things I have found on there and will be posting things as I try them out! The first thing I did was make Snack Bins for Cody. […]

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Getting What Body Back??!

by Jennie October 17, 2011

kids in the jogger

I have made it my goal to try to get back into shape a little quicker this time around… ok so it took me 2 years to get back to my pre-baby weight the first time so is it too much to ask to drop the weight a little faster this time?! Again, I have […]

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Wordless Wednesday: Bluegrass for Babies!

by MHSjennie August 31, 2011

 

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Stroller Strong

by Jennie August 19, 2011

stroller strong

I have talked in the past about how much I heart Stroller Strong and as I recover from having little baby Grayson, I am wishing I lived closer to the class so I can start to TRY to get this body back into shape!! I highly recommend the class and if you live near the […]

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Easy Freezer Meals

by Jennie August 8, 2011

freezer meals

If you read this blog, you know that I  am a little OCD, like to have control and very much a planner! We can schedule posts on the blog and one thing I have done to “plan” around this baby’s arrival is I have written several posts and scheduled them just in case I go […]

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Ava Anderson

by Jennie August 1, 2011

Ava Anderson Products

Our sister site, Crunchy Savings, recently did a giveaway for Ava Anderson and wrote up a personal review on what she thought about the products she was able to use. I recently went to a party to check out the Ava Anderson products with rep Shauna. I have to say that I am SO impressed! […]

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Said You Better Work It Out

by Jennie July 12, 2011

All I keep thinking about is how I want NEED to start working out as soon as this baby gets here!! With Cody, for some reason, I just assumed the weight would come off and I would bounce right back…. WRONG!!! I was so consumed with having a new baby and all the newness that […]

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Organic Baby University Now FREE

by Jennie June 30, 2011

We have talked a lot about Organic Baby University. The creator of the site has done ALL the research for you on organic and natural products for your kids (and you), starting at pregnancy through birth to growing through the years. It use to be a paid site, but now is totally FREE! This is […]

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