Here is a great breastfeeding book I am interested in getting my hands on!

Breastfeeding with Comfort and Joy: A Photographic Guide for Mom and Those Who Help Her, by Laura Keegan!

Woman to Woman Childbirth Education is giving away a free copy- of course if I don’t win it I am sure I will end up picking up a copy between now and March!

We just won a Baby Bjorn carrier thanks to SafeMama

I am really excited about this carrier because it is supposed to be a good type of carrier for James to carry Baby Bo- it should actually fit his big chest!  Can’t wait to show photos once it arrives!

BABYBJÖRN Baby Carrier Active Organic

With the next generation in mind, ever since 1961

The Baby Carrier Active is one of the BabyBjörn favorites that we’ve chosen to create with fabric made from organically grown cotton. The fabric complies with the GOTS standard and, like all our fabrics, is certified in accordance with the Oeko-Tex Standard 100, class 1 for baby, a health and safety certification that guarantees it is free from hazardous substances.

The BABYBJÖRN Baby Carrier Active Organic provides you with optimum weight distribution, thanks to the comfortable lumbar support and the broad, padded should straps, while always keeping your child safe and sound in the baby carrier.

The baby carrier provides proper support for the small child’s back and head, and ensures that the child’s legs and arms are in a physiologically correct position. When the child is older, the head support can be folded down so that the child can be carried facing forward, allowing him to look around. In our FAQ section you can read what medical experts have to say about BABYBJÖRN Baby Carriers.

From newborn (at least 3.5 kgs/8 lbs and 53 cms/21 ins) up to 12 kgs/26 lbs.

Machine-wash warm. Wash separately. Use a gentle, bleach-free detergent.

Hobo Mama is giving away a Mei Tai and has a great patten for making your own.

I can’t wait to get one of these on James!

I feel like I need to knit this carrot a pair of pants!

The beagles love it at Mom’s house.

I’m trying to remember how Mom did this exactly.  We made the yogurt last week and I’ve been eating it since.  I have been wanting to make our own homemade yogurt for months.

Start with a gallon of whole milk in a pot. You can use less fat milk, but we wanted to start with the whole fat experience.

Warm the milk to 160 degrees and then let it cool to 116. (I thought it was 119, but she remembers 116 and neither of us have the cookbook in front of us, so we’ll go with 116).

Once cool- add 2T of active yogurt per quart. So that was something like 8 tablespoons (1/2 cup) for the whole gallon of milk.

Then put the milk in a water bath. We put ours in quart jars in a water bath in the oven.  With the oven on low, we checked the temperature periodically, adding warmer water to the bath when needed.

Keep warm 6 hours. At 6 hours we put ours in the fridge, though I think they could have just stayed in the oven overnight.  Our yogurt came out a bit thinner than we wanted, so we put it in a colander lined with coffee filters and strained it the next day for a few hours. We ended up with about a quart of liquid removed and the thickest tastiest greek yogurt you can imagine.  Incredible.

Straining the yogurt

Eating the yogurt this morning with mom’s fresh blueberry jam.

Mom and Thomas went head to head in an adobo challenge.  They each made their best adobo- Thomas sent his with Jenny last week when she visited.  Mom and I were baking chickens so we rubbed each chicken with one of the two.

Here are the results:

They both won!

Fresh Bright Lights Swiss Chard from the garden- ready for eating!

A little traveler comes inside with the swiss chard

18 weeks, originally uploaded by Amber Bee Cee.

All of a sudden this week there’s a baby bump!