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Soup Tales – What are dreams made of?

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Soup is 5 weeks old today!

At 1 month old, with no real life experience, what does the subconscious dream about?
As Soup is sleeping we love to watch her face. She crinkles up her little eyebrows as if she’s angry. She laughs audibly and gets a huge smile on her face. What goes on in that little brain of hers?
When she’s awake she is more alert now. She’s has always had great neck muscles and loves to hold her head up high, looking around taking everything in. We now hold ‘conversations’ where when you talk to her she will coo back at you. She recognizes voices and people more too! Her favorite? Bubby! He will be wrapped around her little finger before we know it! The dog has already claimed her as his!
We are trying not to let her suck on her fingers & thumbs. What a battle. Those little hands are always near her mouth. I guess that’s to be expected since every ultrasound picture had her hands up by her face too.
We have had her with us since Thursday afternoon. She was supposed to leave today, however, we get to keep her longer. Not totally sure how much longer. Maybe until the end of the week? Maybe until next week? We just take it as it comes. This weekend we spent trying to nurse her first cold. Poor baby. Her nose is no longer all stuffy, her chest is a little rattly. We hope to have her all healthy soon! What are your best tips for a sick baby?
So, back to my first thoughts in all of this— What does go on in the subconscious of a 1 month old baby with no life experience when they dream?

Soup’s On!!!

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Alphabet Soup made her appearance, finally! She was due the 9th and just didn’t want to budge. Once she decided to come… less than 45 minutes of pushing and out she popped!  She had a little trouble at first getting herself crying & breathing well. They had to suction a lot of fluid out of her and then she started doing much better. Somehow she managed to already get herself a fractured clavicle, this better not be a sign of things to come! She needs to be a gentle little princess! I have already held her, fed her, changed her poopy butt and loved her lots! I am obsessed with her tiny little baby toes! She is only eating a very little bit at a time. less than an ounce every 3-4 hours. Little Miss needs to chow down & chunk up!! I probably wont get to see her before she leaves the hospital, however, she is spending New Years Eve sleeping over with Mimzy & Bubby!! {There is a chance we may even get her 2 nights!!}

Oh, and lets not forget that my daughter is doing well. She complains here & there about pain, swelling & the after effects of childbirth but she is in love with that baby more than anything in the universe!

I’m sure I missed some answers to some questions that someone may have, its been a long couple of days & I’ve told this story so many times I lost track. Feel free to ask any questions & I’ll be happy to answer them! She is beautiful, amazing and snuggly!

You know you are a parent when you watch your first grandchild enter the world.

Thinks & Thoughts, highlighted

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I have been so busy posting new material every day this month, I want to bring back 3 posts I was most pleased with to share in case you missed them.

I was super excited to view the new Holiday Collection at Aerie! This is one of my most favorite stores!!

This is my take on how relationships are formed in todays world of technology. It made me giggle a little to write it.

This is where I shared my Hearts Desire with you. What is your hearts desire?

Care Bears, a new tradition for Alphabet Soup

Care Bears, a new tradition for Alphabet Soup

Oh, and don’t forget to sign up HERE for my Holiday Gift Exchange! The more participants the merrier!!

MOMables – A week in review

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Last week I shared with you that my family received a complimentary subscription to MOMables to try out. When we did our weekly grocery shopping we took along the shopping list that came with 2 weeks worth of menus. This made shopping easy {The Hubby’s lunch part anyway. Dinner is another story} We only came across one thing he said he didn’t want so we skipped that one. 
Monday Hubby is home & when lunch time rolled around he decided to try out something from the menu in advance. It was a hit! He told me he wanted the same thing in his lunch the next day for work. We have tried several different meals for him this week and he was very pleased with every one of them.

We do stray a bit from the exact menu based on needing to pack 2 meals a day for him most days. We also need to accommodate that I am feeding a Hubby, not a child. 

We are extremely happy with our experience! I highly recommend MOMables to anyone who needs to pack lunch for their children, spouse or even for lunches at home. The variety of foods have been very well accepted by my Hubby. He is really enjoying that I’m packing him different things not only every day but for each meal of the day. It is so easy to just swap something out if it is not a favorite food or if you have an allergy to accommodate. 


Here is his week in pictures:

Tuesday: 1 meal due to a provided lunch at work.
Wednesday: 2 meals {He did bring home a couple snacks}
Thursday: 2 meals {1 pickle & half carrots came home}
This is also Thursday’s. I thought you should see that I actually do pack it in a lunch box & I didn’t include his note in the 1st picture. He gets a note every day!!
Friday: 2 meals. 
We can’t wait to see what this next week will bring for his lunch box!! Between a new weeks worth of menu items to try and those we still haven’t tried from the first two weeks, it should be a great week of food for him!


MOMables Introduction

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MOMables is a Mom’s dream come true. 

How often do you find yourself digging through your kitchen trying to scrape together something, anything to stuff in your childs lunchbox? 
Do you tend to send the same boring foods day after day?
Does your child bring back home at least half of what you packed for them?
Do they come home complaining they are hungry because they tossed their lunch in the trash?

MOMables will cure all of that for you. It’s a super simple program to sign up with. You can subscribe for 3, 6 or 12 months. {Bonus: All subscriptions in October will go towards the cancer treatment of a young boy named Joseph Scott} Once you join you will be provided with a weekly menu full of a variety of healthy choices in just the right portions. Each recipe allows for substitutions if you have a picky eater, food allergies or other dietary restrictions. Once you have looked over your menu for the week, they even give you a shopping list of exactly what you will need to buy for that weeks meals. I don’t think it could get any easier. Well, maybe if they were going to come do the shopping and packing for you but, we do live in reality. 

I am actually going to be using MOMables menu in a slightly different way. The school my son attends provides lunch daily so I do not have a need to pack for him. My Hubby however, I pack him both lunch and dinner 4 days a week due to his schedule. Saturdays he goes in earlier and I am too lazy to get up and pack him a lunch so he must eat out EVERY Saturday. Luckily he is home in time for dinner that day. I pack the same exact things in his lunchbox for both meals every day. Boring! I also am really bad about packing him healthier choices and worse with portion control! 

This weekend as we are making our grocery list I am going to print out my MOMables shopping list and take it along. Next week, starting on Tuesday I will be packing according to the plan. Obviously, with him needing 2 meals a day, I will be alternating the weeks items to each be used more than once. I will NOT pack two of the same meals the same day. I will do my best to take pictures of his meals each day & report back to you at the end of the week how it has all worked out for us. Was it too time consuming? Did it simplify my morning? How did he feel about the variety of foods? Did he find them tasty? How much will I have to adjust the portion size to meet his needs? Was it cost effective? 

If you have any other questions about how the program is working for us, please leave me a comment and ask! I will be sure to answer it in my follow up post. 

Have you yourself used MOMables? If so, please let me know. However, I would love for you to save your thoughts on how it works, or doesn’t work, for your family until my follow up. That way my opinions are not tainted. We can chat and compare notes on that follow up post!!

I promise to come back and give you our 100% honest opinion about the program. We are really looking forward to trying it.




While I was not compensated for this post, I received a complimentary subscription to try out for my family.