4 months old!

Nathan is already 4 months old! It is so hard to believe

how much he has grown! Here are his stats

for his check up:

weight: 18 lbs 11 oz (96%)- birth weight 7 lbs 9 oz

height: 27 1/2 inches (90%)- birth height 21 in.

Diaper Cake

I've ALWAYS wanted to make a diaper cake, and this past weekend I had an opportunity to make one for a baby shower at church! I thought it turned out pretty good considering I only spent $3!!! I just used "stuff " I had around the house! If anyone is interested in making one here is the tutorial I followed!

http://homemadebyjill.blogspot.com/2007/09/diaper-cake-tutorial.html

What's in your food storage??

There's a little something most of you probably don't know about me........ I LOVE FOOD STORAGE! I know, a little weird for a 25 yr. old BUT I feel like we live in a crazy world, and I want my family to be prepared as possible! Our church has been asking us for over 70 years to have a store of food in our homes, but most members of our church(85%) don't have ANY food storage!

So I wanted to share with you probably the coolest part of my food storage! Food storage has always had a stigma attached to it. If it's not wheat, beans and powdered milk, it's not food storage. WRONG!!

As you can see from my picture I have peanut M&M's, regular M&M'S, coconut, brown sugar, chocolate covered almonds, tootsie rolls, chocolate covered raisins, dove chocolates....you get the point!!

With a Vacuum sealer, you can keep these foods fresh for up to 3 years! You put the goodies in a mason jar and using a Food Saver and a Jar Sealer attachment vacuum the air out of the jars. It's that easy!

Here is a video the demonstrates how it works!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSKglOqP5xA

I hope this inspires you to be a little more creative with your food storage!