Launch Team!

I got the coolest email this morning!  It may become somewhat annoying to my friends, but I am VERY excited to be a part of the launch team for Karen Kingsbury's new book The Family of Jesus.  I am so excited to read this devotional!  So apologies if I am annoying about posing about all of this, but Karen's books have been such an encouragement to me, and I am excited to see how this one will do the same thing!  

 

One year later.....

It's birthday season in the Bowman family!  We have two months that have multiple birthdays--June and November!

Today marks one year that this goober has been with us!  I cannot believe how much she has added to our family and how much I have learned since she has been born!  She is such a joy with her big, beautiful blue eyes and infectious smile.  She is adored by her big brother and big sister, and she adores them right back!  She is ever watchful of them (which is scary to me), and is content just to sit and watch all the activity going on around her!  She is getting to be a super fast crawler and is starting to walk around the walls and the furniture.  Kenna Roo, we love you so very very much, and we are so thankful that God blessed our family with you! 

This month we have three birthdays in one week's time!  Our youngest niece Keilah was just born on the 3rd, Kenna's birthday is today (the 6th), and Pawpaw's (Caleb's dad) birthday is the 9th!  Then daddy's birthday is the 26th!  So we are busy busy around here (while trying to close on two houses and move!)

Times like this, when I am so busy with everyday life, it is so important to just sit back and observe all that God has blessed is with each and every day!  It is amazing to see how our lives have changed in the seven years we have been married.  All I can say about that is I'm so glad I said yes!

Nom nom nom

So we have some new chompers coming in at the house.  I have been surprised, for the most part the munchkin hasn't had TOO many pains with this latest round of teething...of course, the molars are still to come, but we will tackle that when it comes around!

 My sweet hubby sent me a pin the other day for teething biscuits.  I took one look at it, laughed, and said "ain't nobody got time for that!"  You see, as much as I love cooking and baking, I HATE rolling out dough and cutting cookies...blech.  But we have this HUGE amount of baby food that she really won't eat, so I decided, why not...and I'm glad I did! (You were right, dear)

Here is the original post I got the recipe from.  I made a few changes to attempt to make it "healthier" (although it is pretty healthy to start with!) and that is why I am writing a post about it (mainly so I remember what I did!).  Lish at Imprintalish did a great job on this so I want to give credit where credit is due!  Have fun!


Homemade Teething Biscuits

1 cup all purpose flour (I use unbleached)
1 cup baby cereal (for this recipe I used Gerber multigrain)
1 container stage 2 baby food (for this recipe I used Gerber apple banana strawberry) or 1/3 c mashed bananas, applesauce, or any puréed fruit or veggie.  I am going to try a sweet potato one next! 
2 Tbsp. coconut oil
3 Tbsp. water

 Preheat oven to 425°.  Mix it all up and knead slightly to get it mixed really well.  Roll it out to about 1/2" thickness and cut into your favorite shapes.  Bake for 10 minutes or until slightly browned.  Cool and let the munchkins enjoy!

Note: This "cookie" has been approved by my crazy, curly headed 3 year old...and of COURSE the human disposal loves them.  I will update once the all-knowing 5 year old tries them!  YES, I did try them, and while they are bland and you can tell there is baby cereal in them, they actually aren't that bad!