At 10 months Peanut:~ weighs about 20.8 lbs~ is about 30 inches long~Is a crawling machine~Has started standing every now and then (while holding on to something). Hes a little wary of being on his f...
We have discovered that Peanut and Kitty are at about the same mental development level at the moment. This means that Kitty has the approximate mental ability of a 10 month old infant. We have alway...
Here is one thing I greatly dislike: milk. Anchorman anyone??Let me qualify that statement by saying that I like milk products, and I like milk in things, but I would never ever have a glass of ...
Shame on Jane is a cute jewellery line which specializes in RemindeRings. Basically, they are gold or silver coloured bands with a message inscribed in them. The messages range from sassy to pra...
So, I had a different post scheduled for today, but just couldnt resist writing this post when Megan from Absolute Mommy posted a Link-up to celebrate her 7th wedding anniversary. So, ...
At 9 months Peanut:~ weighs about 20.1 lbs~ is about 30 inches long~Has started crawling in full force, very confidently and very swiftly~Can sit up on his own from a laying down position~Continues t...
Becoming a mother is a strange thing. I still dont truly feel that I "am" a mother. I feel I am in a constant state of becoming. Every day I learn new things; new ways to love, new ways to gr...
It has been an age since Ive had a giveaway on the blog. Well, the time has come! And the only thing that I am upset about is that I cant enter to win...I seriously have a huge crush on some of these...
Here is my second week of the challenge. And I totally did not just take all these photos today. Well, not all of them anyway...ahem. Day 8: Inside Your WalletNothing at all except old Starbucks...
Right now we have a battle raging in our house. Its Hubby and I against and 8-month-old. And the baby is winning. Peanut took a bottle for the first couple of weeks after he was born, as at the ...
Oh man, I am late in posting this (posting anything, really). I feel like I havent been online in forever. The Easter weekend was awesome, and I have been busy in the real world, so the blog has been...
I have decided I want to finally commit to a photo-a-day challenge this month! So I am going to attempt to do the one from Fat Mum Slim. As I am sooooo behind the times and own neither an i...
I had seen this recipe floating around a forum I belong to for a long time. It always was accompanied by rave reviews. The thing that appealed to me about it (besides its obvious-sounding deliciousne...
At 8 months Peanut:~ weighs about 19.6 lbs~ is about 30 inches long~Is starting to understand a lot of words now. He definitely knows "bounce" and "kitty"~Has discovered he can barrel...
I cant be the only one that thinks this, can I?? I mean, its insane! I think back to when we first had Peanut, and we were learning how to change diapers, and it was a little intimidating, but a...
This last week has been a big one for Peanut. He seems to be hitting new milestones left, right and center. And its been so much fun to watch! Hes turning into this little person now, and its the coo...
The one thing you learn pretty fast as a mom is that once your baby reaches that grabby stage, nothing is safe! The first thing that gets pulled is your hair. The next is your necklaces. Peanut is ob...
We decided to use cloth diapers purely for the cost-saving aspect. There are a few calculators that you can use out there in web-land that will tell you when you will break even using cloth. I used&n...
Id like to introduce you to Lindsay from Two Men and a Mommy! Lindsay is taking over the ol blogeroo today to let you guys know about an awesome giveaway shes having. Congrats on your new home L...
At 7 months Peanut:~ weighs about 18.5 lbs~ is about 29 inches long~Can now put himself to sleep! Woo hoo! ~Usually rolls onto his tummy in the middle of the night, and ends up sleeping wit...
I am sitting here trying to write a blog post, and I am coming up blank. I have a few different ideas floating around, but every time I try to put pen to paper (fingers to keyboard?!) I cant seem to ...
OK, so I have had a traumatic experience, and who better to share it with than all of you lovely readers?! I am sure you are going to love this story. Although, I do have to warn you...there is a lot...
OK, so in the reader survey, someone mentioned that they would like me to talk about cloth diapering (if you take a look at my banner, you will see Peanut is wearing a cloth diaper in that pic). Ive ...
The awesome little note and doodle the gal at Starbucks did for me today. Getting a cute hand-made puppet for Peanut from his Grandma in the mail. Reading. Ive been reading a lot lately. T...
I have a confession: I dont scrapbook. I love the look of them, but I have no idea how to do it. Nor do I feel that I have the patience required to scrapbook. But, the idea of digital scrapbooking do...
Can you believe it? Its been exactly a year since Up Mommy Creek came into being. Its pretty exciting for me! When I started this little blog, I had no idea what would happen to it. In this past year...
At 6 months Peanut:~ weighs about 18 lbs~ is about 28 inches long~Is obsessed with rolling onto his tummy, but cant remember how to roll back~Still hates falling asleep. But once hes actually asleep,...
So, this is one of those nights where I was sitting down to finish off a post I will now be publishing later. Because I cant finish it. Because I have had a really hard night with Peanut. Hes just cr...
There has been a tag game floating around in blog-land. Courtney from Shes Always Loved Larking was kind enough to tag me (thanks Courtney!), and I decided to play along. I dont normally do...
So, if there was a way for the Mommy-Me of the present to be able to go back and talk to Pregnant-Me of the past, I would have a few things to tell me. These are a couple of those things. You wi...
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