I need some tips

Hey Blog Friends,

I have two things I really need your advice about:

1. Can you tell me some healthy infant finger foods you serve your kids? Gianna is 10 months and really wants to feed herself but I need some ideas of what to give her. So far she is eating, sliced turkey, cheddar cheese, eggs, bread, salmon, hamburger meat, cheerios, banana and cantaloupe.

2. I am on the war path to get rid of this baby weight so does anyone have any tips for low calorie snacks and foods they eat. My friend Annie introduced me to Vitatops and they are great! Tastes like you are having a treat but they are only 100 calories and full of good vitamins.

All comments are appreciated from all bloggers or blog readers:)

Thanks a million!

Jewels

Hometown Update

Diane Davis bought this outfit for Gianna (along with a ton of other clothes) and gigi wore it to celebrate her first fourth of July. I did not manage to get a smiling picture but I thought at least this would show off her cute skirt and top.

Happy Fourth of July ~9.5 months old~


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Gianna is changing so much everyday. Here is a list of some of the new things from the past month:

• First two teeth came in
• Started crawling and pulling herself up
• Saying Mama
• Figured out she loves eating salmon and tuna
• Started laughing at random times
• Loves swimming which we do almost daily
• Throwing all her binky's out of her crib
• Had her first major fall and a bruise on her forehead and cheek
  

It has been really fun experiencing all of these new things with her. Were having a beautiful summer here in San Diego. Working and being a mom has become especially challenging because although my business is thriving its very hard to keep up with the demands of my clients and taking care of Gianna. We are leaving Gianna with her Nana and Nonna overnight for the first time this weekend. It's hard for me to leave her but I know it's healthy for our marriage. She will love being with her Nana and Nonno. We are working our tails off trying to keep up with the expenses of living in CA and the shift in the economy. We are both picking up extra work whenever we can.

Off to work!