smoothies

...in my previous post, i failed to mention the smoothies lee and i have been enjoying every night as another part of our new nightly routine...

in one of my MANY pregnancy emails i get HOURLY (haha... ok, its not quite that often, but it might as well be)... they suggested a mommy-and-baby-friendly smoothie that seemed to catch my eye...

1 frozen banana (don't let it get too frozen--i couldn't get the peel off--well, unless you're supposed to peel it first, but i didn't know if that would make it turn brown...)

frozen strawberries

vanilla yogurt

orange juice

i added extra strawberries & oj and a tad more yogurt to make enough for daddy hop... and to lessen the intensity of the banana (eek...)

they're delicious and refreshing and healthy and juuuuuust sweet enough to satisfy a sweet craving or two...

and i'll be honest--although i DOOOOOO understand the fantastic nutritional value of bananas and yogurt... i LOATHE bananas and get prettttttty tired of eating yogurt all the time (even mixing it with fruit or adding in granola...)--it just gets boring.

but these are super! i'm looking forward to venturing out and trying different kinds of fruit

and even though i did this for "baby hop" ...nershi seems to enjoy them just as good as the next guy :)

...he really gets into the "glass licking" & if you look carefully in the next one, you can see his teeth--where his nose got stuck above the rim but he pursues the last drops at the bottom [snicker snicker]

and the last one... too cute... please notice his paw on my left wrist--i'm sure he was asking me to hold it still :)