Laughing with Sarah

Just a quick drive-by post because today is a day that I need a little cheering up, and thought you too might want a little something to make you smile:

Well, we have entered the world of solid food! Over the last few weeks, we've started adding in solid food at dinnertime. Sam loves hanging out in his high chair and loves eating. When he's particularly hungry, he fixates on the spoon and whines for more food before he's even swallowed the bite that's in his mouth. So far, we've tried a handful of different foods. In order... 1. Rice cereal: The first night of rice cereal, he was NOT a fan. Combination of the newness of eating off a spoon and the new taste of something other than breastmilk or formula. Night two, he started to enjoy the process of eating, if not the cereal. By by night three, he was totally happy and chowed down a whole bunch of cereal. 2. Oatmeal: Oatmeal was a hit from night one. A tastier alternative to rice cereal. 3. Avocado: The first time we tried avocado, we tried it all by itself, just mashed with a bit of water. He hated it. The next couple tries, we mixed it with oatmeal, whic...

Six months - May 24, 2014 Half a year already! And what a half-year it's been. Sam continues to have an incredibly sweet personality. He loves smiling and flirting with people, and has figured out that it is cute to be coy. He'll peek over my shoulder at somebody, wait until they look at him, and then give them a wide smile as he buries his face in my shoulder. Even while he's nursing, he'll look up at me or at Matt, wait until we look back at him, and then smile and bury his face before starting to eat again. Speaking of eating...the big milestone over the last month is that we started solid foods! Rice cereal and oatmeal, avocados, sweet potatoes, and bananas. He loves eating. Right now, we are only doing dinner, but I imagine that we are also close to adding in breakfast. He sits up in his high chair and bangs the tray until we feed him, and then, we can't shovel it in fast enough. Between bites, he scolds us, and once he sees the spoon, he opens his mouth...