Saturday Squash

Since Kate is going to be 6 months old in just a few days (just wiped a tear), Brad and I decided to introduce baby food last weekend. By the way, we made that decision last week and I could hardly wait for it to be noon on Saturday....I love seeing Kate's expressions and reactions when she tries new things!! Ok...back on track. We began with squash because I'm a paranoid first-time parent and believe all the things I read about starting with a mild veggie instead of fruit or other sweet veggies. It probably wouldn't have made a bit of difference what we started with but I just wanted to make sure she got used to her veggies before she had a taste of the good stuff...ha! Luckily, she seems to enjoy the squash. On Sunday night, we tried green beans and she seemed to REALLY like those. We think we heard her say, "Mmmmm, Mama!" (Not really) She's going to be ecstatic next week when I put bananas in her oatmeal!

We also let her start practicing with a sippy cup. She liked holding it and it's bright color, but didn't understand the entire concept of drinking out of it. She just chewed on the drinking spout. I'll probably try that again in a month or so....I don't think she was quite ready for the sippy.

I'll tell you what, this girl is going to quickly be on the move. She scoots and turns and twists her body into all kinds of positions in order to get her hands on something she wants. My favorite maneuver is when she gets on all fours, rocks back and forth and launches herself across her blanket on the floor where she plays. Last night, she launched herself over a pile of toys and her little legs and feet were sticking up in the air...we laughed heartily!! I know I've said this a million times, but she is growing and changing at such a rapid rate...it blows us away!

Here she is practicing being on all fours!

And here she is trying her hardest to get the bag of potatoes into her hands. I was working in the kitchen and set her on the counter so she could watch me but she quickly found something WAY better to do.

Hopefully, everyone is having a good start to the week!!! Kate and I ran lots of errands today. We hit Sam's for baby supplies and then Hobby Lobby for the fun stuff. We got a small tree for our apartment (which I accidentally forgot at Hobby Lobby and have to go back for) and we got all of the sparklies and fuzzies you can imagine to make the prettiest Christmas stockings ever....well, that might be a stretch but we'll have fun making them! I'll post pictures when I finish them...hopefully before Christmas.