Solid-ish food

This weekend we decided to give "solid" food a try.  We mixed a little rice cereal with formula, and Brady went at it like a champ!  We expected it would take a few tries until he figured out what he was supposed to do, but it was only a matter of minutes before he was waiting with his mouth wide open for more and grabbing for the bowl.  We should have known he'd be a natural at eating... We learned that the day he was born!  He should fit right into this family of eaters!

We had yet another monthly visit from our social worker as well.  Brady was awake, but grumpy, when she arrived.  She picked him up and started talking to him and he immediately started crying!  She said, "Doesn't like social worker, I'll make a note," haha.  What can I say, we're all ready for these visits to end!

We took Brady out to eat twice over the weekend with varying degrees of success.  We were pushing the limits of his bedtime, so we won't hold it against him.  In general, he seems to like going to restaurants, and dislike grocery stores and malls.

He's been jumping like a maniac in his jumperoo.  I can't believe the energy he has already!  I've noticed that his fine motor skills are improving too.  He is now able to not only jump to make music play, but he can also spin the little spinny-things.

Brady has been waking up again during the night quite a bit after a nice stretch of sleeping through the night.  My new theory is not that the nap schedule screwed him up, but that it's the rolling over.  He seems to automatically roll over while he's sleeping now.  The problem is when he rolls all the way to his stomach rather than his side, because he still can't roll back to his back.  He gets stuck, frustrated, and wakes (us) up.  We move him back, and the process repeats.  I might try rolling up a receiving blanket next to him to see if that will stop him tonight.  If anyone has any other brilliant ideas, let me know!

A big congratulations to our friends Suzy and Chris, who just found out they will be having a girl in February.  We are so happy for them and can't wait to shop for little pink things!

This green stuff is very interesting up close.

Tough and mean.

Lucky sharing a little secret with Brady.



This floor feels lumpy for some reason.



I've got the hang of this.



More! More! More!



Mmm mmmm good.

Oh rice cereal, where have you been all my life?

Trying on the new car seat for the not-to-distant future