Yummy and Yuck!

So Ethan has started eating baby food now and he definately has his preferences:
Rice Cereal = GREAT!
Applesauce = Delicious!
Sweet Potatoes = Indifferent, but fine
Green Beans = well, I think the picture below explains his thoughts on beans . . .














I tried feeding him the green beans the day before and he kept trying to throw up and was gagging. I felt bad, but at the same time, the faces he was making were too cute! So then yesterday he was eating Sweet Potatoes good, so then I tried a couple spoonfuls of green beans again and he tried to throw up again. He seemed hesitant to take anymore bites, wondering if he could trust me. But as long as I stayed away from green beans, he ate okay.

I think I liked rice cereal better cause it wasn't anywhere near as messy. It was also a white-ish, clear color, so you couldn't see the mess. Unlike the green and orange baby food he ate yesterday.

New Skill - Sitting alone

If I put Ethan in a sitting position, he can stay that way for about 20 minutes at most so far. He even knows how to balance himself if he starts to tip over. But when he does fall over, it's in a face plant instead of on his side. He never seems to get hurt or bothered by it and doesn't cry, just looks up at me confused or smiling. He kept making that straight lip'd smile - he hadn't done that before but seemed to be stuck that way for a while yesterday.

Over the weekend was Alex and Jasmine's wedding. Now all of my siblings are married. Jasmine looked beautiful. Halfway through the reception, they put on traditional Korean outfits called Han Boks (sp?) which Jasmine's parents has custom made for them and my parents too. The colors were so bright and beautiful. Nathan had one already from his mission that someone gave him as a gift when he was serving in Korea. His style is King's style . . . not surprising that Nathan would have the Regal look. :) But he says the lady made it for him without him knowing which style she was making . . . but I think she just knew him well enough to know that style would suit him well.

Lightning

So there was a very loud thunder/lightning storm on Saturday night. The thunder was so loud it shook things. So I'm guessing the storm was right over us at that point. The thunder woke us up and scared Ethan awake. So while I was trying to calm him down by rocking in the glider, Michael was setting up his tripod and camera to get pictures of the lightning. With his extended exposure attachment, he was able to get some really good ones. We missed some of the awesome lightning strikes since there's no advanced warning when the next one will be.

Eating Rice Cereal

Ethan took to eating solid foods very well. He doesn't fight it - just wiggles around and looks everywhere - and keeps about 80% of it in his mouth as opposed to on the bib. He does better if I let him hold the edge of the bowl. So far he's only eaten rice cereal. I'm excited to go to baby food soon, but then not so excited cause that food has color and will be messier. Rice cereal is the same color as milk so it doesn't stain or leave visible messes. He seems to also eat better if Michael is standing behind me making faces at Ethan, but that makes him smile which means half the spoonful comes back out cause he's laughing or smiling . . .












I think he likes his hand better than food . . .