There's no accounting for taste...

My mom and I were in a local store Monday browsing around, and there was a baby section so of course we had to take a look. There were a number of toys, and since I was holding Laurna facing out in front of me, she got to take a good look. She immediately started reaching with both hands towards this one particular toy (above), one neither my mom nor I would have ever chosen for her (ugly, much?). But baby girl had fallen in love, for whatever reason.

She's clearly already her own person! :o)

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Temporal scanner thermometer. So. Awesome.

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A note about gas.

Evidently all food gives babies gas. So rice cereal in the evening = unhappy baby at bedtime.

"Solid" food - the beginning!

Well, infant rice cereal is far from what I'd define as "solid," but it's not just milk, so it's a milestone! We've started trying to get baby girl used to eating from a spoon (as of last night), so that's definitely news! Don't get excited, we're not going crazy or trying to replace any of her milk diet (not appropriate till after 6 months of age), but are giving her a couple of (tiny) spoonfuls of infant rice cereal twice a day to get the hang of the whole procedure. Last night it mostly all ended up on her face, but this evening she seemed to actually be eating it. Her expressions are hilarious.

Her sleep patterns seem to have also evened out - it's mostly about 8 PM till 5 or 6 AM, which is great. Go baby girl!

In non-baby news, Brandon and I got to step out and see a movie this evening. We saw "Julie & Julia," and quite enjoyed it. Makes you want to get cooking...or eating, anyway!