My husband Marcus is an incredible cook -- far better than I could ever hope to be. Apparently, back in England, when he was just out of school, he worked as a chef on a dive boat (yeah, wrap your mind around THAT: diving off the coast of England. I turn blue just thinking about it). Anyway, since he was responsible for the nutritional well-being of hungry divers as they came in from the deep, he managed to hone his culinary skills to perfection. It's true when I say the top two reasons my parents visit us are (a) Alex, and (2), Marcus' cooking. I take solace in the fact that I do come in at a not-too-distant third.
So anyway, tonight, when we decided to try Alex on solid foods for the first time, it was only natural that Marcus be the one to mix up her cereal. With his usual finesse, he skillfully mixed rice cereal with a bit of her formula to the perfect consistency. And eagerly, we began to feed Alex solids for the first time:
I'm still trying to convince Marcus not to take it personally.
What I love most about the pictures is that you look just as pained as she did.
Quick change of topic, did you cut your hair?
Posted by: Monique | Saturday, June 26, 2004 at 08:48 PM
LOL! Is she dry heaving in that second picture?? Too funny. Yeah, definitely tell Marcus not to take it too personally, cereal is not the best tasting food. She'll probably dig veggies and fruits though!
Posted by: Rachael | Saturday, June 26, 2004 at 09:08 PM
Aaaaahhhhh!!! Solid foods! She's SUCH a big girl. She's growing up so, so, so fast! I'm so excited I can hardly stand it. Give her a thousand kisses from her Auntie Natalie.
Posted by: Natalie | Sunday, June 27, 2004 at 01:42 AM
Ha! I can almost hear the gags! Too much!
Posted by: Mo | Sunday, June 27, 2004 at 11:05 AM
Love the pics!
Kelly
Posted by: Kelly | Sunday, June 27, 2004 at 04:23 PM
They never do well the first few times. She looks so cute with those looks on her face. I love the sequential pictures!
Posted by: Angie | Sunday, June 27, 2004 at 04:55 PM
Once she gets the cereal down, try a little mashed avacado. My kids loved it.
Too cute!
Posted by: Lisa | Tuesday, June 29, 2004 at 11:59 AM
Wow allready? Time flies doesn't it?
Posted by: Tamra | Tuesday, June 29, 2004 at 01:09 PM
yeah, I know the feeling! You should have seen CJ when we first started him on the cereal! LOL .. but, they get the hang of it after a while, and you should see the look on my cj's face now when we put the bib on him .. he just KNOWS he's getting 'real food'! tee hee. he LOVES it
Posted by: Jenna | Wednesday, June 30, 2004 at 12:13 AM
Alex is my inspiration.
She is SO cute.
Posted by: shannon | Thursday, July 01, 2004 at 04:28 PM