Food, Water, Teeth and... Hacking?

One week into the solid foods, and things are progressing rather well. She's still only eating rice cereal, but I think we'll be feeding her oatmeal for the next week. The pediatrician recommends that we keep her on grains for the first couple of weeks to make sure that Juliana's not having any problems getting the food through her system... specifically constipation. Did I just say that? Oh dear... I can just hear my sister now: "Ewwww, Ivy's talking about gross bodily functions on the internet!" So as to not dwell on this topic too long, I'll just say "So far, so good. 'Nuff said".

Since she's not going to be introduced to any fun colorful foods like sweet peas or carrots for another week or so, I didn't want to make you wait that long without any pictures of food on her face. I thought I would post some pictures of Juliana enjoying some of her first experiences with food.

"Do I have stuff on my face?"

"This stuff is GREAT!" (Hire me for commercials)

In addition to table foods, we've started to introduce her to sippy cups. She gets the hang of it, when she is reclined, as you can see:

"You say you call this 'water'?"

But when I tried to give it to her when she was upright....

"This looks familiar. I think I know what I have to do."

"I put my mouth on this part, but it's not working."

I'm sure she'll get the hang of it soon enough.

One of Juliana's latest hobbies is to sit at the computer and bang away on the keyboard. Now, originally it was on the multiple user login screen, and she just played on the keyboard while I was chatting on the phone. I looked away from the screen for a second and when I looked back, this is what I saw.

"Isn't this my login screen? I know my name starts with J and ends with an A"

Close, dear, but that's your sister's account. Wait, what? You knew all along that it was your sister's account? 'Leet Hackzor skillz?' What?!? Hmmm... I can see we are going to have to sit down and talk about respecting other people's privacy, young lady.

Ok, so I've covered the Food, Water and Hacking portions of the post. You would think that the "Teeth" portion would pertain to Juliana, too, what with the whole teething bit, but (alas) no. Some time last week, I developed some sensitivity on my lower back left molar (tooth #19 for those of you in the know). As it turns out there is a crack going over the outside rear cusp and now I have to get a crown. This will be taking place on Tuesday afternoon, and right now, I'm just glad I don't have to have a root canal. But it's kind of ironic... for the time being, both Juliana and I are restricted to soft foods that aren't too hot or too cold.

At least I get a broader range of foods to select from.

Meet the baby

So, as of September, my sole existence seems to be to care and feed this living being that came out of me. I even left my job to become a stay at home mom. Mind you, I'm not complaining, since I think she is the cutest thing in the world, but I'm still in shock (and some awe) that this little person came out of me.

Last December, we spent the holidays in California visiting family and friends. While we were visiting friends, Derek was tasked with the job of changing a diaper. So, in getting things laid out for the change, he found a "convenient" spot to prop the clean diaper.
Yes, it really was a clean diaper... for at least the next 20 minutes (no guarantees after that)

You can't really tell in the picture above, but she has quite a bit of hair. I can prove it:

See? Oh, and if you look carefully, you can see her first tooth coming in. Isn't she cute? I think she's just so adorable (but, of course, I'm the biased mom). You might be able to tell from this photo, that she's turning into quite the talker. And for those of you that know me the slightest bit, this is something that definitely comes from her father. Really. I mean it.