The many adventures of eating...

I know I have been slacking lately on the blogging. Matt and I moved on the 7th of last month, so we have been busy getting ourself put together here. It feels so nice to be in a place again with all of our stuff. Opening boxes that have been put away for 6 months is like Christmas. You forget what you had!

Anyway, back to topic here. Sam is getting to the age where he likes to do stuff on his own. From climbing on things to feeding himself, it is fun to see where it gets him, except when it gets him into trouble; like times he ends up on top of the kitchen table. But mealtime has been interesting. No longer does he want us helping him out. Nope. Some things are relatively easy for him to do: ravioli, fruit, bite size sandwiches, etc. But there are just some things you have to stay way from.

Now you would think spaghetti would not be too bad. But the problem here was we decided to put a little sauce on it so they wouldn't all stick together. Yeah, mistake.
My suggestion to mothers with this stage coming up: Farfalle pasta. Commonly known as bow-tie pasta, it is finger friendly and does not stick, well, for the most part.


Another item which was in storage was the high chair. My mom had one at her house, so there was no point in having two of them. He is getting too big for it. Friday we are going to pick up a booster seat that attaches to chairs for him. Because this is just NOT safe:
Of course, it makes it pretty evident that he is hungry. After getting him in, he is super happy and ready to munch!
Such a cute smile! I love it. He is not quite talking yet, but he has some sounds we know he associates with stuff. Dogu (doogy) Kuh (Car) KuKu (cookie) and MMhmmhmm! (self explanatory). He signs a lot... I should get some pictures of that. He knows milk, water, please, more, food, car, shoes. He almost has thank you. (That one is pretty hard.) Well, he definitely knows his sweets. Back to subject.
He just loves it when I bake. Here he was with Matt enjoying a cupcake (also called kuku). He still only has the 4 teeth. It just amazes me. I keep looking for more, but to no avail. Makes for a cute smile. This one is a little blurry, but it was a keeper.
Well, hopefully it will not take me over a month for the next blog. Things have been crazy, but are settling down a bit. I guess the life of "MOM" will never slow down! :)