I have seen many a cute picture of other babies having their first meals ending up covered in food from head to toe. It wasn't until this past Saturday that I realized that behind all those cute pictures was a mother also covered in baby food!
The first time she ate cereal was quite the ordeal - take a bite, gag, spit it out, take a bite, gag, spit it out. In the end we got down almost 1 1/2 Tbsps in just 45 minutes! Since Saturday we have been feeding her one meal of rice cereal everyday and she is actually starting to take to it. Last night she ate almost the entire 2 Tbsps without gagging once! However she did sneak in a sneeze at one point which sent projectile baby food all over my face. Next time I will try to remember to keep my distance!
Maybe this weekend we will try a flavored cereal! (absurd the things that excited me these days!)
So we have successfully completed all the vegetables without any food aversions. Aside from not liking some of the textures (seriously who wouldn't) Haley has mastered them all. Here are some shots from dinner time. I am loving the close up pictures as they really capture the grossness that is feeding a baby! 
We spent the weekend in Victoria at Granny and Poppy's house with a day long jaunt over to Rockport on Saturday. My sister's in-laws were gracious enough to invite us to their new condo. Justin got to enjoy a morning full of fishing while Haley and I spent it shopping and laying around in the pool. It was Haley's first adventure with a real pool and she totally loved it. She lounged in her floaty for what seemed like hours. Eventually her father got home and claimed it as his own...Good thing I am always happy to hold her! We stuck around late enough to enjoy the burgers but unfortunately missed the fireworks. Maybe next year Justin can put on our own little firework show...I just know Haley will love sparklers! 
