my big girl!

forgot 1 picture for my last post - helen's little friend taught her how to make an ijse (dutch word for ice cream) with her bubbles. now when helen blows bubbles - she tries to catch one on the top of the container and says "ijse!"

my jillian is ready for some cereal!

sorry for the bad flash off the box of rice cereal.... i can't believe my baby girl is ready for some solid foods!

well.... maybe not! at first she was not sure about this stuff...

after multiple swipes at my yogurt dish and spoon during lunch for the last week or so - i decided it was time for jillian to try some solid food... after after she'll be 6 months old next week.

just a taste the night i took these photos - however she did try some more rice cereal with milk last night and loved it! i was reading somewhere (can't remember the source now) - but the author actually stated that you don't really have to start with rice cereal as the "1st food"..... kind of makes sense to me.... since we have been lucky enough that the kids have no known food allergies i decided that tonight we would try carrots - at first she was excited... but after about 5 spoonfuls she decided the spoon was more interesting.

you might be wondering why carrots as the first food? - well i'm going to tell you anyway even if you weren't wondering... with the other 3 kids i have always done sweet potatoes as the kids 1st food.... after searching the baby food aisle today at the store for at least 5 minutes ... i could not find sweet potatoes... so we opted for carrots as jillian's 1st foods!! i can make the kids fruits in the "puree" form... but have never had good luck with the veggies!

my last baby is growing up! sniff.... sniff