27 weeks!

The theme for this week is that Rose has opinions! She is, after all, the daughter of two pretty bull-headed people, each of whom comes from a long line of stubborn folks - and she's learning how to communicate those opinions with us!

"I like to see Daddy play peekaboo through the doorway!"

"And when he leaves, I get grumpy!"

"Now all is right again in the world."

"If I'm not sure I like a food you've given me, I'll just hold my mouth open until I'm sure I like it."

"But sometimes I decide that I just want to feed myself!"

"That's more like it. A whole bowl of oatmeal and pears, just for me!"

"Hmmm, hand or spoon? Hand or spoon?"

 

"I want this end of the spoon, and don't try to tell me otherwise!"

After our photo shoot this morning we walked over to Byerly's to pick up a few staples for the week. Then Rose watched a bit of football (please don't tell the parenting police on us!) before we headed up to Grandma and Grandpa's for dinner. Rose was pretty exhausted from her wakeful night last night, but she eventually enjoyed playing with her cousins. She also enjoyed snacking on the hors d'oeuvres (she enjoyed the guacamole even though she hasn't been enjoying plain avocado too much, and she loved her first tastes of shrimp*!) and chowing down on the dinner (mmmm...double baked potatoes, Brussels sprouts, and chicken with cream sauce!).

Then we tried to take a photo for Grandma and Grandpa's Christmas card. It was a little bit like herding cats to try to get the four grandchildren to be smiling at the same time. I don't want to give away the one nice shot we ended up getting, so here's one of the outtakes. Okay, two of the outtakes - I couldn't resist. They are cute, aren't they! :)

Have a great week, everyone!


*for the record, back in 2008 the AAP recommended not delaying any potentially allergenic foods past 4-6 months (they used to recommend waiting until past one year to introduce those), because it turns out that delaying those foods doesn't actually decrease allergies!