Yeah! Ayla likes rice cereal!!!

We'd tried rice cereal last Saturday night when my parents came over for gumbo, but she got one little taste of it in her mouth and her lips stayed pursed. It's been about a week, so I thought I'd try it again. Much to my pleasure... she not only opened up her mouth, but she grabbed for the spoon and couldn't seem to get enough. Once the spoon got in her mouth, when I could get it past her hands that were reaching for it, she would suck on the spoon. I think most of it actually went down! The only thing I'll do differently tomorrow night is strip her down first because she sure was sticky when we finished. That stuff, combined with the breastmilk I mixed it with, was like glue when it dried. :+] Here are a few of the shots Brett took as I was feeding her. We also got video, but I've not quite learned how to add video yet to the blog. I can only handle so much "learning" at one time. BTW: She's in my favorite "hippo" pajamas, which she is about to outgrow. :+(

Sucking on the spoon

Reaching for more

Again... sucking on that spoon

"Every last drop!"
Here she is sucking on her hands... she wanted to make sure she got it all!

She's nice and shiny here... coated in rice cereal!

"Give me more!"
As you can see, she was ready for more!

All finished, but boy do my hands taste better than they normally do!!

"Bath time after rice cereal!"
She obviously liked the spoon. It may have to be her new bath toy!

How could anyone resist a face like this!!!

The following are a few "random" pics I have that I wanted to share.

These three were taken last Saturday night before grandpa and grandma Davis came over to eat dinner with us. Yes, they only live next door, but we still like to get dressed up for them! :+} Plus, she's got so many cute outfits that if I don't take advantage of putting her in them when someone other than me can see her, she'll out grow them.

I love this smile!! It almost looks onery... :+}

Here she is sitting next to Daddy on the couch. She loves her hands!

I don't normally (if ever) take Ayla out in pajamas, and if she's wearing something that doesn't scream "girl," I generally will find a bow to put on her cute little head. However, one night we went to go eat dinner after Brett got home from work, and since I already had her pajamas on her, she wore them. These were the pajamas she wore, and all night people kept saying things like, "He's so cute!"

I agree that the pajamas are probably supposed to be for a boy, and although I don't love it when people mistake her for a boy, it really bothered Brett. In fact, he requested that I never take her out in anything like this again. :+]