Smoothie King

I need to learn that I can't take "natural light" photos in our dining room. They just always have a weird yellowy color, guess it's the paint! But it looks so good in real life!!

Anyway, here's Miles enjoying his dinner smoothie last night. Sitting in my lap, which is a BIG thing lately, especially when I've fed Audrey. She's down on the floor in the bouncy seat during this dinner. And yes, all he had for dinner was a smoothie. The kid is super picky these days, none of the old favorites are working. But I was super tricky... this is one of those "deceptive" drinks. Lots of berries, a banana and... wait for it..... a ton of fresh spinach! Oh yes, spinach, just chopped up in there with the yummy goodness. I read a blog about it this week and had to try it. You absolutely could not taste it. Even Wayne reluctantly tried it and liked it. I'm so bad about buying fresh spinach and then not using it all, this will be a great way to get it in. We buy the huge bags of frozen berries at Sams, add a little plain yogurt and some water and it's good to go. So while not the most well-balanced meal, I don't feel as bad about him drinking his dinner. Wayne wondered if we could grind a little ham up in there. Ewwwwww.


I had to get some pictures of Audrey practicing her sitting. It seems that all the photos of her lately are of her eating... we've done the sweet potatoes and now have added peas and pears. LOVES them. She doesn't get the silly face that Miles did, but has this very intense "give it to me NOW" look in her eyes. She'll grab my hand and pull the spoon towards her, usually smearing food in her ear in the process. And the last 3 nights she's eaten an entire jar of whatever we were serving.

Back to the sitting, she's very floppy still, but managed to stay up in the Boppy for a little while this morning. I remember with Miles I hadn't even considered trying to help him sit until I went to pick him up at daycare and there he was sitting up in the Boppy. Wow! I had no clue! Audrey enjoys it, for sure. Yesterday our playgroup was here and she didn't want to lay down, just sit up and watch all the action.

Speaking of action, she'll get a lot this weekend when we celebrate cousin Evan's 6th (!) birthday. Should be lots of crazy fun.

And oh yes, more exciting baby news.... Kennedy joined us this week!! Look at all her beautiful hair!!!