cookies!

here's mommy's first attempt (ever) at homemade teething cookies (banana-vanilla flavor). they smell delicious and even taste pretty good (for having no butter or sugar)! hopefully Sophia will enjoy them.!

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burger & tooth!

As you can see, Alexander had his first cheeseburger - a burger from In-N-Out! and what better way to wash down a burger, fries and cucumber (he didn't eat the string cheese) than with apple juice?! Daddy was very excited about this "milestone" so we wanted to share. Oh yeah, one more thing - another tooth broke through today/tonight! Daddy told Alexander that's how he was able to eat his burger. ;-)

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harvest time

grandma says Alexander is a natural born farmer! see he's already harvesting his first crop of Japanese eggplant in Laguna Niguel. he was also very gentle putting the numerous tomatoes grandma & grandpa would hand to him to put in the basket.

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mangia!

at 9 months and a week, Alexander has stepped up his eating. threatening to eat us out of house and home about 15 years too early! I thought I'd take a pic of the refrigerator the night before he eats.

the first image is of his servings ready to go and his sippy cup with formula. not shown is the water he loves to drink out of the glass.

the second image is the foods we've prepared (home cooked, steamed and chopped!) in large amounts awaiting repackaging in Alexander-sized servings.

for tomorrow Alexander will be eating: pears and apples, apricots and prune, oatmeal, Greek yogurt, flax seed, squash, sweet corn, sweet potato, broccoli, carrot, lentils, pinto beans, cottage cheese, tofu and formula.

phew. no wonder we're tired after getting everything ready.

Sunday Brunch

Alexander's eating his first child's plate while having Sunday Brunch with Uncle James, mommy, and daddy at Cheesecake Factory! He's very well-behaved enjoying his banana.