Monday, April 02, 2007
Food, Glorious Food
El nino spends his days with Dad. And he is eating cereal and fruit now. While visiting Grandma for el's first Maple Festival, he sat with us at the dinner table. At first all went well. But then he began to assert himself and yell. "What's wrong, little man?" we asked. "Whaaaaaaa!" He was sitting on his father's lap while daddy ate, and he was reaching for dad's food. Seemed like he wanted to join the meal. But Dad was not eating cereal or fruit. So we mashed up a little banana for the monkey boy and that satisfied him. But we all had to leave the table when el was done so as not to upset him all over again. He is getting bigger and noticing more and more of his surroundings, such a joy.
Auntie J just recently came back from a trip to New Zealand and brought el a little stuffed kiwi, a native bird. He was looking at the kiwi last night with it's long beak and began puckering his lips. Not sure what that signifies, but it was the first time either his father or I saw him make that particular facial expression. Perhaps el was inspired by the kiwi's extra long beak.
El is sleeping through the night now, and he doesn't wake up until Mom gets him up to eat at 7am after her alarm goes off. So mom's sleep deprivation has subsided. We await el sitting up on his own. As soon as that happens we'll let you know. Each day brings new wonders and delights.
