Turns out one thing that will keep Cecilia’s attention longer than four seconds is helping out with the food prep. She stood at the counter for over an hour stirring flour and water helping Momma make pasta the other day. Then she was an able (if messy) sous chef for Daddy’s cookie baking. (Momma’s note: It’s quite entertaining watching Mike’s fastidious baking take on Ce’s more esoteric and spur of the moment approach!)
Cecilia’s love for fruit truly knows no bounds. I mean, she gets excited for food in general. Say the word, breakfast or dinner and she’ll literally drop what she’s doing and make a beeline for the high chair. But say the word blueberry or strawberry or peaches and it’s kick your feet, wiggle your butt, squeal excitement. So you can just imagine her reaction when Uncle Jeff made some fresh blueberry-peach jam on our recent visit to cousin Nathan’s house in DC. It was duck and cover time.
At first I thought it was a squirrel with a sophisticated palette. Then I caught her red handed! At least she only picks the ripe ones.
So we’re having some painting and carpentry work done on the house this week and have found hammering and nail guns are not entirely conducive to a maintaining our usually rigorous schedule. Naps have gone out the window and well, see for yourself:
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Life in baby land changes as quickly as Lola’s food stays in the bowl. Just when you think you have something down, its time to move onto a new phase. Cecilia is growing quicker than Jack’s beanstalk and with that growth means more food. No longer is Cecilia stricken to the doldrums of a liquid diet, but rather, she has had the opportunity to eat what The Books call “solids”. During her first feeding she grabbed onto the spoon like a skilled knight wielding a sword. She knew exactly where the spoon needed to go and had no problem taking it straight from her Mamma’s hands. However, once the food was in her mouth, Cecilia decided to spit it back out. In the end she was wearing her carrots as though they were the hottest new accessory in fashion. All in all, Cecilia seems to enjoy the eating experience which is definitely something she inherited from the DiLisi side. Now she just needs to start training for those 3 hour dinners.
