Playing With Food

I bought Iris a butternut squash. She loved it. Weirdly. It was her favorite toy.

Yesterday I cut it in half, baked and pureed it to make baby food. 

She loves it. 

I'm afraid to tell her I cooked her squash friend...

Hogle Zoo

We went on a little road trip and went to Utah's Hogle Zoo with my sister April and my Dad.

Eli Batman had a blast. 

Iris was impressed by leaves and butterflies. A hippo stampede wouldn't have drawn her attention. 

Eli navigated

He was extremely impressed with the giraffes. 

The rhino, not so much.

The orangutan with his name, downright mean!

Here is my Dad with an elephants rear end...

Eli loved the gorilla

and the playground

the carousel

and the train

All said, we had fun, and Eli has gotten over his

 irrational fear of the zoo!

Feeding Fish

Recently we went to a local pond to feed worms to fish. 

A few of the less intelligent fish got stuck on our fish-feeding hooks. Silly fish! We took them off and tossed them back. 

Eli did most of the worm wrangling

but he did manage to snag this ugly guy.

"Look Mom! This fish has a mustache!"

Iris helped Daddy 

and hung out

I caught fed this monster

We'll be at it again soon... as soon as Eli digs some more worms!

Baby Pudding

Iris has tried (in no particular order... okay, alphabetically)

Applesauce

Bananas

Beets

Carrots

Green Beans

Peas

Pears

Rice Cereal

Sweet Potatoes

She has yet to find a vegetable (or fruit) that she won't eat. 

Eli, who as a baby would eat squash and sweet potatoes, and then only in limited quantities, has been trying out her baby food. 

He still loves sweet potatoes. He calls it "baby pudding". I may start making him mashed sweet potatoes, since it's such a challenge getting him to eat veggies! 

(Beets & rice cereal. mmMMmmmm!)

What Did I Say?

I very recently found out that a friend of ours is unable to have 

more kids... something I totally did not know. 

I have been wracking my brain to think if there has been a conversation where I may have said something insensitive 

to her unintentionally...

Kind of stressing over this. 

I am completely the queen of foot-in-mouth, and I remember how hurtful it was when we were having conception and miscarriage problems, and rude family members asked, 

"When are you guys having another baby?" :P

When I was 2 1/2 weeks overdue with Iris, and one day in 

church I got six "Are you STILL pregnants" at church in 

under 5 minutes, I swore up and down that I would NEVER ask a 

pregnant woman that question. Ever. 

And since then, I have caught my self almost saying it.

Crazy. 

Gotta watch my mouth!

Sleepy... again

It took Daddy (and Woody) a very long time to get this girl down! 

Turkeys and My Corn

Turkey in the straw, (doo dep, doo dep)

Turkey in the... hey....