Food attempt #4: Sweet Potato

I tried feeding Heidi again today, now with sweet potatoes, but she was definitely more interested in her spoon and new bowl.

This is Heidi's new face when she is upset or apparently, what she thinks of eating too.

Food face complete with drool.

Playing with the seat buckle is much more fun than eating food.

Checking out the spoon and bowl. It got a little messy.

I don't want to food, Mommy! I want to see the bowl!

Our garden adventure

Last year we made a small garden dug out from our hill and planted carrots, beets, watermelon (I told Andy they wouldn't grow but he persisted anyhow), and tomatoes. The beets and watermelon both did not produce anything, but we got quite a few carrots and tomatoes.

This year we became more serious about this gardening business and Andy built 2 planter boxes. We also will be be planting squash or pumpkins next to the planter boxes. Today we laid down some newspapers following the "lasagna" method and added top soil.

Heidi is in heaven playing with the newspapers. Paper is by far her favorite toy, but she usually does not get to play with it since it goes directly in her mouth and she gags on the small pieces she tears off.

Bigger view of the planter boxes.

The "supervisor." I helped with some raking too, though.

Heidi likes hanging out with her uncle Lucas. Thanks, Lucas, for helping us!

Watering the newspapers before adding the top soil.

The first wheel barrow.

Fun time with Daddy!

Here are the happenings in the Kragt household in the last week.

Andy found out Heidi likes to stand on the stairs holding the railing poles. How is it that she already tries to see if her head can fit through the gaps at this age?

Another evening playing with Daddy.

Kisses!

This past weekend we went to Home Depot to get wood for our garden boxes as well as curtain rods. We had to fit it all in the Jeep along with all of us. Good thing it's less than 5 miles away from us!

These are the types of photos that Andy takes - with the baby as well as the Jeep in all of them.

Heidi loves the Home Depot trips!

2nd and 3rd food attempts: Avocado and Banana

We were eating avocado for lunch one day and decided to give Heidi a piece of it to see what she thought of the taste since it seems like other babies have preferred avocado to other fruits and veggies. She tasted, cringed, and eventually gagged, as usual.

Not too sure of the taste yet.

As you can see, the little piece of avocado did not make it far. She bit off a small chunk, but the rest did not make it to her mouth. It's amazing how she loves to put everything but food in her mouth!

Yucky! Trying to get all the avocado out of her mouth.

Then the other day, Heidi was in the bumbo in the kitchen and found the bunch of bananas on the counter next to her while my back was turned. She finally dug her 2 teeth into one of them and was able to taste the banana, which she was not a fan of either.

I gave her a piece of the banana, so she wouldn't accidentally eat some of the peel! That would not taste good.

I want out of the bumbo, Mommy!

No more banana!

Welcome to the life of a picky eater?