Joseph is still creeping around, but he's getting faster and is realizing there is a multitude of interesting items across the threshold of the living room, where he has spent most of the last 8 months of his life. Recent discoveries - the water jugs in the kitchen, the laundry basket in the kitchen, and the view from underneath the kitchen table. Both boys are laughing and smiling a lot these days and are very interactive. Their interaction is more purposeful now, I think - trying to express specific wants through their intonations instead of just crying and me trying to guess what the crying means. Love these cartoon pictures of the babies - Mom did them but I am posting them.
Last night for dinner - hamburger omelet. I love omelets for dinner since they are 1) fast 2) tasty 3) cheap 4) make for easy cleanup.
Last night for the boys' dinner - ground grassfed beef and broccoli. I have discovered the boys love meat...they just love food in general. They eat more than I realized they would at this stage which is fine, just takes a bit more planning on my part. Raising whole foods babies is not cheap and it takes some extra time to prepare their meals, but that's ok. I think they are learning to appreciate good food.
I have introduced so far with great success: acorn squash, apples, avocado, bananas, beef (grass-fed only), butter, broccoli, butternut squash, cauliflower, carrots, chicken (broth mixed with vegetables and chicken liver), egg yolk (duck and chicken), garlic (only spice introduced so far besides mineral salt), mineral salt (pink Himalayan rock salt - just a bit over certain foods), pear, parsnip, peas, potato, sweet potato. They loved everything except for the cauliflower, but I think it's because I prepared it wrong, so we will try again soon.
Plan to introduce in the near future - ground lamb, beets, slight amounts of paprika and ginger as seasonings. I have looked for organic apricots and peaches but they are out of season so haven't had luck with that so far.
That's all for now :-)
