On milestones...

It's been a good few weeks.
Momma got a piano for her birthday, and has been practicing a lot.
It's so fun.

In other news...We went to Dickey's barbecue yesterday, and guess what! K actually ate a solid food. Granted, it was ice cream. But...it was solid!
You see, we've had a big issue with solids.
He just does not like them!
Momma has been trying them with him since he was THREE months old. The doc told us to start then, because he wasn't gaining weight.
Well, needless to say, he did, but not on solids! Lol.Formula has been our source of nutrition. Daddy calls it corn syrup. Lol. (Corn syrup is one of the first ingredients in all of the baby formula...funny, huh?)
But anyway, yesterday, when we tried ice cream, we ate it..and ate it...and ate it. We probably would have eaten enough to make us sick.
I know, I know, it's not necessarily good to try ice cream until your first birthday. (Yes Kristine, I know!:) But...we were desperate! And...momma learned something through the experience. That is that eating from a spoon is not a problem at all, like she had wondered. He opened his mouth up every time he saw that spoon coming with the yummy stuff. So...there we go. It's not the spoon, clearly. It's the taste of things.
But...today we also ate some of great grandma's squash casserole. We opened our mouth again for the goodness. So - momma has decided to start getting creative with the food she gives K. We can do it! We can do it together. But, all this said, we did talk to the doctor about him not eating solids yet. And he told us that it's alright - babies can survive just fine on formula until their first birthday, because it has all the nutrients they need.
It was just so fun, though, that he actually ate from a spoon without spitting it out right away! Maybe momma has just made disgusting food...Lol. Maybe he's been trying to tell me something through all of the spit - that "Momma, you need to make your dinners taste better." Daddy doesn't, because Daddy is sweet and will eat anything I put in front of him. It has just taken Kaleb to tell me! :)
All funniness aside, though, I will not use too many spices or much butter yet. I know that's not good. :)
One other note, too - I think we are getting ready to crawl here soon. I was kind of sad because I have friends with babies Kaleb's age who are already like, practically walking.
Well, K's decided he doesn't need to do anything but sit, and occasionally roll...perfectly content just hangin out. Which, of course is fine with momma and daddy, because the more mobile he is, the more owies he'll get.
But...it would still be fun if he wanted to be more mobile. So...he's started. He's at that stage where he'll move around pretty good on his tummy - he just can't figure out that those legs and knees will get him far if he just tries. He gives up pretty easily, and puts his head down and cries. It makes me sad and I pick him up probably all too early. But it makes my mommy heart sad when he cries! :)
We shall see. It's just kind of fun waiting and watching....