First Food Photos

I found picture all the older kids having their first Cereal Experience except Rebecca. I know we had some sort of camera action at her first meal, so I'm thinking we must have videotaped it. We'll have to be content with a picture of her a few months later attacking a baby zwieback cookie with a vengeance.

Cassidy

Braden

Rebecca

Many Moons Ago Monday

This picture makes me smile. Taken at Disneyland, October 2003.

Oh yeah, and the other kids were there too

Thanks for the great afternoon, everyone!

Rachel's First Easter Party

From this afternoon's annual Easter Egg Hunt at Nathan's parents' house. And lest you think my baby is perfect: I totally photoshopped a little crusty out of her nose. :-)

Proof that we feed Rachel

This was the first time she had rice cereal. She loved it, ate the whole bowl, even smiled...

But now, a week later, she cries and sticks her tongue out at cereal time. We'll let her take a break and try again in a day or two. I wish I could say I blame her, but have you tasted that stuff? There's a reason people don't keep eating it past infancy.

Family Resemblances

While looking for pictures of Rebecca this afternoon I came across one that reminded me of a picture of my mom when she was little. Many people tell me Rebecca looks just like a 'mini-Brenda,' but now I'm thinking she looks more like my mom than me at the same age. But it could be just splitting hairs, because I've always been told I look like my mom too.

Rebecca, age 3

Grandma Belliston, age 4

Brenda, age 3

Glasses, Part Deux

There are some of you who don't know Rebecca got glasses. I never posted anything about it because just as I was getting around to taking a picture of her with her new eyewear, she fell down outside and scratched up the lenses so bad that we had to get a brand new pair. Whenever she told the story of what happened she would say, "I fell down on the sidewalk and my glasses got squished." Yeah - squished between her face and the sidewalk. (Thank goodness for the Two year Warranty!) By the time they were back and she had them again, it seemed like old news.

The lowdown: her left eye would turn inward when she would try to focus on things close-up like her fork at dinner or the pictures of a storybook. I wish she didn't have to wear them, but it is much better than having her walk around rockin' the Village Idiot look. The eye doctor did say that over time the eyes may learn to work together and make it so she can go without them by the time she is a teenager or young adult.

I tried to choose pictures with equally orphan-y hair so you could see an apples to apples comparison. :-)