Adventures in Cheerios, and other fun

Eliza and her friend Mathias hang out twice a week, on Wednesday and Friday afternoons. Yesterday, they shared some cheerios:


Eliza has become much more adventurous with what she eats. She now vastly prefers (diced by Mom) finger foods to spoon-feeding. Recent favorites include: red bell peppers, cameo apples, veggie burgers, turkey-cheddar burgers, and swiss cheese. The kid has good taste!

Here's a picture of her sitting around, which is kind of silly but also cute:


She has also started chatting up a storm. In addition to the "dada" and "baba" type of babytalk, she also uses a gibberish that sounds like a real (but unknown) language. However, she's a tad camera-shy, so it might be a while before it's captured on video!

She is just crazy about Dada these days. Here's a cute picture of them together:


And here's one of her with Mommy:

Walkin' on video -- and many more pictures!

Eliza's new favorite pastime:



She loves walking... "all she wants to do is walk!"

Here are some assorted pictures from our wonderful time in Texas:


Eliza with Uncle John:


Eliza (out of picture) staring at Uncle Dan -- "hey, he's got my hat!"


Eliza loves her presents...


...and she loves her Aunt Judy!



Taking a bath at Memsa's house is The Best.






We're warming up to the camera, slowly but surely...

Who's Feeding Who?

Yes, it's been way too long! We've been traveling -- we spent two weeks in Texas -- a wonderful, relaxing time in Dallas with family, and some research time in Austin with Lyndon Johnson (who feels like family now too).

Eliza is doing great. She laughs all the time and likes to talk -- and try out new consonant sounds. She's walking -- albeit with the help of a couple of adult fingers. But she LOVES to walk around. And she's feeding herself now, mainly Cheerios. She loves to eat, play, talk, laugh, and SLEEP. Yes, thank the Lord, she's still a wonderful sleeper.

More pictures are coming soon -- from Texas and otherwise. But here's a quick little something in the meantime. Tonight Eliza took a big step beyond feeding herself Cheerios -- now she's feeding her parents Cheerios!



...Well at least she does when she's not feeling camera-shy. Anyway, that's her cute little laugh when she's feeling entertained.

More soon...