Ethan had his first foods yesterday!!

Ethan has been looking at us eating with envy the past few days or so and so we thought we might as well let him try some solids since he is nearly 6 months. So after mommy went to buy his Halloween costume, she went to the baby store and got some samples of rice cereal (Nutriben- made in Spain) and a few jars of organic baby food (HIPP) which is a UK brand and baby spoons. We would have used the one Mama Zee got for us but its still a little bit too big. Ethan took to the rice cereal straight away eating 8 mini teaspoons and still wanting more but we gave him the rest of his bottle. . Adam and I thought it smelled quite sweet so I tasted it and was surprised at how sweet it was. So no wonder Ethan liked it so much. I'm going to throw out the rest of the sample packets and get HIPP's bland rice cereal since I don't think it's a good idea for Ethan to get used to sweets. We caught it all on video for all of you to see so hopefully Adam or I can post it tonight for all of you to see. After his bottle, Ethan was still interested in eating so we decided to give him HIPP pears baby food. Of course it was much blander than his rice cereal so he ate the first mini- spoonful, and then proceeded to spit the second and third spoonful at Adam and me. We had pears on our clothes and on the bed. Never the less, that didn't stop us from giving him more which he let fall out of his mouth. Always being the polite boy that Ethan is, he decided to wipe his mouth- with his hand- smearing pears all over his face. Unfortunately, we didn't get this hilarious part of the feeding experience on tape but i'm sure there will be many more episodes to come. Love you all and take care. Joanne

Ethan's Halloween Outfit

This coming Friday, Ethan will be going to his first Halloween Event at the cram school I used to teach at. It should be a fun and exciting adventure and I will be sure to post up pics.

For now, this is a picture of what his costume looks like.