Bananas, Apples and Pears...Oh my

Our baby boy is growing up too fast.  We have been working on solid foods for a couple of weeks now.  He is still unsure of what is going on, but he gives it a try everyday.  We started out with cereal.  He refused to eat it.  After 3 days of that, I gave up and moved on to veggies and fruits.  I spent a few days at Mom's house a couple of weeks ago.  I spent one of those days cooking, processing, and freezing fresh fruits and veggies.  The house did smell delicious with the baked pumpkin and butternut squash (or as Ross Gellar calls it, Squaternut Baush.)  For his first foods I made pumpkin, squash, pears, apples, green beans, bananas, and sweet potatoes.  I now have a couple of months worth of food ready for Ethan to try.  After trying a few different options I finally found one that he loves.....Bananas!!  He LOVES them!  Others I tried so far: avocado, pear, green beans, and squash.  He is indifferent about most so far.  He wasn't too excited about the green beans and squash.  Since I started writing this post he has changed his mind about the squash.  He ate it all tonight.  I have tried most of them.  I was surprised at how good most of these are without adding any extra ingredients, especially the squash. 

Banana is just as good on your face as it is to eat

                                                 

Other milestones:

We now have a rolling baby.  As of this morning, Ethan can roll from his tummy to his back.  He seemed pretty pleased with himself.

                                             

Yesterday he endured a full day of shopping with Mom, Aunt Carissa, and Gram.  He was such a good baby.  I don't think we heard an unhappy peep out of him unless it was time to change a diaper.  He suffered through picture torture and trying to take a nap at Target.  He actually fell asleep sitting up.  I couldn't let him sleep slumped over so I made a minor adjustment.  He was quite surprised when he woke up.

Baby for sale at Macy's.  1/2 off!

A little confused what was going on when he woke up from a nap at Target.

For those really big Ethan fans that made this far into the post.....As of this evening he is now enjoying a jumper.  He loves it.  A big thanks to Uncle Chris, Aunt Diana, and Cousin Emma for loaning it to us.