Solidified

As you might remember, Autumn turned 6 months a week ago:


And for our family, 6 months means you start on solid foods. We like to wait till the end of the suggested 4-6 month range for a variety of reasons and I'll just leave it at that. :)

But once Jason got home from work we sat her down for her first tastes of rice cereal. Yummmmmm.

The boys were super excited about this milestone. I just love how in tune with her they are (more on this later). But Easton was begging to help feed her some bites...I really like how my mouth is doing what I want her to do.


She did so-so. Better if she had a spoon of her own because she kept grabbing at the one I had:




She did worse the next night but then did great for Jason an night or two after that actually wanting and going in for more bites:


Easton also gave her her very first sips of water a few nights ago as well:


Easton is so great with such things. He really is. And he was so proud to be the first one to give her a taste of water in her whole life.

On our way home from Chick-fil-a on Tuesday night Autumn got her first case of the giggles. The boys got free balloons from Family Night at the restaurant and they were bonking them together on the drive home which Autumn found hilarious. I thought my heart was about to burst from the sounds of all 3 of them laughing like they were. I'd been waiting for Miss A to dissolve into giggles like that finally and she did. And Easton knew too, "This is the first time she's laughed a lot of times!" and later said, "She's so happy she doesn't even need her pacifier!" (Because she usually does at night in the car when she's sleepy).

That's kinda what I meant about him being so in tune with her. Even after 6 months, Autumn is still very interesting to her brothers. They haven't gotten sick of her yet! :)