Squash & A Shot to the Mouth

I started Lainee on veggies last week! Her first: squash. The first day she wasn't so sure but the next day she loved it! She has been eyeing our plates for a while at meal times so I was pretty sure she was ready. I also started her back on cereal in the mornings. I had tried cereal and squash before but she was never too interested (or ready) so she's been on predominately breastmilk since she was born. Here are some pictures of her eating her yummy squash! She looks so tiny in her high chair, so adorable!

Since we are on this subject already, can I just add that I love watching people feed babies? Ok well, mostly Chad! He makes the funniest expressions as he spoonfeeds the kids. I remember once when he fed KJ, I was just cracking up at the table and he had no idea why so he continued to feed KJ, continued to make the face and I just kept laughing. I eventually told him, unfortunately I didn't get it on tape. I make a silly face too, I can feel it as I feed Lainee, I try not too... but its hard. It's like when you cut with scissors and your tongue is hanging out or you have some other strange thing happening with your mouth. You know, I may just have to devote a whole blog post to the strange faces people make as they do various activities. I think I will, so for now I'm looking for contributions for my next post. Please let me know if there is anything you can think of that you do with a strange/silly face. Pictures are a bonus!

Speaking of faces, KJ fell on his Saturday. There was some damage done to his teeth, well one tooth and his bottom lip. It seemed like any other fall (falling is a regular, daily occurence with this kid) so I didn't think much of it. I didn't see it because it happened on the other side of the kitchen island but he started crying real tears and when Chad picked him he noticed his mouth was bleeding a little. KJ had his binky in his mouth and when he fell he forgot to put his arms out so fell flat on his face and I think the binky caused the injury. He managed to push one of his top, front teeth back and he either bit or pinched his bottom lip. Poor little guy. I think the tooth is going to be ok and it looks as though it may even be coming back into it's correct place. Luckily, Keesha being a dental assistant, I was able to call her and get some peace of mind. Especially after hearing things like he could have cut a root/get an infection/black tooth/etc... Here is a picture of the little guy the day after his fall. If you really look you can maybe see the injury but it's not so bad and like I said, it seems to be healing nicely!

(No, the fall did not cause the chocolate milk stain around his mouth)

So, I've managed to stick to my New Year's resolution to work out and lose some weight. I'm now working out twice a day. Jillian Michael's Shred video is in the morning and Wii Active 30 Day Challenge is in the afternoon/evening. I don't work out twice EVERY day, the challenge is a 2 day on, 1 day off workout so that gives me a little bit of a break. I'm just happy to be getting back into the routine of working out. I don't have any before pictures, well not any that I will post. I'm using some of the full-length photos from the cabin (which I cropped for your viewing pleasure (if you saw them)). I'm also (or at least trying) to cut back on sweets and trying to incorporate more veggies. As long as I can get the eating better part down I should hopefully be able to lose the 20-30 pounds I want to drop!