Solids, toes, and rolling down grass hills

So far, Elise has had rice cereal and bananas. While I could tell you all about her reactions, I thought you'd all like to see for yourselves.

And, the verdict is....

Bananas...good!


Cereal....bad!

Not just bad...but absolutely, horrendously bad!


Cereal and bananas mixed together....okay.

As you can see, she was very happy to not have just the plain cereal anymore. Bananas made it much better!


In other Elise-related news, she has definitely found her feet and mastered rolling from her back to her tummy. Although she hasn't really tried to chew on her feet like some (most?) babies do, she grabs her toes and plays with her feet a lot. If we were ranking her favorite things to do, playing with her feet would be one of her top three favorite activities.

Perhaps another of her fast becoming favorite activities would be rolling around. Hopefully this isn't just me, but...remember when you were a kid and rolling down a grass hill was a great source of enjoyment? At least until you realized you probably got chiggers because your legs, arms, and waistband started itching like crazy and it seemed like the most brutal test of your self-discipline and self-control that you would probably ever face to NOT scratch. Of course, that didn't stop you from rolling down the next big grassy hill when the opportunity presented itself - because it really was just THAT much fun. Anyway, back to the baby....

Remember rolling down grass hills - lengthwise, faster and faster, building up momentum as you went? Well, picture Elise rolling like that - except not outside and not downhill - rather, across the living room floor. It was the funniest sight! She rolled like that -back to tummy to back to tummy, etc. - building up some momentum as she went (granted she didn't get going too fast, definitely not the kind of momentum you get from going downhill, but she did pick up a little speed as she rolled) from the fireplace to the fish tank where I stopped her before she bumped into the tank. I carried her back over to her blanket in front of the fireplace where we were playing, and she proceeded to do it again - just rolled across the room - not as fast as the first time. I imagine it took a lot of energy as she seemed to be pretty worn out after she made it to the tank the second time, but she did roll all the way across the room. We've got to get it on video!