sweet potatoes!

while john was on his puerto rican vacation, i was slaving away in the kitchen preparing the babies' first meal - sweet potatoes!  their face upon first taste was pretty priceless and they started to really enjoy it with every subsequent bite.  it turned out to be a messier affair then we expected...mainly because they reach out and grab each other after they've been sucking on their fingers.  needless to say, their clothes and the chairs had a nice orange tint by the end of the meal.

you have to wait four days before introducing a new food to make sure no allergy symptoms arise.  after sweet potatoes, we moved onto avocado which they didn't think was nearly as tasty.   next up will be oatmeal and then maybe bananas...so much fun to see their reaction to each new taste!  our new challenge is to get them to stop grunting and yelling if we switch babies and give the other some food.  i'm not sure how well i can aim a spoon with my left hand but i should probably start practicing so i can tandem feed...i doubt they'll mind if i get a little on their face!

they had no clue what was coming

what do you think, liv?

what is this sh*t in my mouth?

hmmm, tastes pretty yummy

what is this contraption heading my way?

not too sure about this

livi obviously wants MORE

now he's got the hang of it

swallow, big guy!

saving some extras for later

first feed was a success!

four days later = bigger bibs and avocado

she could tell by the looks of the green mush that she wasn't going to be a fan

mom, can you mix that with sweet potato??

it's ok, i guess

i'll take hers too, thank you