And now I will eat my words.....

Yep, that is right...I said that I was going to hold off, feeding "solids" to Sterling, but I gave in today. I really wanted to hold off, but this past week he literally stares at me, when I am eating. It was getting so intense, and all his mouth smacking/tongue clicking, made me cave. So this morning, I decided to mix him up some rice cereal, per the Gerber instructions. He LOVED it. He kept opening his mouth like a little bird or something. He also squealed, in complaint, when I wasn't shoveling it in fast enough. He did really well. I assumed he would push it out with his tongue, but he really didn't. He did well pushing the food to the back of his mouth, and swallowing. Don't get me wrong, I am not trying to paint a mess free meal here..there was mess, but a lot less than I expected. He did eat some for dinner, as well, with the same results, as explained above.

I feel like he has changed so much in this last week. Last weekend he wasn't make much of an attempt to grab at things. He has really changed it up the last few days. This morning I was dangling a toy in front of him and he was reaching for it. He has been grabbing his toys intentionally the past few days.

And finally, his laughing has gone from every once in a while, to all out bursts of laughter. My little guy is growing up so fast....Its just amazing to me, how fast, and how much...

I had a great time today, with Ara and Tolkien. Jeremy stayed home with Sterling, and the kids and I went out without them. It was so nice of Jeremy to give us some time alone. We went out to lunch, then I brought them to the record store, and bought them each a record. It was really cool, because I used to go to that same record store, in my teen years, and buy records. I loved seeing Ara and Tolkien in the same situation, browsing through the records. We went to the grocery store, then came home.

I have so much I need to do around the house...but I really don't want to do it. I know I am going to regret it, but I can't help myself....I just want to relax, especially while Sterling is asleep.

I think I will just veg out, and talk with Ara...