Foodie

Owen loves to smile at people, and if the smile gets big enough, sometimes the tongue gets involved as well, as demonstrated here:

A piece of trivia we emerged from Owen's four-month appointment with was that he can start trying out foods - if he shows an interest. And as mentioned in the last post, for the past week or so, Owen's been very focused on us as we eat. So after our early apple-licking experiment, yesterday was the first true food sampling: first some mashed avocado that we'd gotten with lunch, and then back at home the same apples from the early trial, presented in slightly more pureed form. The avocado was accepted (though I found bits of it on his bib later), and the applesauce was a hit. He also tried out this mesh food-sucking pacifier thing that Zachary had never really gotten into. Congrats to the tiny man on his latest milestones!

It's been a beautiful weekend here so far, and we got to finally agree to Zachary's request of "want outside!" and enjoyed some time in the newly completed back yard. Zachary really wanted to play with the sprinklers (which he adorably calls "skippy"), so we decided to let him go in his birthday suit (with a sunhat, crocs, and plenty of sunblock of course). He had a great time, and Owen was happy and smiley sitting on the deck the as well. I resisted the urge to post more of the compromising shots of him; we'll have to save those for bar mitzvah and/or wedding montage videos.