The eating frenzy begins!

I think I know why the boy has stayed so lean. Now that he's moved into solid food, he just can't get enough. It's like his appetite went soaring into hyperdrive. They recommend starting slowly with one meal a day for awhile, but he just isn't satisfied with that. So we bumped it to 2 yesterday and might need even more. Sweet Potatoes have been a big hit. Now we've moved into Pears. He likes them, but does seem to make a lot more faces and gags. Maybe its a texture thing. You gotta see his faces. We'll try and get a video soon.

So much to be Thankful for

We enjoyed an absolutely splendid Thanksgiving together here at our new house. Our first Thanksgiving. Jim did an unbelievable job on our Pitman farms turkey complete with a sage rub and plenty of basting. It was truly the highlight for me. Coming in a very close second was Ayla's delicious pumpkin pie. Everything turned out just beautifully and tasted just as well.

We have been truly blessed and it felt amazing to take the day to reflect on it all. We are so thankful for our new home, for its warm fire, and endless local wood supply from my dad, for our beautiful and healthy baby Henry, for the health of our families, for 2 cars, for grandma babysitters and aunts and uncles to spoil him with love, for our pets, for salmon fishing and deer hunting, for big sisters, for work and its continuous supply of income, for Southwest Airlines direct flights to Baltimore, and for art and music and good good food. For all of this and much much more we are so thankful.

We celebrated the moment by giving Henry his first solid food ... the inside little speck of a sweet potato. He gummed it down like a champ. So... we have now graduated into the world of solid foods and not looking back.

Happy Veterans Day, Daddy!