Adlai, The Swaddle Free Vegetable Eater
There is a lot to say - I've just been holding out for photos - I know you'd rather see the photos, right? Alas, the photos (and video) are still locked away in Digital Cameraland - a place they remain until I manage to find an hour or more to myself.
In any case, Adlai B. Kagledom had his first vegetable on Saturday. Since peas went over so well as a first vegetable with Simon, we decided to try sweet potatoes with Adlai. He hated them. DIS-GUS-TING. It was very amusing. He'd open his mouth tentatively, slowly swallow while giving us the most sour expression, and then shiver from head to toe. But because he is one of our boys, he would still open his mouth for more! more! more disgusting food. By the third night, he found the sweet potatoes much more palatable.
In other news, newly crazy-about-the-rolling Adlai started sleeping on his stomach this weekend. To manage this he had to kick himself out of his torso swaddle which means (drum roll please) we're done with swaddling! This is good news because it was really annoying to reswaddle him every time he woke up at night. He also seems to be falling asleep without the pacifier on occasion - getting rid of it will be our next step in making him a habit free kid.
Saturday Adlai and I stayed out of the pool due to minor colds. Honestly, I can't remember the rest of Saturday - I was sick but we must have done something. Sunday we packed ourselves into the car and drove to Sacramento for Adlai's first long car trip. We feared the worse (our ears still ring from the hours of screaming we endured with Simon) but Adlai was amazing. We didn't hear a peep out of him the entire trip there. On the way back however, I nearly dislocated my shoulder trying to jingle toys in front of him and find and replace his pacifier over and over. Near the end of the trip, when I was about to give up and let him scream, I handed him the unopened snacks - a granola bar, a bag of oatmeal balls, and a fruit twist - he found them highly entertaining until he passed out twenty minutes before we arrived home.
While in Sacramento, the boys met a few of my friends and played with their offspring and we saw Sarah star as Little Red Riding Hood in "Into The Woods - Junior." Both Adlai and Simon found the play fascinating. About three-quarters of the way through Adlai became tired and we danced in the back and he played with Grammy until the end. Simon was thrilled to be related to a star... (Pictures by Grammy)
