This post is entirely wordy so I apologize ahead of time, but hey, you got a video out of the deal right? So..Elijah just LOVES mac & cheese. He loves it so much that he just can't have one noodle at a time...it has to be big boy bites. It's just too funny to watch him get so excited. He definitely has decided that indeed his taste buds DO work and no, he doesn't want any of those nasty veggies...even orange ones! How a baby can turn his nose up at sweet potatoes I'm not quite sure but it is definitely becoming more of a struggle to get him to eat them. It has become more of a battle to make my own food because I have been trying to find a combination that he will eat. I'm in the midst of trying to add things like rice cereal and applesauce to try to get him to like his food. Don't mention the meats...not going as well either. I've even tried cut up meats thinking maybe he'd like them. He's not liking them so much. He's decided he likes bread, mac & cheese and fruit. He eats cottage cheese mixed with applesauce and cinnamon too. And of course fruit filled yogurt is a yummy treat. I can't say I blame him for his likes...I like them too. He doesn't care for cheese so much either (mac & cheese does NOT count...I like that too but can't stand cheese..YUCKY!). He's definitely growing up into a little boy (where did my baby go?!!) and daily shows off some new tricks that he has learned. Friday it was pulling himself into a sitting position. I'm not quite sure how he did it though. He was playing on his belly and then all of a sudden he was sitting. Has he done it again..no. Does he crawl much..no...not unless he wants something (of course it's usually something he's not supposed to have). I can see another tooth attempting to pop up on the bottom so any day I expect to see a new pearly white. Another thing he has been doing? Asking to go on walks in his stroller. How does he do this? He gets wiggly and whiny and the looks at the stroller and the door. "You want to go for a walk?" Put him in the stroller giggles and grins. Little turkey loves being outside in the fresh air watching for new things and listening to the birds tweet-tweet. He is just so fun! I can't wait to bring him to see Grandma and Grandpa and Aunt Heather and Uncle Bryan along with all of his other aunts, uncles, cousins and other special friends and family in Michigan in get this...a month from today! YIPPEE!! It has been WAY too long and I can't wait for my family to see his little personality up close. Counting the days!