you expect me to eat that?

last week we delved into a whole new world of tastes and textures and i have to say, it's been pretty entertaining for zack and me. we added three different foods to nuggie's main staple of brown rice cereal: avocado, banana and sweet potatoes. i've really been putting my culinary skills to the test and even learned how to steam vegetables! we're all growing and developing here people.

a brief rundown of thea's likes/dislikes thus far:

avocado = total flop. it was met with shivers, gagging and head shaking which is strange since she loved guacamole the few times we let her taste it.

banana = lukewarm. she likes a few bites and then it, too, elicts gags.

sweet potatoes = outlook is sunny. this has been her favorite so far, but not without some prodding. i start by giving her a few bites mixed with cereal and then we progress to eating it solo.

below is video documentation of miss monker's histrionics. notice how she's pretending not to be interested in eating. don't be fooled, when the camera isn't rolling, she quickly resumes her little piggy impersonation.



and some photos that zack took:





update: i have to admit that thea has gotten so much better about eating sweet potatoes since we took this video last week. whatever the reason, hunger or the fact that she's resigned to eating the 10,000 pounds i made and froze, she's gobbling them up now.