Piper has officially graduated to solid food! After a ton of work on Em's part - Piper finally ate a whole container of Gerber Sweet Potatoes. I had a whole video of it - of her chomping down and grabbing Emily's hands and pulling them to her face. It was a sight to behold. So the cereal was a no-go, but the sweet potatoes are looking good. Piper is finally beginning to sleep better at night as well. We worked on this the same time that we were transitioning Sophia from the passy last week - so you can imagine it was a fun night in our house.
I don't know if any of you have a Trader Joe's grocery store around you. We ran across this place on recommendation of our friend Kelly and have loved it. Trader Joe's is a hard place to explain - everything there (or most everything) is their own brand and packaged stuff. They have lots of gourmet stuff, organic stuff, health stuff - but there is lots of unhealthy stuff there too. As is evidenced by the picture to the left. This item, the Mandarin Orange Chicken was something that was talked up every time we went to the store and so we naturally didn't buy it. Finally we caved...and man - is this stuff delicious.



Speaking of current food obsessions. As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago we were taken out to a Japanese-French Fusion Restaurant here in town. When we went there - one of the appetizers that we got was edamame. If you have never had edamame - it is baby soy bean pods that are boiled. You just pop them out into your mouth and chew. Sophia has LOVED these from the word go. You can see her chowing down on them on the left here.