Business executive or baby?

Does Archie look all business now or what? Maybe we were taking too long getting the sweet potatoes ready! Sometimes, when he looks this serious, I forget he's a little baby (as crazy as that may sound).

On the other hand, sometimes he just really looks like a baby

For an even greater contrast between my little business executive and my little baby, I'm including the very baby-ish looking shot I snapped right after we brought him home from Thailand (4 weeks). Wouldn't get this fellow mixed up with a CEO, would you?

I love cute adorable baby moments! Please leave a comment and share some of your baby funnies with me. If you feel really adventurous, click on the link to "Our Pictures" on the left hand side, and post your own pictures in my Snapfish group room.

I'll post the results of the feeding poll below the poll questionnaire. Thanks for your participation!

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Pass the eggplant, please!

Notice I said, "Pass the eggplant" not "Pass UP the eggplant." That's right, Folks, Archie LOVES eggplant. I think it's his favorite veggie to date. He must take after his Mama. Eggplant is super popular around here. When taking pictures, the locals say "Eggplant" instead of "Cheese." (The ending of their word for eggplant is similar to our word for cheese, which results in the same nice smile.) He also loves carrots, green beans, zucchini, asparagus, sweet potatoes, apples, bananas and pears. He tolerates peas and pumpkin. Basically, if I feed it to him, he eats it. He hasn't rejected anything yet. Below watch him enjoy his eggplant from his brand new big boy high chair!

I can feed myself. (Just kidding!)

Hunter has been encouraging me to expand the horizons of my blog beyond a collection of Archie pictures to concrete and helpful information. (Although, isn't a picture worth 1000 words?) Sounds like fun, though, so here goes...

I'm always on the quest for the next food to introduce to Archie. I've been adding one new food every four days for awhile now. I think Archie needs more protein so lentils are next on the schedule. Take my poll on what your baby likes best (if you can still remember). Then, leave me a comment with other suggestions. If you've got a baby and you're in need of suggestions, too, check out my favorite website http://www.wholesomebabyfood.com/.

Which is/was your baby's favorite food
	Bananas
	Apples
	Pears
	Other fruits
	Sweet potatos
	Carrots
	Green beans
	Peas
	Avacodos
	Other veggies
	Cereals
	Meat
	Other
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Poll Results

OK, I'll admit this isn't the most enlightening poll ever, but it was fun to see what you said.
Babies evidently don't have much consensus on favorite foods because the results were:

13% bananas

13%apples

13%green beans

25%sweet potatoes

13%other vegetables

13%cereals

13%other
I would sure love to know more about the other votes. Maybe Archie would like the other foods, too.

Hanging Out with the College Girls!

Archie already likes hanging out with older women and the attention they shower on him. What's his Mama to do? We had a blast visiting some nursing students in their college dorm one day last week. At their school, 12 girls live together in one room. Two walls are each lined with three sets of bunk beds, surrounding a narrow row of desks in the center. No real closets so the clothes just kind of hang from the bunks. I didn't crop the pics so you can take it all in. You can see that Archie was a real hit. If you count the girls he was photographed with, you'll notice he drew a crowd of at least 16 but I doubt everyone got in on the photo ops! As soon as we entered, their was joyful shouting, "Cute foreign baby in the dorm!" Was Archie upset by the crowd? No way! He says, "I LOVE being the center of attention!"

After his dorm trip, we went to a local restaurant.

There's No Such Thing as a Free Lunch!

Hunter and I believe in teaching Archie the value of hard work. Doesn't he look diligent right now?

Can you believe he can already type? His Grandma, the high school business teacher, has never had a student so young!

Whee! Sliding is Super!

Ready for action


Whee!


All the way down

Mama's so glad the weather's warmed up so Archie can play outside on the playground in front of our apartment and she can make lots of pictures using all natural lighting, which she hasn't been able to do since our last trip to Thailand. I think he likes the slide best. What do you think?

More Playtime

One of my favorite things about Archie is playing with him and watching him play. I remember when he was about 2 months old, we were so pround of him when he first reached out to touch his mobile. Next, I ran and grabbed the video when he shook the rattle I put in his hand. Shortly after, we were amazed he could grab toys on his mobile sucessfully. His next play time development was learning to push a button on a toy that made music. Then, he started grabbing toys laying nearby on the floor. Currently, he'll scoot, roll or maneuver in any way possible to get whatever he wants.

Siberian Tiger Park?

No, friends! Although Put Me in the Zoo is another of Archie's favorite books, I'm not sending him to the local Siberian Tiger Park. However, we did think it was time to give our darling son some loving boundaries due to his increased scooting mobility hence the nice blue fence. Why a fence instead of a play pen? Because a play pen wasn't to be found! Well, truthfully, the fence almost wasn't found. I know better than to go on a quest without the name of a store and address in hand but the challenging quest for the "children's cage fence" (just giving you the literal translation) was just too irresistible so off I set on the bus to Buy Sell Street (another literal translation) having no idea exactly where I was going once I got there. Thankfully, upon disembarking the bus, I quickly found the makeup and toy store (interesting combo, huh?). Don't picture Toys 'R' Us. Picture a bunch of vendors spread out over two floors of a building with individual partitioned off booths and a fairly disgusting floor. Some have stuffed animals. Some have kid's furniture. Some have puzzles. But, none have the "children's cage fence" At a place that huge, how could that be? Feeling somewhat deflated, I set off again. After asking about a million people who seemed to be having a harder time than usual understanding my language, I head into a busy building with no signs whatsoever. On the sixth floor, I find another spread of toy vendors. This time two have the "children's cage fence." After a bit of bargaining, I finally secure my fences and dash back downstairs and into a taxi with my prize. Does Archie like his fence cage? Well, he can't complain about much at this point, but he did grin a couple of times!

Bookworm!

It's never too early to start reading! I think I'm already reaping the benefits of reading to Archie. While I was preparing his breakfast the other morning, I caught him reading. That's right, folks! Of his own volition, he grabbed the book out of the basket and began reading it. While I Love You, Stinky Face (a heartwarming story about a mother's unconditional love for her child) still reigns supreme as Archie's favorite story, I guess he got interested in reading his feeding journal I've kept since he was a few weeks old. Hmm...was he reading it or eating it?

Happy Birthday to Hunt!

I now know how to REALLY throw a surprise birthday party. Do it three weeks early and you'll catch everyone off guard! Some of our friends here helped us celebrate Hunt's 28th b'day (on April 20) last night and totally threw us off. When we saw them carrying in a cake box to the restaurant, we were puzzling over what the occasion could be. We didn't find out until Hunt was crowned the guest of honor after dinner. THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE PARTY!


Haha! In a country that only uses chopsticks and spoons, we chuckle at the variety of forks available for our cake consumption. As a free gift with the full sized cake you buy, the cake bakers throw in a packet with about 3 paper plates and 3 mini forks. That's great for the birthday boy and the spouse but what does everyone else do? (I have actually been to birthday parties where one person eats and then passes the used plate and fork to the next person!) Thankfully, the restaurant was happy to throw in some forks and knives they rounded up from somewhere. (I seriously think they might have had to emergency import them from America or Europe because it took so long...Are any of you missing tableware?)


For those of you who are wondering about Archie, he was at the party but he was so content in his stroller, we didn't want to disturb him for pictures this time!