cereal. dinner of champions.

thanksgiving brought us the beginning of baby rice cereal.  at the time, kaimana did not love it.  now, however, he gobbles it up happily (and vocally.... many "yummy" sounds issuing from his mouth).  the trick, i find, is to make the cereal nice and thick.  at first, we made it pretty runny, thinking this will be more like what he is used to.  but, no, he wanted something to munch on!  it also makes less of a mess as less of it runs out of his mouth.  the mess now comes when he decides to blow raspberries WITH a mouthful of his delicious cereal.  mommy got a faceful the other night : )  we are now trying to decide what next to add to his diet... we're thinking either carrots or sweet potatoes...

gobble gobble!

kaimana's first thanksgiving... and we're pretty sure he had a blast.  he didn't get to eat any turkey, but as long as he was hanging out with grammy, papa, and aunt sarah, he didn't seem to mind.  we made the drive east at night, during which he slept soundly, and arrived around 2 am, set up camp in the guest room, had a nighttime snack, and went back to sleep.  we had a great thanksgiving at great-grandpa's house, and a few more days to hang out with the family before heading west over the mountains towards home... during which he did NOT sleep soundly.  here are some photos from the trip...

snuggling with grammy

taking naps by the fire... with daddy!

playing piano with papa

just for fun!

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