Gruel

On February 4th last week, Jonah man had solids for the first time! I felt so bad feeding him that gross rice cereal... it reminds me of gruel from the movie/play Oliver! Oh well, once he gets the hang of eating, we will move on to yummier things. Plus, he doesn't know any better, right? :)

He has been doing really well getting used to eating solids. Some days are kind of hit or miss, but I think we are getting in a groove now. Milestones like this are so bittersweet; it is fun that he is growing and having all of these new experiences, but I just want the nugget to stay little forever!

He is also rolling like a champ now, from front to back and back to front. Now that he can flip, he prefers to lay on his tummy and do pushups. What a cutie pie!

 Food, glorious food!

 

Biltmore Estate

Back in December, we took a little family excursion to Asheville, NC, to visit the Biltmore Estate. This is a mansion that was built for George Vanderbilt and his family up in the mountains of North Carolina, and it is definitely a sight! We have been wanting to go since we came out to the South, and figured we better get there before we leave.

Some hotel pictures:

 Somebody got his own Queen-sized bed to sleep on. And he loved it. Spoiled rotten!

All of the Christmas decorations were up, so there were beautiful trees in almost every room. It was ubelievable inside (we weren't allowed to take pictures... Boo), and I kept telling Jordan I felt like I was in either the movie Beauty and the Beast or at Downton Abbey :) It rained the whole day we were there, so it was an adventure trying to keep a baby warm and dry for six hours, but we still had tons of fun!

 Then, the fog rolled in.

 A big thanks to my husband, Ansel Adams, for those last few artsy shots :)

 

Hairy Bo Berry

Thanks, people, for weighing in on my hair situation on this post.

I did end up chopping it, and I am still not sure how I feel about it, thus not posting any pictures, yet.

It is a bit shorter than I wanted, and I kind of ended up looking 16 again. I also may have wanted to cry for a couple days after the fact. Oh well. Hair grows, right?

Lesson for next time: be adamant on what length I want it to be and how I want the style, not "well I want this and this... but also just do whatever you want"

Here are some pictures (for you, Kat), in which I had just woken up and had not done/washed it in about 3 days. Yummy!