Adventures in Eating, New Friends, and So Much More

We decided on Friday to give Joanna her first taste of rice cereal. I'm not sure she's a big fan...yet. She did really good, though. I think she understands the eating thing. (Spoon goes in mouth, "chew," make face, repeat). She was really excited about the spoon -- what a great toy! After she got over that new exciting thing, we managed to pour a few spoonfuls into Joanna's mouth. At first, she seemed to really study it; as we tried a few more, she really started to make faces. She even gave some shudders. It's like she was thinking, "What did you guys do to the milk? It tastes funny."
Joanna has a new baby girl friend, Bella, that we got to meet on Friday. I remember everyone saying this when Joanna was born, but you really do forget how small newborns are! Bella is about the same size Joanna was, but I really can't believe it! She is sooooo precious, and her mommy let me hold on to her for a while, so I got my newborn baby fix.
We had our church directory picture taken yesterday. This was our first experience with Joanna and professional pictures. We were very impressed with the photographer -- he defintely knows how to keep little ones engaged. He even managed to get a sweet one of Joanna in the midst of a crying jag -- Wow. Here we are in the hallway all dressed up for the photo.

Joanna's friend Anna let us borrow this exersaucer for a while, and it's a big hit. Joanna can turn all the way around in it, and she loves chewing on everything!