Maryanne has fully embraced table food. She WILL NOT eat baby food ... the pureed stuff. So, it makes meal time a little bit more fun. So far Maryanne really enjoys green beans, any kind of bread, pizza, mashed potatoes, strawberry yogurt, bananas, carrots, cheerios, rice, and of course cookies. On this particular morning she got her first taste of our special apple-cinnamon pancakes with cider syrup. She could not get enough of this stuff, she kept grabbing the fork from me because I couldn't get it to her fast enough. Seriously, the syrup makes this the best (and it's a recipe Jon WILL NOT allow me to share because it is so good, he wants to eventually sell it), and all of our children are completely spoiled because when we have pancakes, we have cider syrup. Eliza has even said that if she were to eat breakfast at school, she'd have to bring her own syrup. (Side note: we will be sending/giving bottles of syrup for Christmas, if you want one, leave a comment and we'll send you one!)Eating table food is just one of the fun things that Maryanne is currently doing. She is also crawling all over the place (sometimes she reminds me of a cat or dog: under foot and everywhere), and pulling herself up to stand. She's started cruising along the furniture, and sometimes she'll walk as long as we are holding her hands. I am not eager for the baby days to be winding down. I sometimes look at her and wish she'd stay just the way she is forever. But, I know that won't/can't happen. I just hope that I've kept track of everything so much better than I did with my older children; so that one day I can look back to today and remember just how Maryanne picks up her food with her little fingers and misses getting it into her mouth.
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I bet that is one of the hardest/yet fun parts of being a mom. She is such a cutie pie! Just like the rest of them.
Um...and we would LOVE a bottle of syrup! That sounds delish!