Rice Cereal

The day before her 6 month birthday, we gave Natalie her first taste of solid food!  She had been staring at us with some intensity while we ate for a few weeks, so we were pretty sure she was ready.  We were right!  The first mouthful caused her to stop and think for a minute, and then she decided she approved.  In these pictures you can see her evaluative look that she gets when she's really focused and paying attention to something very interesting.  Also, she already wants to grab the spoon and feed herself. :)

After a week of just rice cereal, we added in some peas.  At first Natalie wasn't sure about the texture, but I mixed in some cereal and milk and she loved it!  I had to take some pictures of my sweet girl with peas on her face.  She was very focused on her desire to grab the camera.