Hiya! I am home alone as Emily is watching the Cardinals try and reach the post-season via the wild-card. This is clearly a big event as it has even made the front page of the Guardian, back in the old country. As Bluet is a New Yorker she has no interest, and is asleep.
Since your last update, Bluet has added non-sweet potatoes, oatmeal, and water to her diet. She has spent much time practising sitting up, though about crawling, tried walking, started to recognise strangers (rather than smile at everyone) and discovered the joys of Dr Seuss (or at least I like to think she has as they are more fun to read than 'Brown Bear, Brown Bear').
Bluet took time out from her hectic schedule to star in the following movie:
Bluet and I went to the Met today - we were both a bit bored in the afternoon while Ben was out having Ben time (in a record shop, I think). Here she is next to Pan in the Greek and Roman gallery:
She was decidedly more impressed with sitting on the chairs in the rooftop garden:
Her brow is furrowed in concentration on balancing.
You may be able to tell from this last picture and others lately
that she is no longer oblivious to the camera. There is something
sad about this...hard to capture the moment without interfering...
Well, this may have been oversold, and it is approx. a week late, but the most exciting news for us recently is that Bluet has started eating real food! When I say real food, her first meal (captured for your delectation below) was some rather unappetising (but recommended by the paediatrician) rice cereal.
Bluet, seconds before her first ever mouthful of 'real' food
Bluet's first ever mouthful of 'real' food
However, this foodstuff proved unappealing to her refined taste buds, so we have since moved onto sweet potato. Which has gone down a treat (and even replaced milk for lunch one time). We plan on adding ordinary potato this weekend. At this rate of adding new foods, she should be eating fois gras by Christmas.
BTW if you would like to eat along at home with Bluet, here is the recipe for Bluet's Sweet Potato.
You will need:
Some sweet potatoes
A pan
Some water
A stove
Put pan of water on stove. Heat until boiling. Add Sweet Potatoes. Boil until cooked. Puree with a hand held blender, allow to cool and serve with a plastic spoon. Aeroplane noises are optional (but recommended).
Congratulations to Rachel for being our 4,000 visitor! Unfortunately the ticker-tape machine was unavailable; however, around the time of the 4,000 visit, Bluet looked like this:
Stay tuned for some BIG NEWS later today (probably)
The changed weather had me digging out a box of winter clothes this morning to find something to wear. I found some pants (trousers if you prefer) that I haven't worn for 2 years now and was so pleased to fit into them! This, and Bluet's 5 month birthday, makes me realize how far we have come since April. Here she is, sitting in her bed yesterday while I did some things in her room. She thought this was fabulous.
Hi. Looks like summer is over. Still we are brave so are sitting outside in downtown manhattan; as you can see from the pic we are eating oysters and we may grab a crab cake or two later, washed down with some fine ale. All very civilised as long as it doesn't rain (bedraggled photos to follow).
Given that it is now winter bluet is wearing winter clothes for the first time - some stripy woollen tights, and a hoodie. So far she shows no sign of wanting to go looting. Instead she is cosy and sleeping despite the noise of oyster based revelry all around.
