Food and boys

Tonight at the dinner table I looked around and realized I was the only one wearing a shirt at the table. The heat today was unbearable, compounded by the fact the electricity was off all day and our generator won't run our AC. So at dinner, even little fat Ezra was sitting in his eating chair with no shirt on. I kinda felt out of place. :) (And as I was sweating, a tad bit jealous!)

So, we finally got Ezra to eat! Unlike the older two boys, Ezra has not really taken to eating solid food. We have tried bananas, rice cereal, you name it for the past two weeks, and it just comes right back out. The baby book says he lacks "oral motor skills." But apparently being in a cooler climate helped him - while we were at our regional conference in the mountains last week, he inhaled most of a sweet potato from a traditional feast the neighboring tribal people held for us. I was a tad nervous that the first food he actually ate could potentially give him some horrible parasite or hepatitis or something like that (not really, it was cooked) but he loved it and since has really enjoyed eating - pulling the spoon towards his mouth if we don't shovel it in fast enough.

Today I fed him some of this new fruit we brought back from the mountains - a type of passionfruit that looks like a blend of pomegranate (millions of little seeds with fruit around it) and snot (think the color and texture) Despite the appearance, it tastes really good and Ezra loved it. We'll see what the diaper looks like tomorrow...