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Last Sunday, the 13th, we introduced solid foods to our little guy. In doing so, we felt like we were doing something naughty--like we were taking away part of his innocence. Nevertheless, we did it.

We started out with a carrot/milk puree that I made myself. He wasn't a fan. There was no fussing, but he did produce some mighty what-in-the-world-are-you-doing-to-me looks. So we said to each other, "Maybe he doesn't like carrots just like his daddy. Let's try something else." Well, he did the same thing with the sweet potatoes that I made for him at the end of the week.

Even though he's been showing signs of being ready for solid foods, we'll take a break for a couple of weeks. Maybe seeing us gorging ourselves on our Thanksgiving feast will make him think better of solid foods.

Below is his first ever introduction to solids. We only let it go on for about five minutes since he clearly wasn't enjoying himself. The unedited version, for those of you who just can't get enough of our baby, is here.

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I know most of you moms reading this may think, "What's the big deal? Babies fall asleep in the car all the time." Well, not this baby. He hasn't fallen asleep in his carseat since probably month two. I feel like we're constantly in a battle against time to get home before he explodes.

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Me: What is your favorite thing and your least favorite thing about me?

Sean: My favorite thing about you is your already.  My least favorite thing is your not yet.

How romantic.

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So Burrito Bros. is one of my favorite restaurants ever. The double-wrapped chicken burrito with red sauce on the side got me through the morning sickness stages of my pregnancy while still being somewhat nourished. I hated everything except those chicken burritos.

Sean took Samuel and me on Wednesday, and I indulged my craving. I took this picture while eating my burrito and while staring at my sweet husband and still perfect child on a beautiful day. How could anything be better?!

And by the way, the shirt Samuel is wearing is the first piece of clothing we ever got or received for him. I was picking up food for Sean and me right after we found out I was pregnant. When I saw the sign advertising children's shirts, I just had to get a 6 month one for Samuel. It's probably my favorite piece of clothing between me, Sean and Samuel.

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On October 31st, Sean and I randomly decided to buy candy to give to neighborhood children, entice those neighborhood children to our doorstep by alighting their path with carved pumpkins and dress our child up as Tigger. Again, this was all very sudden and unrelated to anything on the calendar.

For some reason, however, every single pumpkin in Gainesville large enough to carve had already been sold come 4pm on October 31st, so we decided to alight our driveway with jack-o-luminaries instead.

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