Refusing to Eat

I have never had a kid refuse to eat like this before. Originally we thought is was funny. After many attempts at sneaking green beans into her mouth I thought I had just lost her trust. But after a few days the tight closed mouth got worse (she would not eat any pureed food. She would refuse to eat and then cry until I nursed her. The only stuff I could get her to eat were cheerios and fruit puffs (basically cheerios). So I thought, 7 months, no teeth (other kids had teeth by 5 months), I thought she must be teething. Although it is probable that she is starting to teethe I do not believe that was the eating issue. Yesterday we began to give her non-pureed food and she loved it (Ben gave her a french fry and she was all over it).

I have never had a kid move to "real" food this young before, I could not believe she was ready. After all I have only been feeding her food for a little over a month. She really wants to feed herself, and I guess after I let her have a go at it with the fruit puffs and cheerios for a weeks she thought she was done with the pureed stuff. Only problem now is giving her pieces that a big enough to pick up, but small enough so she will not choke.

What have we been up to?

We have been playing Wii! After all the fun we had at Aubrey's house playing her Wii we splurged and got one for ourselves. Part of the deal with getting the Wii was getting Wii Fit and I had to promise to USE it. Well I have worked out every night, leaving no time for blogging.

Westley just stands there and watches his guy NOT move. He loves it though!

Jenna doing the step on Wii Fit.

So tired from all the working out.

Cape Canaveral

While we were in Florida Brent, Ben's brother-in-law, took us to where he works at Cape Canaveral and showed us around. It was very fascinating. Jenna enjoyed her special pink badge that let her through security. She still has it and calls it her badge to go to Brent's work. Here are some thing we saw and pics Ben took. I will try to say what they are, hopefully Brent does not read this and think I am crazy or did not listen to him correctly.

I think this was a memorial to John Glenn, the first free man in space.

This is where the astronauts and their families stay and party the night before they launch. I think it is a tradition they have done maybe from the beginning?

Inside this launch tower are two rockets that were going to be launched soon. They have satellite stuff for cell phones etc. This is what Brent works on. He is actually the guy that counts done 10, 9, 8 ... for some launches. Cool!

This was the command center for the Apollo missions. They thought the dome shape would disperse the effect of nuclear bombs or something like that.

This is the tower for shuttle launches, with people. We could not get any closer because the shuttle was on the pad since they were launching in about a week. As guests we were not allowed over there. Hmm, I wonder why?

This is the coolest picture because it is us on the actual launch pad of the Apollo missions (I think, it might have been the earlier missions).

By the way, ignore my pudgy tummy I have been working out since then and have lost 2 lbs already. My tummy is much better now. Charlotte really stretched my tummy to the limit.