This whole experience seems to be picking up momentum...Kai has had his first taste of "solid" food, just a bit shy of six months old. I spent an afternoon a couple of weeks ago making apples, pears, carrots, sweet potatoes and butternut squash into little single serving cubes for him, so that is working pretty well. He's game for a couple of bites and then starts resisting and arching his back- I'm sure it's just early, but I better not be raising a picky eater.
Kai is getting more playful by the second. Jon is all over this age, too. I'm not sure who does more squealing and giggling, but the two of them seem to have a really good time together. Jon is NOT timid about making up songs, making faces, all of it, and Kai lights up when he sees him. Ugh, getting all emotional.
We went up to Sugarloaf this weekend with the family. It was a lot easier than in the past because he is good to stay awake for longer periods of time so we aren't tiptoeing around him sleeping in the cabin all the time. We just kept him up until 9 or 10 and then one of us went to bed early with him. We're back up on MLK weekend and we're hoping that it's warm enough to have him stay in one of the cabins. Hopefully we can use the monitor from C2 to C3 so he can keep on his regular
schedule, and we can keep on ours (staying up late at SL!).
With the help of my dad and an old IRA that Jon had, we've put some money aside for Kai for school. My dad plans to make an annual contribution- and we intend to continue adding, but he's got enough to pay for a semester's worth of books by 2027. Seriously, though, if tuition continues to rise like it has in the last 10 years, I don't know how we will afford college- or even expect our kids to want to take on those loans.
Here's a video of Kai's first bites of food. And me being bossy. Slow down! Clean him up! Take a break! It's a wonder I let Jon do anything at all.
