birthdays, milestones, southern cooking

The big moment. He didn't LOVE his oats, but he did love the apple that Holly let him lick.

The "birthday girl" Love you, Senja!!!

Dumping out the food. On second thought, maybe the words "dump" and "food" should not be combined in the same sentence, no?

Jane was less than impressed

Yesterday was a big day. Jacob turned six months so we introduced solid foods to him, Senja turned the big 1 - 4, and to celebrate we decided that a low country shrimp boil was in order. There were mixed reviews as to whether or not it was necessary for us to immerse ourselves in the tradition of eating the food on newspaper. But, in the end even the skeptics were converted. I don't remember the last time our entire family stayed at the table to chat after we were done eating. Of course, most of the conversation was about food. What else would we talk about? Thank you Haye's family for the inspiration. I guess we'll let Mindy stay in South Carolina afterall. *sigh*