Are you ready for some football?

Some family members will appreciate this picture. A little fan already, Felix watched the Seahawks football game with Daddy while Mommy used her new laptop (anniversary present from Dana - well, actually, it was a business expense that I wouldn't make up my mind about so Dana just took it upon himself.) to get some work done. Speaking of which, Mommy has been busy with bookkeeping jobs and will be leaving her Bellevue engineering firm in order to do more work from home. So far, things are working out!

He ate!

11/3: I gave up force feeding & just gave him the spoon.
10/23: Finally, we found something other than breastmilk that Felix will eat willingly! Per the Super Baby Food Cookbook, I was cooking up a batch of organic foods, blending them in my Magic Bullet, and batch-freezing them in ice cube trays for later. I had an extra spoonfull and offered it to Felix. He opened up wide and took mouthful after mouthful of winter squash! No high chair, no baby utensils, just a plain teaspoon and my boy on my hip! I'm so excited.

Felix's first Halloween

We had a rainy Halloween in Seattle, so much so that we got very few trick-or-treaters. But the rain didn't deter Felix- at least from putting on his costume. Well... actually, he didn't really have a choice. And then, as good parents do, we took him out into the rainy cold to get a couple of pieces of candy he can't eat. So, as you can see, Felix is some kind of dinosaur/dragon thing, we'll let him decide which, and he loved it. He went around making some kind of roaring-snarling-almost an intolerant crying sound, he was so cute.
You'll notice the world class jack o'lanterns we carved. Is that one with the guy hanging from the spooky tree eerie or what?