First Tofu

Our little girl turns 8 months old today! She is crawling around, trying to pull herself up on everything, and is growing so fast we can barely believe it. She's quite the little charmer; although she needs a little time to warm up to new people, she'll smile shyly and offer up the occasional high-five or fist bump, winning people's hearts every time. It is so amazing to see her personality develop!

A few weeks ago, we decided to give finger foods a go. Cora was working on perfecting her pincer grasp, and was starting to "chew" her food more, so we felt it was time to move to the next level. She really loves feeding herself, chasing the food around with her fingers and trying to figure out where it's gone when it gets hidden in her fist. Every day, she gets better at it (though a large quantity still ends up on the floor).

Munching on avocado chunks from Dad... yummy!

We started with the old standby, Cheerios, and have moved on to offering her soft chunks of whatever we are having for dinner (winter squash, potatoes, carrots, beans...). Which brings us to tofu, a mainstay of many of our meals. We chopped up some chunks from a fresh block of tofu before adding our seasonings and offered them to her. Here are a few photos of Cora's first tofu encounter.

She likes it!

Happy 2/3 birthday, my darling daughter!