A year ago....

This time, 12 months ago, Derek and I were incredibly frustrated. The adoption agency seemed to be hemming and hawing with our paperwork. Somehow, one of our reference letters was lost and had to be sent again. We were hungry for information and couldn't seem to get it fast enough. We tried to calm ourselves by recognizing that a year from then, none of the annoying details would matter. Guess what - they don't.

Passing Down The Wisdom of the Ages

Ah, young one - when you turn one as I am doing today, you will be allowed your own serving of this ambrosia that I am graciously allowing you to sample.

Veggie Fried Rice

Ethan is SO picky about food textures. We have had a pretty difficult time switching him over to table food. In the past week or so, we have modified our approach - milling up his food before we give it to him instead of offering chunks and then milling it when he refuses to eat the chunks. Overall, this has been successful. He has loved manicotti and the North African chickpeas and couscous. He will now eat pancakes and toast without having them mashed up. He does great with cookies and crackers.

I thought last night's veggie fried rice would be a no brainer. He loves the rice cereal, and although it had peas, which he hates, there weren't too many of them. As you can see, he was not pleased. My guess is that the pieces were still too big because it really was tasty to Derek and me. We'll keep trying!