yogurt day and the blue treaty

today seemed like as good a day as any to expand sullivan's diet a little, so i busted out the yogurt. and i must say, baby yogurt is pretty delicious! it is made with whole milk, so it's very rich, and the flavor we had was pear. why don't they make pear yogurt for adults?

the yogurt is pretty runny and created quite a mess. halfway, sullivan started refusing it so we switched to bananas, ate that for a while, and went back to yogurt. all in all, he ate half a banana and almost a full container of yogurt. AND some watered down juice. bravo!

sullivan is fascinated with blue, and has really started grabbing at him. blue tolerates it pretty well, but has learned to stay out of arm's reach.

except in the kitchen.

from when we first put sullivan in the high chair, it took blue all of two seconds to realize that there was an opportunity there. this little creature will be eating! i wonder if he'll be as stingy with his food as the other two are...

blue did some casual recon for a while, scoping out the baby feeding from the comfort of the rug in front of the oven, and eventually he crept closer and closer until he was sitting right next to the high chair. sully was delighted of course, and immediately reached his hand out to grab some of blue's scruff. this was exactly what blue was waiting for. before sully's hand could grab anything, blue licked all the peas and brown rice off his pudgy little fingers.

sullivan loved it. he squealed and smiled and leaned farther over so blue would like more of his hand, which of course he did. what a fun game! puppy!

now i have to either send blue out of the kitchen or make him lay down on his bed so sullivan can't see him. but i let their little routine unfold today so i could get some pictures, and here they are:






ahh, my ham of a son. as soon as i whip out the camera, he stops what he is doing to smile. he seriously LOVES the camera. it is very hard to get any candid shots, so the following series, once again, took forever. once i finally got him all excited about blue, i was able to get some shots.

here, sullivan did his first reach out. see the apprehensive look on blue's face? he isn't too sure, but he knows that little hand is covered in pureed goodness.

blue is finally getting what he came for, and sullivan is getting some blue attention that does not involve him grabbing at ears, tail, paws, etc.

everyone is happy! sullivan gets some serious blue kisses (and a thorough hand washing afterwards), and blue gets to sample some mashed bananas. i love this photo.