How could you not love this face?

(notice the 4 toofies, too?)

Avery's been eating more table foods than purees lately.  She lives for multi grain cheerios, actually, and will holler at you if she sees you pass over the box in the pantry.  Tonight, we had pasta and mixed veggies with pears for dessert.  I cannot believe how much she can pack away!  (Mind you, some does make it onto the seat of the highchair).  It didn't occur to me to take a before picture of her plate, but there's a part-way pic and an after. Of course, I'm biased, but she's so cute!  Every single bite she takes is followed by an enthusiastic "Mmmm, Ohhh, Mmmm".  If you're in really good standing, she'll even offer to share a few bites ;)

During:  initially, half of the plate was covered in a layer of mixed veggies. Baby pasta is in the bowl on the left and pears on the left side of the plate.

After:  These were only left because they didn't cook very well and were kind of hard & dry.