Broccoli and an Ultrasound

Zachie is finally starting to eat green foods again.  He is now in love with raw broccoli…as long as there is ranch involved.  I only give him one chopped up piece at a time, because he shoves every single bit in his mouth.  This means that he is constantly asking for more.  I won’t let him eat pure ranch dressing so he knows he has to have some kind of food to dip in it.  While broccoli is a total achievement for this little dude, he still will not eat a large list of green things, unless they are disguised in other things.

Greens He Will Eat:

Broccoli

Greens He Will not Eat:

Peas

Green Beans

Avocado

Zucchini

Cucumber

Celery (which is hard to eat anyway so I completely understand)

So, I hope this list starts to shift a bit, but until then I will continue to cook like a mad scientist.  Everything we make lately contains some kind of veggie that wouldn’t normally be in it.  Neither of us minds so I am pretty sure this will continue indefinitely.

Another accomplishment (yes that is what I am calling it) for Zachie…He drinks milk out of a cup.  Now this might not sound like some big thing but IT IS!!  We stopped giving him milk in a bottle in November, ever since then he has refused to drink it out of a cup or anything but a bottle.   He finally gave in and has been drinking milk nipple free for two weeks.  What a stubborn boy! 

Now for ultrasound news. We had an ultrasound this morning and saw our beautiful little girl.  She has a full head of hair and big chubby cheeks.  She has a entirely different face than Zachie so maybe she is going to look like a cute little Jesse. She did have some big lips going on, but that is hard to tell since she is so squished in there.  She looks huge to me but is only 5 pounds 11 ounces, which is still half a pound bigger than what all the books, websites, and blah blah blah say the baby is this week.  Zachie was such a tiny guy I have been preparing for this tiny little girl but she might not be!