New teeth, and new taste!

Giada has finally got a full little chicklet smile on the front of her mouth! She cut the two top front teeth just a couple of days ago. However, I believe that there are more coming in, because other than being her cute and happy self, she's been a little extra fussy (and drool-y). Her favorite thing to do? Try to bite Mom and Dad's noses and cheeks! She thinks it's hilarious when we pull away in pain. And don't even get me started on the cat. The poor thing gets tufts of fur yanked out every day. It's also a good thing that her tail is so firmly attached. How do we know that for sure? Gia's tried to pull it off, almost every day. Poor cat. But, before you go feeling too sorry for her, just remember that the cat holds her own. She's pawed and pounced on Gia a number of times to let her know whose still the boss at the house (or at least that's what she believes. That's okay...a delusional cat is a happy cat).

On another note, Giada's palate for food has been expanding. She has tried a number of different foods lately, and seems to like all of them. Her favorites? Meat; ranging from chicken, ground turkey, pork and hamburger. Her next favorite? Cheese. Just like her daddy, she can make cheese 'disappear' faster than mom can cut it up and put it on her tray. Favorite fruit? It's a very close tie between raspberries, blackberries and mandarin oranges. The girl can nearly eat an entire 8 oz. can of the oranges for breakfast. It's insanity. And since she's MY daughter, she must try different ranges of food ethnicity. She has tried tamales, which she liked a lot (though she could have just eaten the meat filling and been happy), and she really really loves italian food. Pizza and pasta are a part of the girl's DNA. Don't believe me? See the picture above. That's tomato sauce, baby! I have included pictures of ravioli, and of berries. Notice the vibrant colors on her face! No wonder Native Americans used berry juice as dye for cloth. It definitely dyes everything you touch...Gia had blue fingers for a couple of hours after eating, even though she was bathed right after breakfast. And the ravioli? Orange eyebrows. She looked rather Oompa Loompa-ish...

Lastly, on Friday, when Gia and I were leaving the house to go and visit our good friends Mandy and Bella, one of the Property Management guys from our condo said, 'Oh, what a cute baby boy!" Now, first of all, though Gia's my baby, and I know that I'm biased, I shouldn't have been offended that the guy got my baby's gender wrong. BUT, Gia does NOT look like a baby boy. She was, however, wearing a blue striped shirt (with flared sleeves, like a boy would wear that, but whatev). So, when I told my friend Mandy what had happened, she gave Gia a baby hair clip, so there wouldn't be any confusion anymore as to her gender. Gia only has a light chunk of hair on top of her head, but this clip fit nicely. At least she looks like a cute baby GIRL in a cute blue shirt!