My Chilean kids

Isaac will be 6 months old in 2 days.  How did that happen?? All of a sudden he isn't a newborn anymore - he's a big, strong, happy baby who loves to eat his fingers (must have learned that from his sister), laugh when people get too close to him and stick his tongue out.  I'm totally in love.

Today, I realized how Chilean my family is becoming.  Sadie is starting to love fish - our new favorite called Pegagallo (I have no idea what it is in English), and Isaac's second food of life was zapallo (also not sure what it is in English, but it's a kind of pumpkin that I had never seen before Chile).  Sadie responds "Bien" when asked "Como estas?" And when we get home from our errands she immediately says, "Hola, Carmen!" It's very sweet.  I think her Spanish is better than mine.

So, let's back up a minute because yes, Isaac has started solid foods.  I forgot how incredibly inconvenient this is and frankly, I have been dreading it.  However, it is SO adorable watching him realize there is something in his mouth, and the reactions are of course priceless.  He's definitely more into it than Sadie was at first, which isn't surprising.  The main problem for me is the fact that now I have to spend more focused time with him, which is difficult with a 2 year old running around.  Also, I have to MAKE the baby food because the options here (in Antofagasta) are about 1/100th of what they are in the states.  Let me be clear, the baby food aisle at Jumbo is a couple of shelves of ONE BRAND of jarred baby food.  If you are unfamiliar with the current options in the states, let be just give you a brief summary: there is a full aisle at Target dedicated to baby foods of all kinds - jars, pouches, plastic containers, snacks, bars, cookies, teething biscuits, just to name a few.  Within all these kinds of foods, there are about 20 brands, many organic ones with options like "stewed lentil, spinach and lamb."  It's gourmet, it's easy, and it's organic.  Because of the HUGE lack of options available, I am almost forced to make the food.  (insert huge sigh here).  Yes, yes, yes, I know it's healthier and these current conveniences haven't been around for all time, BUT this is my blog so I get to complain ;)

I did find ONE kind of organic baby food at Jumbo (same brand as everything else, and literally only this one type - apples, bananas and peaches mixed).  I bought a couple so we will see if Isaac likes it.

And now, for the pics :)