Cheerios and Avocado

Part of any balanced diet. We were at the Danner/Gerdsen (my mom's maiden name) clan gathering yesterday, and I gave Ruby some sliced up avocado and some cheerios. She always likes the cheerios, and has been mastering the "pincer grip" for a while now (setting a world record of getting five individual cheerios in a row into her mouth just a few days ago), but she really went after the avocado this time, with much mess and gusto. The main thing is still breast milk from mama, (kudos to her), but solids have been irregularly making their way to her for a few weeks now.
In attendance yesterday: Grammy, Poppy, Christie, Bob, Stephanie (Alexis in Venice, a no-show), Rod, Cassie, Kate, Jack, Gary and Ann Neeta.
Stephanie voiced a number of complaints about the sparseness of the entries in her baby book, and some concern was raised that Ruby doesn't have a baby book at all. Christie's response to her daughter: "Everyone needs something to talk about in therapy -- you have your bare-bones baby book, and Ruby won't have had one at all."
I felt a bit guilty about Ruby not having a baby book, though only guilty enough to add an entry to the blog (this one), not guilty enough to go out and buy an actual baby book.
One last thing: Ruby made her way up the stairs! With grammy's close supervision, but up the stairs to the first landing she went. Amazing.
kdd