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Ah Thanksgiving...Most of us spend the entire year looking forward to this glorious day of gluttony.  Turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, yams, green beans, cranberry sauce, pie--what's not to love? According to Aidan, everything.

Let's just say his first foray into real food didn't go so well. Green beans were immediately spit out. Potatoes and yams were tolerated, but only barely. Pie filling was enjoyed, but if it wasn't, I'd think the kid was plain weird.

At the end of the night, the (typically) champion eater was fleeing at the sight of a spoon and begging for baby food. Next year is bound to be better. More teeth means more enjoyment, right?

Aquarium=great rainy day activity (NOT!)

Today was one of those miserable rainy days where all you want to do is stay inside. Pre-kid, we'd go to the movies and theater hop, gorging ourselves on popcorn and candy. Now that Aidan is here, we decided to put our family membership to the Academy of Sciences to good use instead. Unfortunately, every other family in the Bay Area seemed to have the same idea. Making our way through the aquarium, the crowds became so insane and loud that Aidan looked at me, said "momma," and covered his ears. That's when we decided to quickly check out the African safari and ecology exhibits and leave. Brian and I were so proud of ourselves for staying calm through the experience that we treated ourselves to the Olive Garden (turns out Aidan loves Minestrone soup). If I ever suggest going to Golden Gate Park on a rainy day again, please remind me of this moment and slap some sense into me. What was I thinking?