Piper has sophisticated taste

We've been trying to give Piper more finger foods and letting her feed herself.  Lately it's been a lot of carrots, bananas, apples, sweet potatoes, or Cheerios.  Tonight I was making a quinoa dish for dinner so I made a little extra quinoa for Piper.  I also steamed some carrots for her, as a veggie.  If you've never had quinoa, it's an ancient grain that the Incas cultivated because of it's high protein content and slightly smoky taste.  Well, it's actually a seed rather than a grain, but either way, it's delicious!

And Piper loved it!  Needless to say this was one of our messier meals (i.e. Jason scooped Piper up after dinner and had to hold her over the sink to shake off the excess food), but she was so excited!  Piper already loves carrots, but she kept shoveling the quinoa into her mouth as fast as she could.

Jason & I were also having asparagus tonight and someone (I won't mention names) didn't finish his asparagus.  So that someone gave Piper a little bit of his leftover asparagus.  And she loved it!  Hopefully this adventurous palate keeps up into the toddler years.  Keep your fingers crossed.