The other day Gabriel tried chicken... and hated it. He made his "ew" face, spat it out, arched away from it, and started crying. So, he doesn't much like carrots, seems to hate green beans, and thinks chicken is the most disgusting thing on the planet. *sigh* The only solid food he'll eat is the rice cereal. And if something else is mixed in to the rice cereal he knows and freaks out. I'm really not surprised about the chicken. That was my number one aversion during pregnancy. If I even thought about chicken I got nauseous. Hopefully we'll find something he likes eventually.

Yesterday Gabriel was on his knees in his playpen. Just sitting upright on his knees using his hands to play with the buttons on his little sound machine (there's a thing attached to the playpen that plays songs and lights up when buttons are touched). I was shocked to see him up on his knees like that. But then again we did have to lower the crib last week because he can occasionally pull himself up to standing.

The crawling is coming along nicely. He sometimes still creeps, but for the most part he's crawling around. And he's fast too. One of us always needs to keep an eye on him to make sure he doesn't get into trouble... or try to bite the cats.

One tooth is definitely coming in and the one next it might be making an appearance sometime soon as well. Now when he bites me it actually hurts. He's such a little bitey mouth.

Gabriel has also started babbling. He says things like "key key key key" and "gee gee gee gee". It's really cute and I'm waiting for that first real word. Yeah, I'll admit it, I'm hoping it's Mama.

Last night I needed to get my car out so we headed to Target for me to pick up a few drug store items that our drug store didn't have in stock and then had dinner at The Great Steak and Potato company nearby. On the way home we grabbed some shakes at Baskin Robbins (I was craving a vanilla shake) and then headed back home where we watched Big Brother and gamed a bit.

Last night I got almost no sleep. At first it was insomnia, then an awake baby, then many trips to the bathroom. Right now I feel like the walking dead. I'd love to be able to curl up and pass out for a few hours. I'm so sleep depped right now it's not even funny.

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Alfredo Stroessner
You scored -1 Ego and 3 Ideology!

As you might've guessed, General Alfredo Stroessner's (1912- ) father was a German emigrant to Paraguay. The workaholic Stroessner overthrew Paraguay's civilian government in 1954 and began work on a sort of low-calorie fascism, throwing money into massive construction projects, battling with the Church, handing out parcels of land to military veterans, and providing refuge to escaped Nazis. He was less brutal than most of his contemporaries, and Paraguay's economy benefitted from his efforts, but the people grew tired of him and he was overthrown in 1989. As of this writing, the old bat is still alive and retired in Brazil. Don't take this the wrong way, but you and Stroessner just aren't very, well, interesting. No torchlit rallies, no enormous statues, no threats of war, no daring political power plays. Just solid, predictable policy. But remember, the nail that sticks its head out is the first to get hammered. Stroessner knew this, and hung around for 35 years. That's plenty of time for you to redecorate the Presidential Palace to your liking.

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