Just a few quick pics from lunch and dinner today, with Del chowing down on a Quiznos Sammie and some rice and chicken from Chipotle (a busy day of work, errands and a three-hour nap for you know who didn’t leave us a lot of time to cook at home). He’s becoming more and more self-sufficient at the table, so much so that at times now he doesn’t even want to eat something if we’re offering it to him, but if he can either pick it up by hand, or better yet, handle the spoon himself, then he’s happy to chow down.

Del’s been busy recently, experiencing lots of different new flavors and food, so we figured we’d post some updated photos. The images above and below were taken at Kevin and Jenn’s rehearsal dinner, where Del figured out the wonderful world of dipping; dipping his bread in olive oil and balsamic vinaigrette, and (especially!) dipping french fries in ketchup.

The last picture below, is Del enjoying one of his favorite appetizers, the crab rangoons at Djans Thai in Wallingford. He’s saving some of it on the side of his face for later!

The last few weeks have been highlighted with Delton beginning to explore different flavors and different types of foods. The staples of his diet are still formula and (organic) baby food (stage 3), but we’ve been giving him the chance to try lots of different flavors and texture; samples of our own meals.

So far, his best reaction has been to Kraft macaroni and cheese. He saw us having some for a late snack last night and began fussing and reaching for it, so we diced up some of the macaroni into small pieces and he went to town. He was so excited by it, he would complain vocally between spoonfuls if we were too slow getting the next one into his mouth.

Some of his other favorites include: tortilla soup, scrambled eggs (pictured above), mashed potatoes and gravy, ice cream (and whipped cream), kalbi (Korean barbecue beef), fresh humus (with garlic and onions), spinach/artichoke dip , peaches and avocado.

Thankfully, the list of foods and flavors he doesn’t like is (so far) considerably shorter, and consists of black beans, pancakes and bananas.

Oh, and he also loves to eat restaurant menus…

We wanted something cute for our first upload for Flickr’s new video feature, and Del certainly delivered…