New foods, new faces

Hello again! So we have tried a few new things since last time. I had great hopes after Lilah loved the rice cereal, so we tried sweet potatoes on Wednesday. Lilah was not impressed! She made some of the most disgusted faces, and they even made her gag a few times. I had been giving them full strength, so the next few days I gave just a little sweet potato with mostly rice and breast milk. It still got a funny face occasionally, but much better than before.
I was hopeful with the bananas on Saturday as well. I figured they had a much more mild flavor and would be well received. Not so much. Again, she acted as though I were feeding her dirt. I taste everything I give her, and I thought they tasted pretty good. Freshly fork smashed with a big of water and then pureed... how can you beat that!? Almost smoothie-like. We have some pretty funny pictures to go with it, but I think diluted is the way to go for now. I guess good fruits and veggies are an acquired taste? We are going to try avocado this week, and maybe I am naive, but I am excited and still hopeful!
As far as activity goes, Lilah is over rolling over and just wants to sit up. She has taken a few spills lately from this upright position, and she is getting pretty good at a controlled descent to the ground. Especially falling backwards. I am feeling much more comfortable leaving her sitting while running into the kitchen, but I will put a pillow beside her if I am going to be gone more than for a few seconds. She is getting more daring too, diving after toys mostly. She loves blowing raspberries while playing. Just in the last day she has started sucking in with her mouth open, so that drool stays in her mouth and doesn't go down her chin. Pretty funny. She also has started gargling her spit in her mouth while she is lying down. I call it her Chewbacca impression.