she LOVES it!

eating...her own self.  NOT off a spoon, but with her fat little baby hands.  she is overcome with joy that I have (finally) figured out the proper way of offering food.  She has eaten:
cooked carrot sticks (which BTW I found in the diaper this morning)
bananas and
cooked green beans
operation let the baby feed herself is a smashing success!

also, i made some seriously delicious 'lactation cookies' today.  oatmeal, whole wheat flour, flax seed meal, walnuts, peanut butter, chocolate chip awesome sauce.  not sauce.  cookie.  so so good.