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Thanks to Liddy and Greg, Smithfield is HAVING A BABY! Part 2
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Have you fed a baby lately? Whether you have or haven't, you know how difficult it can be: the spoonful that never quite gets into the mouth, requiring a deft hand with the spoon; the spoonful that gets in but isn't to the baby's taste and so comes back at you, the face made when a new flavor is introduced. Sometimes a sleep-deprived and frazzled you may even be tempted to "shovel it in, come what may." Leading to the premise of this game: "Which parent can first spoon feed an entire jar of baby food (fruit flavored) into the mouth of the bibbed baby.

Pouring the food straight down the baby's throat isn't recommended but it leads to an early lead Greg is more hesitant. Steady hands, small bites.  May not win but he's more focused on doing this right
Shove it in, shove it in, way back Shove it in, shove it in, way back
nearing the end nearing the end

And the winners: Doug and Ramona.
Do he an Ramona get a special prize because between the two of them his shirt is headed for the laundry?

Doug and Ramona celebrate their victory with an empty baby food jar

There's one more game. This one takes people aback at first glimpse, maybe even 2nd and 3rd glimpses. It involves newborn baby diapers and melted chocolate candy bars. The idea: to determine by smell, the identity of the candy. It takes a minute to get past the appearance of the diapers' contents and to bring your nose up close to determine the aroma. Turns out the kids are best at this game. Perhaps that's because they don't have the memories of dealing with "dirty" diapers, whether cloth or disposable. Maybe it's just because they're kids.

up close with the diaper up close with the diaper
up close with the diaper up close with the diaper
up close with the diaper


It's time to open the gifts!




  – through you and me!


4/21/10
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