Big people food!!!

Just because I still don't have ANY teeth yet (yes, I am almost 10 months and still no teeth...not even a sign that one wants to start poking through...other than loving to chew on my fingers, mommy and daddy's fingers and their noses and cheeks and chins and anything else I can get a good latch onto) doesn't mean I am still limited to only puree's! I have been eating cut up banana for awhile now and my puffs (of course) and recently I have shown signs that I would much rather pick up my food and feed myself than be fed by mommy and a spoon! Mommy confirmed with my doctor that even though I don't have teeth to help me chew food, my gums are just about as hard as teeth are and will do just as good of a job as teeth would do! YAY!!!! So what did mommy and I immediately do?!?!? We made our list, went to the grocery, and bought all kinds of things for me to eat that I can pick up with my own wittle fingers! We bought cheese slices, canned fruit cocktail, green beans, peas, mixed veggies, edamame, mac and cheese, cheerios, Ritz crackers, etc! YUUUMMMMMMMYYYYYY!!!!!!!!! Though I always have a tray full of food to feed myself I still let mommy get in a couple spoonfuls of my purees and cereal...she's really good at sneaking them in when I am concentrating so hard on getting the sweet little morsels (yes, that includes green beans and peas too) off my tray and in my sweet little fingers!