  Tonight when John got home from work, he opened a bag of tortilla chips and a tub of green Chile humus. The kids did their typical swarm around any food item, so he doled out bites. Aidan practically gagged on his, then went back to his apple (which he'd lost interest in until Ellie took a bite of it), and Ellie ate hers up and begged for more. Now she's a humus monster. To appreciate how odd this is, you have to understand just how little she'll eat. So far, things she likes are: lox, bagels (and lox bagels), terragon chicken, Annie's mac or pasta, tomatoes, vanilla soy yogurt, baked potato with yogurt, whole apples, cheese, scrambled eggs, whole banana That's about it. Even the items on this list are only usually acceptable, and then only in short quantities, except the pasta, which she'll eat without ceasing.
Note that baby food is not on that list. She can't stand the stuff. Mushed carrots, sweet potatoes, Whole Earth baby spaghetti were all favorites of Aidan, but Ellie won't touch them. To this day, though, Aidan eats almost anything in huge quantities (except humus, clearly). He eats as big servings as John or I do at each meal. It's getting expensive, and I have a feeling he'll be overtaking us in food consumption very soon! Ellie still gets the overwhelming majority of her calories from breastmilk, which, at nearly 13 months, is surprising to me.
I try extra hard to eat a wide variety of foods to be sure she gets nutrients, and she keeps growing so I guess she's fine. But man, is she picky. Or selective. She knows what she likes. Oh hell, I have a few more months before I have to articulate the positive spin. 
