Mine is six and half months old;
8- Breakfast- cereal, fruit and 7oz of milk
9:30- Milk ( around 3oz)
12- Lunch (Protein) In response ofcourse you mix it with veg, no baby would eat meat on its own
1:30- Milk (3-4oz)
4- Tea ( veg and carbs, fruit)
5:30- Snack ( youghurt, milk.......)
7- Bedtime bottle (8oz)
As for the questions; yes I would def. start introducing finger foods around now and if you want to drop a feed it tend to be the lunchtime BF as they tend to loose interest in that first, judge on your own baby.
With the stage 2 foods, there is now reason you have to introduce all the veg if you do not want to before moving onto to stage threee, I never wanted to limit her coices though; everyones tastes are different and Gigi really enjoys food I hate e.g papaya, you would never know this if you only stick to food you like.