The Life of Silas: August 2009

August 29, 2009: 12 months 24 days old

Just a quick note. I forgot to mention that last Friday I was fishing something out of Silas's mouth and I felt his first molar coming through! It's the furthest one forward on the left. He's now up to 9 teeth.

August 26, 2009: 12 months 3 weeks old

Silas had an action-packed week this week. He got to hang out with his friend Ruby for the first time in weeks, then on Friday he went to the pediatrician for his 12 month checkup. His stats: Height - 28 inches, Head Circumference - 44.25 cm, Weight (fully clothed) - 18 pounds, 12 ounces. He's tiny and healthy.

We then got to spend the entire weekend with Zen, Jeanette and Laz visiting from NY. They had planned on visiting sometime in the next month or so, but decided on Thursday night that this would be the weekend to visit. It was a great last-minute treat! Laz and Silas had never met before. It was neat to watch them interact since they are only one week apart in age. I have a ton of photos to upload onto flickr. Once they are all up I will post a link to the set here. In the meantime, here are a few shots from the weekend adventures, including a cute video of Laz and Silas playing with the wagon.

Zen, Laz, Jeanette, Silas and Eric at Frick Park

August 19, 2009: 12 months 2 weeks old

Eric took a lot of nice pictures at Auggie's birthday party, so we have a whole set up on our flickr site here. I just put a couple of pics from the party below. He really enjoyed the sandbox. The next picture is Silas at Ikea. I'm posting it 'cause it's a really good shot of his teeth. You can clearly see the four teeth on the bottom here. The final picture is of Silas trying to climb a stone wall. His current favorite thing is to try and climb everything. If something is in his way, his first choice is to try and go over it. If he can't quite get up (like onto the coffee table) he just sits there with one leg up like in this picture and screams. It's simultaneously annoying and cute.

Auggie and Silas rockin' out in the sandbox

August 16, 2009: 12 months 11 days old

Happy Birthday Auggie! Eric, Silas and I went to South Park today to celebrate Auggie's first birthday. I'll post pictures Wednesday when I do the weekly update. A couple of other things that have gone on in the past few days... Silas has gotten his eighth tooth. He now has 4 on top and 4 on the bottom (all in front). He also survived an entire week of both Eric and I working full time. I got a part time job that required one week of training and we found a great babysitter to come and take care of Silas all week. She did a great job. So great, that Eric and I decided at the last minute to take part in an Adventure Race on Saturday morning while she came back and babysat Silas again. Here's some official pics of the race. There aren't any pictures of Eric and me, but there is one of our bikes (first pic, second row).It's been a jam-packed week!

August 12, 2009: 12 months 1 week old

So, since Silas turned one he hasn't been doing too much besides trying to figure out how to run. He walks almost all of the time now and will occasionally run. Eric and I took him to Ikea and then to the mall on Sunday and he got to play on the big foam playground in the mall for the first time ever. He really loved it. I have been in a training for a new part-time job (about 1 day a month) full time this week and Silas has been with a babysitter and Eric while I am there. He has been doing great without me and seems to not notice too much that I haven't been around. I know it's a good thing, though it is a little sad for me. Still, Silas is such an independent little boy, it's not surprising and I'm glad he is having so much fun.

Silas's first trip to the 'squishy mall playground'

August 7, 2009: a blog update

Hello friends and family. So, I didn't want to spoil the birthday post by getting into this, but I am here to let everyone know that, now that Silas is a year old, I will only be posting updates once a week. Taking a picture every day was fun, but it has started to become challenging and a little dreary for me. Since I want the blog to keep going, cutting back to once a week should allow me to continue to enjoy this blog and thus keep it active.

Thanks for understanding!
-Silas's mom

p.s. This does not stop Silas's papa from posting whenever he wants...

August 5, 2009: ONE YEAR OLD

So, I don't typically wax poetic on this blog, but today is a big day for Silas. Today is his first birthday. Yes, he won't remember it, but I will. One year ago today I was laboring away and in less than two hours from now, one year ago, Silas was born. The very first post on this blog is his birth story. It's pretty amazing a whole year has gone by. It's been so amazing to be able to spend the whole year home with him and watch him grow and learn and smile and laugh and walk. What an adventure. Even though he won't remember, we still tried to make the day special for him. We started out by treating him to a cupcake at Dozens in Squirrel Hill. Then, Eric went off to work and I took Silas to a new store called Toys 2 Try. They have a large play area and they sell tons of European made toys. Silas played and played, and then I bought him one of the toys he seemed to like the best (that wasn't a ball!) as a first birthday present from his Mama and Papa.

Happy Birthday Silas. We love you.