September 12, 2009: 13 months 1 week old

Ok, so it's been waaaay more than a week since I've updated the blog. Life has changed bigtime in the past couple of weeks. The big change... I got a job teaching 8th grade math. I interviewed for the job on August 24th, got the offer on the 27th, started working on September 1, and the students started on September 3rd. Silas went to daycare for the first time on September 2nd. He's got his first daycare cold, but other than that, seems to be doing fine. We take the bus together in the morning and I drop him off on my way to work, then pick him up on my way home. We got lucky and found a decent daycare around the corner from my school.

Over Labor Day weekend, we went to Indiana to visit family and celebrate Great Grandpa Randall's 90th birthday. While we were there Silas got his first haircut and his first ride on a pontoon boat. I've posted over 60 images and a video on our flickr site HERE. Below are a couple of my favorite pics from the trip.

Playing on the swings with Grandma Kathi



Silas's first haircut



Silas on the boat



Silas with his Aunt Angela



Silas with his Great Grandma Helton

December 27, 2008: 4 months 22 days old

Silas got to visit with his Great Grandma and Great Grandpa Helton while we were in Indiana.


He rolled over from front to back completely unassisted for the first time while at their house.

November 2, 2008: 12 weeks 5 days old

Sunday was a whirlwind family tour. We went back and paid one more visit with Great Grandma Randall.


Then it was back to Grandma Kathi's house to pack up.


Then we stopped in Knox, Indiana to visit with Great Grandma Helton...


...and Great Grandpa Helton.


Then we drove back to Pittsburgh. We got home around 12:30 am. If your interested in more pictures from our visit, I uploaded them to our flickr site here... and I'm sure Eric will add more interesting photos and commentary on his blog soon. So, don't forget to check there too!