November 11, 2009: 15 months 6 days old

Ok, so I have not updated Silas's blog in a loooong time. Part of the reason is because I really want to post all of the fabulous pictures we've been taking of him over the past two months, but at this point, a text post is better than no post.

Silas had his 15 month appointment last week and is holding steady as a cute, small kid. He weighs 20 pounds 13 ounces and is 29 inches tall - both ~7 percentile. He is also getting three more teeth - he now has four molars, and the final two non-molar teeth on the bottom front are working there way in. It's amazing how much older he looks just 'cause he has teeth.

Some updates over the past few weeks... he is saying more and more words, though his favorites are 'this' 'that' and 'duck.' Just tonight I said to him "say goodnight to papa" and Silas looked at Eric and said 'night!' He has also started to wave consistently. It happened shortly after Maya and Ryder's wedding (which was beautiful and tons of fun) on October 24th. So many people waved at him, it seems like he finally figured it out and now waves all the time. He is also walking comfortably now and loves standing and climbing on unstable surfaces. Another new development is a greater interest in books. He will now hand us a board book and then wait to actually read it, pointing at various things in the book and turning the pages. Eric has been doing reading time with Silas in the mornings and it seems to really be paying off.

Silas was a dragon for halloween and enjoyed hanging out at Kate and Matt's house for the evening. He spent a lot of time putting candy in his bucket, and then dumping it out.

It's hard to believe it is already the middle of November. As soon as I get on top of the picture situation I will be sure to post some here, or at least a link to our flickr site.

Happy fall everyone!