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

March 16, 2009: 7 months 11 days old

Silas got to visit with his Great Grandma and Great Grandpa Randall in Valparaiso before we headed back to Pittsburgh. Again, all the roadtrip pics are on our flickr site here.

March 12, 2009: 7 months 1 week old

Road trip! All photos found here.

December 28, 2008: 4 months 23 days old

One last chance to play before we left Grandma Kathi's house.

December 25, 2008: 4 months 20 days old

Christmas day. Check out the Christmas photos on our flickr site here. This is the best shot of Silas in his Christmas outfit.


And here is Silas with all of his Randall family relatives that were able to make it to Valparaiso this year.

December 24, 2008: 4 months 19 days old

We drove to Indiana for Christmas with Eric's family. This is how Silas spent most of the drive...


And here is Grandma Kathi... so happy to see her grandson


There is a whole Christmas photo album on our Flickr site with more photos here.

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!

November 1, 2008: 12 weeks 4 days old

On Saturday we went to the nursing home where Great Grandma Randall is currently staying. Nobody told her we were coming, so it was a great surprise. She was so incredibly excited to see Silas. It was wonderful. Here are a couple of pics from the visit.




After the visit we went back to Grandma Kathi's house for dinner. Great Grandpa Randall got to hold Silas for a little bit.


Great Aunt Bobbi happened to be in town from Fort Wayne, so she got to meet Silas too.


Daisy also wanted to meet Silas.

October 31, 2008: 12 weeks 3 days old

We decided at the last minute to drive to Valparaiso, Indiana for the weekend to introduce Silas to his Great Grandparents.

Here he is at a rest stop with us in Ohio.


And finally in Valparaiso with his Grandma Kathi.

September 2, 2008: 28 days old (4 weeks)

Grandma Kathi went home today.

She spent one more morning rocking Silas to sleep.


















Before she left we all went out to lunch at Pamela's Lincoln Diner in Millvale.













These aren't the best pictures with Silas, but he slept so peacefully for all of the lunch.

August 31, 2008: 26 days old

I don't have any photos from the 29th and 30th. Eric's Mom (Grandma Kathi) came to visit on the 29th and Eric took some pictures of her in the airport with his cell phone, so those will show up eventually.

On the 31st we took a tour around the city.

We started out with a delicious breakfast at home.












We then went up to Grandview Park to get a view of the city. It was a beautiful clear day and not hot at all in the shade.



























After the park we went to the Church Brew Works for lunch where Silas slept soundly for the entire meal.


















Later that night, Eric again worked his magic at getting Guthrie used to Silas.