Silas 11 Weeks Old

Check out my fat rolls.

I prefer my fist to a pacifier.




Coming soon: The next installment of Micah's Art Gallery

The Good Ol' Days

Dear Micah and Silas,

I started this blog several years ago to share with our friends and family near and far all that you do as you grow up. I've shared thousands of pictures and many, many videos of you. And now I get to share something very special to me that my mom has recently shown me.

Back before cell phones with cameras and FaceTime, even before cordless phones, people used cameras with real film and no sound. It was a long time ago. Twenty-eight years ago to be exact. Anyway, I want to share with you a video film my mother shot when I was just barely a year old in the summer of 1983. Those other kids in the film are your Aunt Karen and Uncle Jason. They were 12 years old and 10 years old respectively. And one other thing, please note Aunt Karen's awesome fashion and wings and Uncle Jason's short shorts and knee socks. Priceless.

It has been a really great hobby of mine to update this blog and I plan to do it for many years to come. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have enjoyed creating it.

Always remember that I was a kid once too. Here's proof.

Love,
Mom




P.S. Thank you Mom and Dad (Nana and Grandaddy) for saving this and having it digitalized. A special thank you goes out to my Aunt Stephanie for letting my mom borrow your video camera all those years ago, and another special thank you to my Uncle Jimmy for helping to bring this video back to life.

Baptismal Portraits

I had a little free time this week, so I took Silas to have some portraits taken in his baptisimal outfit.

They're so sweet. He's shoeless because his feet were too big for his shoes. Imagine that!

They Grow Up Fast

Santa brought Micah a SpongeBob SquarePants shaving kit and instantly renewed his joy for taking a bath.

Silas at 2 Months

The pictures were taken 12/27/11

The following stats are from today's doctor visit. (2 months 10 days)

Weight: 14 lbs 4 oz (83%)
Length: 23.75 in (71%)
Head Circumference: 16.25 in (94%)

Other tidbits about our chunk:
1. He prefers his fist over a pacifier
2. He gets fussy in the evenings between 8 and midnight
3. He's moved from the bassinet into his crib upstairs
4. He likes to smile and has started to recognize me (mom)
5. He's in 6 month clothes. (Silas wore Micah's Christmas clothes that Micah wore at 4 months old)

Silas' Baptism

On New Year's Eve, Silas was baptized in Grenada, MS.





All of us with Nana and Grandaddy

Silas' Godmother Karen and Godfather Jason

Father Ruane with us. And yes, his hair is green. He's Irish.

He Smiles

Sometime around 7 to 8 weeks old, he started to smile and we've been eatin' it up ever since.