up to no good ;-)

Silas is into everything. He loves to take books or movies off the shelf and create a royal mess. If we don't watch him close enough he has no trouble opening the garbage can to get into trouble, or his very favorite is the toilet - Yuck! I left the bathroom door open and my back turned for just a second and the next thing I hear a thud and him complaining. He had managed to fall in the still wet tub headfirst because he was trying to reach something that caught his eye.

Here he's thinking about starting to unload this bookcase...caught in the act.


When he knows he's not gonna get away with it, he gets all lovey dovey. Here's one of his favorite things to do...crawl up to me a grab a big handful of my skirt and either suck his thumb or act all cute and innocent.

Of course all this mischief will tire anyone out so he has to catch up on his rest sometime.

Winter fun

We started off Saturday cross country skiing. So much fun when the trails are fresh powder but not too slow. Levi is improving. He actually attempted "Noah's run" and only fell a few times on the steepest part of the hill.Silas as usual got the prime ride. He managed to stay awake the whole time this time tho I don't think he quite get's the thrill of skiing. He simply looks around and acts bored and wondering what we're doing to him now.Then we headed up to Mirror Lake to do some ice skating...Levi is just learning to ice skate, so he spends his time pushing around this bucket for balance.When he gets tired he has a built in seat all ready to take a time out of the action.Daddy and Noah love to play hockey. They both warmed up and took off their jackets after just a couple of minutes...it was about 22 degrees outside, relatively warm for around here in February.

Silas slept through the whole experience in the jog stroller VERY bundled up and was oh so toasty warm. I'm sure some people wonder about me skating with a baby in a stroller, but it's that or sit out all the fun.

And all too soon all three of them will be skating circles around me!

Papoose

Silas grew too big for his baby bucket, so the Bundle me wasn't an option. Thanks to the generosity of my mom's cousin I bought this baby bunting from Gap. We've gotten so many comments on it...makes him look like a little indian baby or a little bear. It does limit his range of motion some, but it's so toasty warm it's worth it.

For times when we don't need such a heavy suit, I got this LLBean model used off ebay for cheep. It works great for quick on/off type situations like shopping etc.

And he likes this one better because he can still crawl when he has it on.

Thank goodness he's not walking yet!

Waiting to go in the tub! I love to play in the water and don't care if I go in over my head. My favorite times in the tub are when I get to go in and play with Noah and Levi. You can see how proud he is of himself to be standing alone.

Then he tries to take a step, and down he goes...but he keeps on trying.

Standing up means now he has two hands free to play.

Updates

Silas went to the doctor for his 9 month check up. He's at 80% for weight and 93% for height. 30 inches and 22lb10oz. This outfit he wore to church this morning was Noah's when he was 18 months old...Silas is just 9 months. Another of Noah's outfits from 18 months.

And here's my oh so handsome crew all dressed up for church:

Silas is starting to stand alone and getting into absolutely EVERYTHING. The doctor says he'll probably walk soon...I really hope not. Noah walked at 9 months, Levi at 10 months, I was hoping Silas would wait for 11 months.