Silas - 11 Months!

What a fun month this was with you, Silas!  Disney World, eating actual food and standing up!
 

You continue to be such a funny little boy.  This month you decided to just skip baby foods all together and went straight to table food.  On 1/17, you ate your first green bean (your first time eating table food) and also climbed all the way up Grandma’s stairs by yourself!  Both were huge, but especially the eating thing since thus far you've not wanted much of anything besides milk.  Aside from green beans (at any temperature), you also tried and liked turkey, lime, scrambled eggs and shredded chicken.  

Surprisingly you are less distracted while you nurse now, and while you used to prefer to have something to play with while you ate, now you’re content just to eat.

When you’re really happy, one of my favorite things you say now is, “took-a-took-a-took-a-took”.  You say it really quickly with a huge grin on your face…I love it!  I also remember Caleb doing the same thing, which is pretty cute.  It took me awhile, but I've since realized that this is what you say when you are tickling yourself--like "tickle tickle tickle", and you'll often say it while you rub your tummy gently during a diaper change.

We had so much fun going to Disney World this month!  It was almost an entire day's drive to get there, but we broke it up into two days.  You did such a great job traveling and loved being there.  You were pretty much perfect in terms of napping whenever you needed to--in the stroller, in your Baby Bjorn or in my arms.  You also really enjoyed the rides as you rode around on me in your Baby Bjorn.  You were, however, really scared of the characters and seemed to feel especially betrayed when they came up behind you during our character breakfast at Chef Mickey's.  There was often the look of uncertainty, which was quickly followed by tears of terror.

You went through a spell of 2-3 weeks during and after Disney World that you didn’t nap very well.  You basically didn’t want me to leave the room so would be fine as long as I was in there but then would start crying as soon as I tried to leave.  I’m not sure if it was the change in environment or simply getting used to sleeping on me at the parks, but I’m thankful you've gotten back into a normal napping routine!  We also eliminated your third nap this month, which I'm sure affected things to some extent.  Like clockwork, you wake up regularly at 7:30 a.m.  You'll usually just sit in your crib quietly for quite awhile, though, and we often wouldn't even know you were awake if it weren't for looking at your video monitor.

When you want someone to love on you or give you kisses, you'll lean forward and tip the top of your head forward until you get to them.  At this point, you expect us to kiss your head.  Then you’ll sit back up and smile, wait a second and do it again.  Some fun things you learned to do this month were to wave, and you also stood up by yourself for the first time on 2/12.

You're pretty content to play with anything, but you really LOVE your fire truck and balls (like a beach ball or large bouncy ball).  You also LOVED playing with the lightsaber that we got from our hotel at DisneyWorld, though all of them broke fairly quickly.

You wear 6-12 Month clothes, a Size 3 diaper and still only have 2 teeth.  You also still adore your brother and sister and even seem to love them more each day!  It's such a blessing to see how much the three of you love each other, and I pray that love continues to deepen over time!

Oh, Silas!  The time with you is going by so fast, but what a joyous gift from the Lord you are!  May you one day soon truly know His joy by trusting in Jesus!

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