Grammy is Teacher of the Year

Silas' Grammy (Stacey's mom) was selected as the Teacher of the Year for her school! We went to the awards ceremony on January 30th to see her receive her award and plaque. Uncle Scott and (almost-Aunt) Tracey, Boo, and Silas' great-grandparents went and Reginald was there also.

One of Mom's students came and spoke to the audience about why Mrs. Landers is a good teacher. He was really cute talking about how she has helped him to spell correctly, and that she "lets" them take spelling tests on Thursdays and Fridays. He said that she is really nice, which she is! The other students talking about their respective teachers were also very touching, and it was nice to see teachers being recognized in such a nice way.

Here are pictures of the fam, and of mom receiving her awards (which you really can't see very well).

6 month pictures

Here are some 6 month pictures of Silas!
He is so active now, and really loves his activity-station thing (see picture with strange purple object) and the jumper. He's eating lots of solid foods and is sitting up pretty well, too! We swear he's trying to say "kitty cat" and loves to pet (grab) our cat Legolas (see evidence below). Cutie pie!!! He is just so much fun.

Also: HAPPY 4th BIRTHDAY to Silas' cousin Ethan!! We love you. And Pat. Happy Birthday Pat, we love you too.

Congratulations!!!

Congratulations are in order for few of reasons...

Scott and Tracey are ENGAGED!!! Woo hoo!!! We are so excited. Scott asked her to marry him right before Christmas. They both work in Atlanta for Q100 (radio station), and there is a little blurb on the Q100 site talking about how Scott asked her. Go here www.allthehitsQ100.com/bertshow and scroll down to where it says "Producer Tracey is Engaged". It has lots of great pictures and audio of Tracey on the air, too.

Travis and Jessica found out they are having a BOY!!!! He is due in early June, and we can't wait to meet him! Silas is super excited about having another cousin, and one that is so close to his age, too! We smell trouble! We've put a link to Travis and Jessica's blog page on our site, so you can get to them from here too. They're posting pictures of Jessica's growing belly and other fun stuff. YAY!

Also - my mom got TEACHER OF THE YEAR at her school!! Yahoo!! She is the best! We are so proud of you.

Spend-the-night at Grammy's

In January, Silas spent the night at my mom and Reginald's house in the mountains!! Here are some pictures from his fun trip to visit his Grammy.
















Here is a picture of Reginald and Silas looking out the window at the squirrels at the birdfeeder. Mom said that Si really loved watching the critters out there. I don't think they saw any turkeys - maybe next time.















Grammy, Silas and China enjoy the view from the ridge.

December pictures

Silas did lots of visiting between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Here he is visiting with two more of his great-grandparents! What a lucky boy to have so many people that love him. Sorry we don't have any Christmas pictures yet. We'll add them soon hopefully.


Here are his great-grandmother and great-grandfather - Stacey's grandparents. This is the Joseph that Silas Joseph is named after! Aren't they cute together?
















On December 17th Silas turned 5 months old! He is such a healthy, fun boy. He smiles and laughs all the time.



















Big boys eat cereal!! Silas has started on baby food and he loves it. This was his very first taste of baby rice cereal, which he sort of liked, even if you can't tell from the picture! We've added lots more since then and he likes squash and applesauce the most.

Thanksgiving at Daga's

Here are some pictures from Thanksgiving! Sorry it took me so long to get these up on the site.
We spent Thanksgiving day at Jason's grandmother's house visiting with LOTS of family. Silas got to spend lots of time with his cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents.


Here is Silas with his second cousin, Matthew. These guys are birthday buddies! Born on the same day. Hooray for July 17th!


















Silas really enjoyed spending time with Daga, his great-grandmother! She is wonderful with Silas. Thanks for the cute stuffed animal, Daga. It sure is fun to chew on.
February 2006: We are so sad to say that Daga passed away. Her passing leaves a big hole in our hearts and she is missed every single day. Our prayers are with Dianne and her other children, her husband John and with everyone that loves and misses her.
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Silas loves his Aunt Shellie! She is funny. . . can't you tell?

4 month pictures

Here are some pictures taken on November 17th, Silas' 4 month birthday!!
He is getting so big. I don't know how much he weighs, but it's got to be about 18 pounds or so. We go to the pediatrician again soon, so we'll post that info when we've got it.
In other news...Silas rolled over!!! Yahoo. What a big boy! That was so exciting! He has also started to grab his feet which is so cute.

the life of a baby

Three and a half months:

Silas is just so much fun! He is really just interacting so much more and enjoys singing and standing up (with a little help, of course!) The cats are fascinating to him and he loves going for walks outside. He now laughs at funny things we do for him, which is THE best. I'm just glad that no one really hears all the things I say during the day because I really sound like a moron...ha ha.

Here are some pictures of Silas' life as a baby...


Reading with Daddy on the front porch. We love Dr. Seuss











Rocking Daddy to sleep














Silas playing in his activity gym. That ladybug is fun to grab!














Tummy time. Look how strong I am!














I'm almost ready to roll over...just a little further....










Smile!

visiting cousins

The weekend before Halloween, Silas got to go to south Georgia and visit his cousins Emily and Ethan. We had a really fun time with them. Emily is just crazy about Silas, and I know that Ethan and Silas will be big buddies as they grow up. There is also a good picture of Ethan and Crackerjack, the horse that currently lives at the new house that Pat and Shellie (Emily and Ethan's parents) just bought.

Tallulah Gorge pictures

Here are some pictures from our hike at Tallulah Gorge in late October. The hike down to the river was basically a ton of steps, but the "trail" along the river was fun. There really was no trail, but more like hopping rocks for a mile or so. The fall colors were just beginning to turn, and the weather was absolutely perfect. Just look at the color of the sky!! I even got to climb up on a huge rock. Yay.
We had a great time and it was fun to get back outdoors. Thanks to Grammy who had a fun morning playing with Super Silas while we had our date!

Pictures from trip to Tiger

Here are some pictures from our trip to Tiger to visit my Mom and Reginald. Mom (Grammy) had a lot of fun playing with Silas while Jason and I had a nice date day, hiking at Tallulah Gorge and going for some grub in Clayton.