Silvan at nine weeks

Silvan seems more like a little boy, less like a baby, to me this week. We've been spending a lot of time at the local ymca; I've been trying to get myself back in shape and get some of the exercise that my work usually provides, and Silvan is getting used to the concept of water. Bruce walks around with him in the pool, showing him the patterns of light on water and introducing him to all the folks who are always asking to see him. Silvan clearly recognized himself in the ymca changing room mirror this week, and was mighty suspicious of what he saw.
Silvan and I attended a sample 'music together' class this week, and I decided it's just the thing for a musical little guy like him. Just a group of mamas singing together to their babies, with a lot of dancing and bouncing of babies. At one point we put all the babies in a circle on the floor, lying on yoga mats, and circled around them, singing, with colored flags. Silvan liked that a lot. We'll be taking these music classes until mid-Winter.