Silvan at 29 weeks

Bruce's sister Faith came to visit over Martin Luther King day, and brought with her this wonderful bunny hat which she found in the street (apparently, run over multiple times). We had fun dressing Silvan as a bunny, and cooing.

This week we also discovered the baby playroom at the library. Silvan loves watching the little ones toddle around, and one baby even came over to play with him-- that was awesome!
We watched Obama's inauguration on the computer, and Silvan drooled happily. I feel so much better about raising Silvan in this country, now.
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Silvan at seven months

Silvan is seven months old already! He is having a fabulous Winter, and becoming more and more his own person. He loves having one of Bruce's pretty scarves draped over him, and can almost get his foot into his mouth. Silvan weighed 18 pounds in early January, and is lengthening out. He has begun reacting gleefully to Teletubbies. We spend our weekends dragging around antique shops and greenhouses.

I went back to painting houses this month, and Silvan started staying home with Yifot sometimes. They are very fond of each other, and Silvan is doing great with the new arrangement. We all can't wait for Spring, when the seeds come in the mail and the trips to the zoo begin!
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26 & 27

We continue to fall behind - as I write this, a 7-month-old Silvan kicks and gurgles on a blanket by the fire. Even so, I soldier on.









Silvan is constantly growing - he's added several consonants to his verbal repertoire, he can confidently feed himself from a bottle and, less confidently, with a spoon. He's done some sippy cup work. Also, he gets up to some pretty fancy acrobatics in his bouncy chair (courtesy of his Aunt Ann).









It occurred to me that a majority of the pictures on this blog show Silvan and me together. This merely reflect the fact that jd is quicker with the camera - in actual fact Silvan spends much more time with jd than with myself. In an effort to correct the record, I've included the following pictures.




And, just to round things out, here's a shot of Silvan with jd's brother, whom we affectionately refer to as 'Psycho Uncle Mike'.

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Stay up late

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