8 MONTHS

Silas hit the 8 month mark just after Thanksgiving.  This month was particularly fun because Silas celebrated his first Halloween and Thanksgiving.

For Halloween he wore the same costume that Phin wore...Phin is the top picture and Silas is the bottom.

 Here are his weekly pictures for the month...I love his smiles.

He continues to be long and lean.  He wore mostly 9 month clothes this month and is still in size 2 diapers.

If he is awake he is pretty much sitting up.  He wants to see what is happening and doesn't like to be on his back or tummy.  He is able to scoot to get around. 

He is incredibly flexible and can bend in half to reach for any toy that is just out of his reach.

He is babbling more and more and I heard him say Dada at church this month.

Silas also got a little haircut this month.  His hair was getting so long on the sides.  He was really good at holding still for me.

Silas loves solid food and eats 8 ounces of solid food every morning at daycare.  He has a STRONG gag reflex and when we have tried cereal puffs or anything else he tends to lose his whole meal.

He usually gets up just once at night.  His morning naps are becoming inconsistent.  He just doesn't want to miss out on anything so he holds out as long as he can.

He doesn't mind going to anyone that will give him attention...although when Mom is in the room she is usually his preference.  Here he is with his cousin Hollie...and sticking out his little tongue.

Phin update: He is loving Kindergarten.  When I ask him what the favorite part of his day was he usually says RECESS...typical boy.  He could survive on carbs alone...chicken nuggets, pizza, square crackers (Wheat Thins) or granola bars.  He loves to hear stories and is starting to come up with his own stories too.  He lost a DOJO (classroom point) this month for trying to kiss a classmate.

Millie update:  Millie seems to have grown so much since Silas was born.  She can be kind and sweet...but can also throw quite a tantrum.  She discovered a pair of hand-me-down or in this case hand-me-up shoes from cousin Carver and loves to wear them.  She also loves to pick her own clothes for the day...her unicorn and princess shirts are her favorite.  She loves when we have one of the Beehives over to babysit.  She is very attentive to Silas...but also very protective of her toys and often takes them away from them if he has managed to reach them.

We are sure blessed to call these three our kiddos.

Halloween Week

 I was listening to a podcast the other day about how we teach our children certain emotion words and one of those words is excitement.  I am pretty sure that Phin, Millie and Silas learned all about excitement the week of Halloween.  We had so much fun dressing up and getting out of the house.  Our first event of the week was the Davis County Sheriff's office trunk-or-treat.

We had our photo taken with some of the Circus characters.

Then the kids got to play a couple of carnival games.

This one was so funny...they put a ball between their legs and walked on the line.  Millie dropped her ball part way through and didn't even realize it...she just kept waddling around.

We also went to The Legacy House for their Trick-or-treating event.  There were more carnival games.

Our local youth council puts on a little Pumpkin Patch event that the kids love.  They got their faces painted...

went fishing...

rolled pumpkins down a hill...

threw bean bags...

and got pulled around in a wagon by some random Puff Marshmallow man.

Nona had all the cousins dress up for Sunday dinner.  It was fun to get a picture of them together in the same spot where I had all of my Halloween pictures taken growing up. 

This year we didn't carve real pumpkins.  I found these Styrofoam pumpkins and Phin went to town on them.

We went a Pumpkin Walk the Monday before Halloween.  Millie loved the Mermaid pumpkin...

and this little coach pumpkin.

Phin loved this monster pumpkin...

and this pirate pumpkin.

We also went to a Trunk-Or-Treat at a local High School.

The kids loved this T-Rex costume...although Phin was the only one brave enough to get close for the picture.

Phin participated in his first Halloween Parade at school.  One perk of having him come to my school is that I get to see all of these fun events taking place.

We also went Trick-Or-Treating at our local grocery store.

Then we met up with Tawnya, Jameson and Lila at Seth's work. 

Seth got off early so we headed to a local shopping center for their trick-or-treating.  The kids got little gummy pizzas at our favorite pizza spot.

These next two pictures just melt my heart...I am so grateful that Seth is a good sport and willing to dress up.  It really makes the whole experience magical for our kids.

The kids got comic books at the Comic Book Store they trick-or-treated at.

Before heading out to trick-or-treat on our own street we played in the leaves.

Seth raked our leaves into a huge pile and then let the kids swing into them.

  

We took the wagon up and down our street...and Millie was done by the time we got back to our house. 

I put her to bed early while Seth, Phin, Tawnya, Jami, Jameson and Lila hit a few more houses. We had an awesome Halloween and have already been talking about our costumes for next year.