Saturday, November 01, 2008

Happy Birthday!!!

In some ways, it is hard to believe that our baby is now one year old. But on the other hand...his awareness of the world around him, his ability to actually communicate (beyond crying) and his enthusiasm for exploring his surroundings is so astounding, hitting this milestone seems appropriate. He isn't really a baby anymore. And he's probably days or maybe a couple weeks away from officially walking.

Anyhow - we had a fun, 'colors' themed birthday party for his last Saturday afternoon. The weather here is still pretty hot (mid-90's), but it worked out well considering Silas spent half the party in his diaper (which was initially because he sat on his slice of pizza and then because we stripped him down for the ceremonial first cupcake).

Click here to check out the video!

Silas actually had a yucky cold and kinda started out in a daze (as seen below). But he warmed up as we got going and was such a champ - most people never even knew he was feeling bad.There was a prize for the person who was able to wear the most of their favorite color. It wasn't much of a competition, though, because my mom blew us all away....right down to her purple bra & panties (which she was showing off, of course!).Maybe I should have had a prize for the most creative way to wear your party hat...unicorn style? I also loved how M&M was sportin' her Obama button. Go Obama!! Jake was so dang cute in his hat too...So - this posting might've been a lot more interesting, but Matt & I basically didn't take any pictures (we were too busy!) and are relying on the generosity of others. There is some video we haven't had a chance to review yet and maybe I'll be able to upload something soon. But, lucky for us, my brother-in-law, Preston, is a fantastic photographer and created a slideshow of his pics. So instead of copying them all into my blog - I'm going to let you go right to the source. Enjoy!


Click here to go to Preston's Flickr slideshow.
PS - Note that these last 2 posts are out of order. Silas' birthday did come before Halloween. But in my frenzy to finally update the blog...it just worked out this way!

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