silas john - 19 months

1.  He didn't get his first tooth until 8 months old, but they sure are coming in fast now.

2.  He's been fascinated with the stairs but always a little too cautious to do more than go up and down on his belly.  On vacation there were a couple of stairs that he practiced on all week.  He now only wants to walk up and down stairs.

3.  He's a sinner.  Up until this point, it's been easy to think of him as a little angel.  He's now figured out he has a will and wants to do what he wants.

4.  He loves shaking his head "no," but does it with a smile.  Basically, he's ornery.

5.  He's been saying words for a long time, but now he knows that when he says something, I can understand him.  His vocabulary has probably quadrupled since.

6.  I've been trying to get Amos' name out of Si for a while now.  However, he normally just smiles really big and points.  Not anymore.  We've finally gotten it out of him.

7.  With Amos, our potty training started with pooping on the potty.  I've been talking to Silas about it for a while, and just recently, he's started telling me after the fact.  I guess we've got to start somewhere.  My goal is to potty train before baby #3.

8.  Vacation!  Too bad he won't remember it.

9.  My mom thinks he's getting slimmer.  I'm not so sure, but he does appear to be getting ankles.

10.  He's got a similar love of shoes that Amos has.  However, he's a little more faithful to one pair than Amos ever was.  He's now trying to put them on himself.