Happy 21 Months, Si!

Silas is 21 months old. I absolutely cannot believe he is going to turn 2 in just a couple of short months! He weighs 31.5 lbs and is 34'' tall. Si is rocking his 2t outfits, and Mommy is ordering 3t/4t for the summer. His tennis shoes are an 8 and church shoes are a 7.5. We have a big little buddy on our hands!

Si-si's (he refers to himself as Si-si) favorite foods are not of the healthy variety. Pizza, french fries, suckers, Reese's Pieces, Hershey's Kisses, M&M's, rice, grits and eggs, mac and cheese, grilled cheese, and cereal top his list. He does like bananas, but most other fruit intake is still babyfood. I am refusing to buy any more, however, so he may just end up sticking to bananas. Silas HATES all kinds/types/flavors of jelly. Thankfully, he will eat a plain peanut butter sandwich if you call it a Reese's Pieces sandwich. The first mention of peanut butter and he refuses to even try it. We are getting there. He has a vitamin each day, which I would say is his favorite snack, so Richard and I aren't too worried about it. Milk is his favorite drink. He downs a gallon a week!

Silas talks in complete sentences. He knows how to count to 15, all of his colors, his ABC's (can recognize most capital letters and some lower case), John 3:16, Proverbs 3:5-6, Galatians 6:1, God is Great, Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep, his full name, my name, Richard's name, his age, body parts, and numerous songs. I am surprised daily at the songs he sings along with in the car or while playing on his own. Yes, my CD changer is filled with children's songs, but we both love it! Richard, on the other hand, would rather cut his ears off with a dull knife than listen to kid's songs. Too bad it is 2 against 1!

Si also is the announcer of our lives. He constantly tells you what is happening around you. For example, when we got home from church today and walked in the front yard, this is what he said, "Roofers on Mr. Jimmy's house. Mr. Jimmy sitting down up there. Mrs. Angie climbing down the ladder. Blower is loud. Hurts your ears. Si-si running in the grass. Mommy take your picture." and on and on and on. It cracks us up! Currently, he has his "I" and "You" reversed. Instead of saying "I want some milk, Mommy" he says "You want some milk, Mommy." I guess it is because we always asked him "Silas, do you want some milk?" so he just picked up the you part. Anyway, it is cute. :)

This is what you get when you ask him to smile!

                             

Some fun things he loves are hide and seek and to be scared. I don't know why, but he loves for Richard or me to scare him! It is hilarious. His favorite hiding spot is behind the clothes in my closet. Another game he loves is to "donut" you. He will open and shut his hand to tickle you, and instead of singing the Jaws music, he says donut over and over with a huge smile on his face. When he wants to do something, Silas announces that it is ______ time. He will run to the swing and yell "Swing tiiiiiiiiime!" or run to his trains and yell "Train tiiiiiiiiime!" or even run to his bed and shout "Nite-nite tiiiiiiiiiime!"

Favorite toys right now all roll, whether balls, trains, or trucks. Tools rank right up there as well. Books are somewhat taking a back seat for the first time in his life. He is a little too busy to read. Si is just now discovering climbing. He loves to sit on top of things (coffee table, chairs, etc), and his run is a funny, bouncy toddler run.

He has successfully poo-pooed and tee-teed in the potty once. I am not calling it a fluke. I am calling it a start. :)

Hopefully, I will do a little better with my blogs in 2012! Until then, here are Silas's 18 months and 21 months pics with John Brown.

October 2011 (18 months)

January 2012 (21 months)