Sunday, September 30, 2012

Jonathan got married!

Two weeks ago, my nephew, Jonathan, got married! We are so excited to have Chelsea in the family officially now!

Wedding Party

Silas got to be the ring bearer. He was totally excited! Aunt Cindy had been teaching him to growl like the ring "bear," but on the way to the rehearsal, Si changed his mind. Our conversation sounded something like this.


Me: Si, are you ready to go pretend it is Jonathan's wedding tonight?
S: I don't want to growl.
Me: Ok, buddy. You don't have to growl. You just have to carry your pillow.
S: How about I just walk down to Jonathan and say "Here, I brought you a pillow!"?

Hahaha! He knew exactly what he wanted to do.




During the rehearsal, Silas did a perfect job. He stood queitly, mostly. He didn't make it through the entire rehearsal, but I was just proud that he walked down there! And,when he decided he was over the whole rehearsal thing, he just quietly walked right back down the aisle by himself. Bahaha!



 Rehearsal= Success!



On the day of the wedding, he was raring to go! We were a little worried since the time of the wedding was when he is usually napping, but the large amounts of prayer paid off. He made it awake and not ill! When we were waiting, Si thought he was the doorman, not the ring bearer. He kept the door closed at all times. Silas said. "I have to keep the bugs from getting in!"


Si even did a super job during the ceremony! He walked down the aisle with his pillow tucked under his arm like he was running a football. When he got to the front, he handed Uncle Boy his pillow for a few minutes so that he could play in the pebbles. After it was over, he walked right back up the aisle! He was a little delayed, following the bride's parents instead of the bride, but he made it! No tears, no noise, no distraction during the ceremony! We were all so proud!

Sara Grace, Zachary, Uncle Boy, Megan, and Bre
 
Sibling love!

Like Father, Like Son

I have never seen two people who so consisently make such terrible faces in pictures... and they make the same face!!!!! Apparently there is no hope for Silas to grow out of it. (For some reason, blogger is not cooperating with the layout on this post.)

Silas with eyes closed.


And Richard with eyes closed.
 


What could be a wonderful family picture...minus Richard's squint eye.




And a baby squint eye.

Daddy the Coach!

Football season is here again! Richard is the offensive coordinator of his school's football team. Silas and I are so proud of all of his hard work. (Well Si's favorite thing about Daddy being a coach right now is the awesome coaching hat that Richard got him.) He is constantly working on things in order help the boys improve from week to week. I pray Silas's future coaches put as much heart and time in to his team as Richard does now.


We love packing up on Friday nights and heading to the ballgame. Silas has his own chair this year. Such a big boy!

He loves to yell, "Go, boys, go!"
 
He is usually good the first half of the game. By halftime, he is ready to run around and play. Good thing we have some buddies come with us!

Silas and Cooper

Right now, the Rebels are 4-1! We can't wait for the rest of the season!

What? You don't look like this when you smile?

Bowling



Before school started back, Richard decided he wanted to take Si bowling. Boy oh boy did he love it! The guys at Dothan Lanes were extremely helpful and let us go ahead and bowl even though it was league day. I recommend you take your child if you haven't. Well worth it!


Silas LOVED the bowling shoes. He was very upset when he found out we had to give them back. Quickly he told us that it would be ok just to leave his shoes there and he could take his "new" shoes. It is the same exact meltdown he has everytime a waitress takes his plate after eating out.


Mr. Independent wanted to do it all by himself. Thankfully, I was in a bowling league in high school (Yes, you read that correctly! LOL!), so I could teach him the ropes.



I think we have a future bowler on our hands! Not a bad score for his first time!

Silas is 2!

** So, I just found this post saved as a daft from who knows how long ago! Oops!**



My baby turned two on April 2, 2012, a birthday he shares with Mimi. It was a fabulous party day on March 31, Grandmother's birthday. Lots of celebrating going on!

We had planned a precious little dumptruck/sandbox party. I put Richard, Granddaddy, and Zachary to work the week before cleaning the yard and building a sandbox. It brought back so many wonderful memories to me as Si's is just exactly like the sandbox we had in my backyard growing up. Can't beat 4 railroad ties and a truck load of sand!

This is when we first showed Si his new play area. He was excited but timid. Typical Silas. :)


Well, the day of the party came...along with a storm. Boo! So our sandbox party had to be crammed indoors. It worked out ok, but was veeeeerrrry tight! This year we invited all of his little friends from the neighborhood and chuch. It is cute to see them interact. Have you ever tried to get a picture of 13 kids with the majority under 3? Yeah, it isn't that easy...

 
 
 
 
 
We gave Silas his present from us on his actual birthday. As you can see, he was totally stoked!
 

Thanks to everyone for making this day a wonderful success!!