Wisconsin and The First Piece of Cake!!!

We recently went back to Wisconsin to celebrate my grandparents 50th wedding anniversary. We had a wonderful time. While we were there we were able to see a lot of family and a couple friends.



Silas on the airplane... he did great! He slept for at least part of each trip which helped a lot. He had a great time emptying out the pocket on the seat in front of us.Happy 1st Birthday Silas! We celebrated with family. Silas got to eat his first piece of cake... he loved it (of course) and hasn't been too crazy about veggies since.

Four generation picture (Great Grandma Brady, Grandpa Dan, me, and Silas) Five Generation picture (Great-Great Grandma Budhan, Great Grandma Siegmann, Grandma Sara, me, and Silas)
Here is a short video of Silas enjoying his cake!

Silas square dancingSilas with my cousin Brian, he loved his hat!Silas and I with my cousins Cassandra and BriannaSilas dancing with Grandma SaraSilas just discovered the dinosaurs on his shirt.

Ashley and Suzie (my cousin's wife and daughter)Suzie
Here is a video of Silas square dancing

We were able to visit my my friend Jaclyn who I hadn't seen in years. It was so nice to see her again.Silas loved her dog MochaSince our trip, Silas has been obsessed with dogs so for his birthday we let him pick out a stuffed dog. He loves it! We are trying to get him attached to it and it seems it may not be too difficult. He sleeps with it, carries it around, and chews on its tail!

Silas and Isaiah.

11 Months

Our internet is working again! It was out for two weeks. So now to catch up in posts.

Silas is 11 1/2 months old. His 11 month stats were:

Length: 29 1/2 inches

Weight: 18 lbs 10 oz. (the 7th percentile!)

You would think we don't feed this kid but sometimes he eats as much as I do!

Eating Spaghetti Casserole! He loves this stuff, it is so nice that he can eat just about everything we do. We let him try fish for the first time yesterday, he really liked it, although I think he was a bit confused by the name... its the same as those cute animals he loves so much!

Walking around with Esther, one of the older girls on campus. She just adores Silas.
Grandpa and Grandma Bratsch came to visit last week. Silas had a great time with them and was just starting to get comfortable again when it was time for them to go home.
Grandpa and Grandma Bratsch took us to the Aquarium. Silas loved it! He really enjoyed all the fish, turtles, and birds.

He is pointing at a duck that kept diving under water.

He wanted to get in the tank with it!
The Duck



Silas loves books. He sits and reads all the time and always wants us to read him his stories.

Isaiah just turned 1. We had a lot of fun at his birthday party!

Happy Birthday Isaiah!
Aren't boxes great:

Silas got a new train from Grandma Sara for his birthday! He loves it, thanks Grandma.

Isaiah came over to play, Silas was showing him all the fun things to do at our house.

Such as playing with his new train...
and emptying the kitchen cupboards!

So that is it for now, we can't wait to see some of you this weekend when we come back to Wisconsin!