Silas is 5 months old

It's been a busy last month for Silas!  Lots of new milestones, lots of new adventures.  Here's his latest update:

Silas loves his bathtime!  He's discovered how to splash with his hands and feet, and loves drenching his mom and dad.  It's meant to 'calm him down' but only serves to rile him up!

He's still not so sure about being on his tummy, and hasn't quite rolled over, but he LOVES being on his back and grabbing his toes.  He gets a bit mad when his mommy puts him in a cloth diaper as he doesn't have quite the same flexibility as with a disposable.

His latest trick is being able to stand up!  He never used to bear his own weight, and when held up to the standing position, his legs would crumble beneath him.  Now he can stand while we hold his hands!  He LOVES this new trick.

He's also discovered how to actually grab what he wants (such as his mommy's hair).

He has enough coordination now to get what he wants, and, of course, put what he grabs into his mouth.  He can hold onto a book now (with a bit of assistance of course), and seems to like reading books (although his attention span is certainly not long enough for us to read all the berenstein bear books that his mommy loves).

He had a number of new adventures over this past month.  He got to meet his auntie, uncle, and cousin Jacob for the first time!  Silas also went camping for the first time in Washington for a night.  He actually did much better than we thought he'd do!

He got to see the ocean on this camping trip too and sat out on the beach with us!

Silas, being true to his name (meaning man of the forest) seems to LOVE going on hikes with us.  We just strap him to his dad and off we go!  We've done a number of hikes over this past month or two including the lower falls trail in Golden Ears' park, Lighthouse park in West Vancouver:

 the Diez Vista trail in Port Moody,

and around the beach in Birch Bay, Washington:

He still loves his jolly jumper and definitely prefers to be carried around, seeing what his mom and dad are up to.  He giggles and screeches quite a lot when he's thrown up in the air or hung upside down.

He had a rough week where it seemed he wasn't happy at all.  He was drooling all over the place, not eating well, sleeping terribly and was just generally grumpy.  No teeth to show for it yet though?  But it seems he's turned a corner over the last few days and is the happy-go-lucky Silas we knew he always was!

This month he also got to go to the zoo, a place his mom and dad hadn't even gone to (quite cool actually).  He wasn't even worried being so close to lions, tigers or bears (well, okay, he slept through most of the zoo, but he seemed to enjoy it when he was awake!)

He loves when other people are around and it would appear that he is very social.  He especially loves hanging out with family (and grandpa):

He is full of new expressions and sounds.  He likes to blow bubbles and make funny faces...ex: disgust:

We tried him on rice cereal for a few days, just for fun and he seemed to like it.  However, we decided to wait a bit just cause, well, maybe we're a bit lazy and he's still not 6 months yet...

But he enjoys sitting up in his bumbo from time to time and LOVES watching his daddy eat.  When Jason holds him at the table during dinner he watches the fork go to daddy's mouth over and over again!

It's been a busy, exciting month!  He's changing a lot lately and almost able to sit up on his own.  This month will prove to be another crazy month.  We're going to take him for a longer camping trip, up to whistler for a week, and on his first flight to Ontario!  Phew.  I'm tired just thinking about it...

Love you Silas!  You are so much fun (even when you're grumpy) and you make us laugh often!  Can't wait to find out more about who you are as time goes on!