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There's a video I took today of Silas in his Johnny Jump Up. He's starting to enjoy a bit more now. We tried a few weeks ago and he just wasn't having it. It's funny how much can change with him after just a couple weeks. Earlier today we brought him with us to a thing here in Boise called the Boise Curb Cup. They block off some areas of downtown and then people perform, musicians, dancers, magicians, artists, etc. You get these little wooden chips, and you go around and vote using your chips on which one you think is the best. You can give all your chips to one place, or spread them out. You get 3 chips per person. We didn't get any chips right away, but then when we got to the end we realized that a girl we know who does burlesque dancing was doing a thing with her dance group, so then we got some chips and gave them all to her group, cause they really were the best. The winning person or group gets a $1000 cash prize. Last year the winners were a group a little kids doing karate. They were there again this year, and some of them are kind of scary. Most of the kids look like they're under 10, and they move pretty fast and can do flips and stuff. We had Silas in the front carrier we have, and at first we had him facing forward, but we think it might have been a sensory overload for him after about 15 minutes. He started freaking out so we turned him around so he was facing my chest and he kind of burrowed in to my sweater and fell asleep.
I started school this past week, which was pretty fun. Just taking the basics for now, once I get all those out of the way I'll start taking the more hardcore stuff. I figured it out the other day that If I can take 12 credits each semester and 12 credits each summer, I can graduate in 3 1/2 years, which would be pretty awesome. It's just a matter of being able to take 12 credits in the summer, although my friend Adam said he took 18 one summer, so I think I might be able to make it work. We'll see. It also depends on if I can get a Pell grant for the summer semester, too.
Other than that we haven't been up to much. Oh yea, another Silas thing, is that he's starting eat his rice cereal more regularly and his mouth and tongue coordination have gotten a lot better, so that's pretty cool. We did figure out the other day that the more cereal he eats, the more different his poops are going to be. He wasn't prepared for it and neither were we. It was still kind of amusing though. There are some pictures from bath time tonight and from eating the other day. Oh yea, the one picture of him by himself in the chair is kind of a funny story and also tells how big he's getting. Last year, when were in Idaho Falls for Christmas, we went to Gymboree in the mall one day. We bought him a few outfits, some pajamas, a cute little one piece with a fox on it, and these gray plaid pants you see in the picture. The two outfits we bought were for 6-9 months, and the pants are 9 months. Today is probably the only day he'll be able to wear the pants, and he's almost outgrown the other stuff. He's 4 1/2 months old now. Colleen used to weigh him once a week when she went to baby and me class, but she hasn't been in a month since she's been working. Last time she was there he weighed 17lbs, 8 ounces. We have a doctor appointment this Friday so we have a bet going to see who will guess his weight the closest. I haven't decided yet on how much I think he'll weigh. I've got a few days to think about it though. Anyways, bye.