Jason and Shannon Brink

In mid-July, Silas got to go on his first plane ride as we headed out to Ontario to visit my (Jason’s) family. He did fairly well, even sleeping on our laps on the ride there. Shannon prepared some little packages including candy, ear-plugs, and a poem apologizing for our crying son to appease our fellow…

Silas just loves this form of communication, and he’s pretty good at it!

Silas has just recently started really laughing, and this afternoon, Shannon got him going good!

Shannon tried tossing Silas up in the air the other day, and he loved it! You can hear his laugh, too, which he’s just started recently.

We got a plot in the nearby community garden, so were quite excited to start planting some things in it. We’re trying green onions, garlic, carrots, purple carrots, broccoli, red peppers, green peppers, spinach, and mini tomatoes. We were supposed to start the tomatoes and peppers indoors a few weeks ago and then transplant them,…

Silas is starting to make all sorts of fun noises, like cooing, screeching, squawking, etc. It’s great fun to watch, and to try talking to him and seeing him respond! When he’s in a good mood (especially after feeding, and often while lying on his change table, as he is here), he can be quite…

Silas is a pretty active little boy, so we decided to try putting him in the jolly jumper when he was only 2 1/2 months old. He’s still working on the head support, and you can see he’s a little wobbly in the video (we made sure to be close by so we could catch…

In the first few weeks after Silas was born, I put together a few video clips we had taken. Welcome to our family, Silas!

This week Jason goes away for 4 days for a work conference. WHAT WILL I DO? Oh boy. Makes me think a lot about single parents. How do they do it? It’s so nice to have someone else around to hold Silas for a bit so I can get things done, or just gi…