Deegan Matthew Silbernagel

Congrats to Chad and Marci who welcomed Deegan Matthew this morning at 1:51am. He was a full month early at 4lbs 9oz and 17 3/4" long. I can't wait to meet this little guy!

1st Day of School

 Ready for School!

Not even caring that Mommy, Daddy & Henri were leaving...

Oliver has taken to school like a fish to water. He absolutely LOVES it. Why wouldn't he? He gets to paint, play with sand, play with trains and ride bikes! He never wants to leave and the day I was a Parent Helper, I had to carry him out of school screaming and crying...so embarassing!

He loves being with other kids and it is so fun watching how different his personality is at school versus at home. After the first day, I already noticed a change in him.

On another note, he had his Well Child doctor visit this past week. A perfectly healthy, skinny boy. He is in the 21st percentile for weight and 31st for height! ha ha! Though he seems to have all of a sudden gotten his appetite back after about 18months of eating like a bird...I think my prediction of a growth spurt might be right on the nose...

Train Party!

Last Friday was Oliver's 3rd birthday. The day before I got to spend the morning with him at school as a parent helper. I made some mini blueberry muffins for the snack and he got to wear a special cape and crown. All the kids sang "Happy Birthday" and his little face was beaming. Unfortunately that morning he woke up a little stuffy and coughing with his first school cold. Luckily he was back to his normal self by Saturday.

Sunday we had his party. If you ever asked him what he wanted for his birthday, his answer was always "A Train Party!" Of course 2 weeks before, we decided to take on some of the house renovations we had planned for the summer...meaning once again I had too much to do in too little time! Some little projects were scraped while I focused my attentions on other details.

 

The handmade birthday banner.

 Presents, presents and More presents!

To this day, Oliver still tells me he needs to open another present...

 Caroline with her youngest babies, Hank (in her arms) & Lola chilling with Felisa...(bambino not pictured)

 Miss Megan and Little Miss Amelia. Or in our house Baby 'Meelia.

Lola. She is 2 months older than Henri...

Henri just shy of 17 months. I know he isn't really a baby  but I can't come to terms with not having a baby anymore!

 The Cake.

I decided for some crazy reason to make a train cake...

It was my first experience with fondant and not that bad. I was a bit disappointed though in the morning when I realized the cake had settled and everything was droopy/smashed together. Overall it was cute AND I think it tasted pretty darn good!

 Daddy cutting the cake...you'd think he had experience serving large numbers of people...

 Oliver gets his train cake!

Sugar coma...

 Close Buddy!

 "Riding" in the train toy box from Cousins Bobby & Nick....Thanks guys!

Sorry there isn't more to read. I just really don't have the energy anymore these days....I hope the pictures are enough and all that couldn't be there were in our thoughts.

xoxo