smil comes to philadelphia

"Uncle Ronnie"

meeting the folks in toronto!

Caitlin and George!

Courtney and Ellen!

Jess and Ben!

grandma and grandpa come to visit

seth's first strip show

Yes, you read that right!

I asked my friend Carina if she would babysit Seth one morning.

She hesitated... "you see, I need to go to Tom's work at lunch time because

I got him a stripping gorilla for his birthday."

You can't make this stuff up, folks!

meeting some new friends

Over the weekend Seth met a couple new friends:

Uncle Dennis!




Mum's best friend Nikki!

nanny, papa and aunt judi come to visit

seth meets some of grandma and grandpa's friends

Elin Rose (Jim was here too, but he was sick!)

Karen

meeting Daddy's friends

Today we had our first annual mid-winter barbeque, and Seth got to meet a bunch of Dad's friends.

Robert and Cynthia came in from Pittsburgh

Lots of the residents came, including Nick and Kathleen.

meeting more of Mummy's friends!

Andre and Michele loved Seth almost as much as he loved them!

I think Paul and Andrea are ready, don't you?

another big family day!

Today Seth met more of his Mum's family.

Glad to meet you Aunt Barb!

Baby cousin Lochlan and Seth are good buddies.

Aunt Linda, with two armfuls of joy!

meeting Courtny

Christmas eve!

Today Seth met Uncle Craig! Craig seems to be quite smitten with him! Also, he has brought home his HD video camera so he is shooting lots of video of Seth!

Also: Today Seth had his first non-sponge bath - in Grammie's sink!

an endless stream of visitors

If yesterday was the day Seth met his Mummy's family, today is the day he meets all her friends! Today's visitors included Emmanuelle Deaton; Sharon, Wayne, Allison and Amy McKinnon; Pat, Stuart and Aaron Lee; Erin Aucoin-Wenkoff and Jess Wenkoff; and Kevin Harper.

meeting the Redmond clan

What a day!

Today everyone congregated at Grammie and Grumps's place to meet Seth. Nanny and Papa, Aunt Linda and Uncle Ed, Aunt Judi and Uncle Ron, Krista and Martin and Paul! Seth was passed around, cuddled, hugged and loved by all.

Grumps, Ryan and I headed out to the Senators game in the evening and Grammie and "the crew" babysat Seth for us. That's our first night out without the baby!

Also: Seth's umbilical cord fell off today!

Seth's first trip to Ottawa!

It was with many apprehensions that we packed the truck full of more crap than we should really need and headed North to Canada for Christmas. Surprisingly, the trip was painless. There was no traffic, no bad weather, and Seth slept the whole way except for the two times we woke him up to feed him!

Grammie and Grandpa were really excited to see Seth again, but poor Ryan was not feeling well at all. Ryan and Grumps headed out to the doctor's to get him checked out.

Grammie was ridiculously excited to show off her new grandson; she barely let me eat and use the bathroom before she dragged us out the door to go to Nanny and Papa's place!

Nanny and Papa weren't expecting us this early, so we surprised them. Were they ever happy to meet their first great-grandson! Papa said "We were already great, but now you have made us greater!"

Next we headed to Krista and Martin's place where we surprised a very pregnant Krista. She wept like a baby!

meet the Krawitzes!

Heather, Matthew, Margaret and Samara came today to meet baby Seth. How nice to have them meet him so soon!