After a wild night at Foxwoods with his two brothers, Jerald took the train down to New York to be with us. Clearly we both needed some more sleep.
Seth was still having a ball at "Ra" and "Pa's" house - so much so, that he decided to start earning his keep!
Today was a great day! First, my grandparents (Seth's great grandparents) flew in from florida for the holiday. It has been way too long since we have seen them!
Today, Seth and I drove down to NY all by ourselves! Seth was wonderful in the car. He slept for two hours and then enjoyed his early Hanukkah present, and watched 2+ hours of a DVD! Upon our arrival, he was so happy to be with "Ra" (that is what he now calls his Grandma). And Ra was so happy to be with Seth.
Seth quickly reacquainted himself with my parents house...
and found some new toys along the way. 
What a fun playgroup we had today. Six little boys running around! Seth grabbed a cookie off the table and then ran and hid in the corner to eat it. He is sneaky!
Who is this foreign exchange student, you might ask? His name is Seth. In recent weeks, Seth has gone through a language explosion. He is constantly talking. He likes to identify things and people. He repeats words he hears or things he wants. It is all really fun and exciting. The problem happens when we don't know what he is saying. Sometimes he has just made up his own word for something, but has neglected to tell us. Other times he is pronouncing something in a way we cannot identify it. So the game becomes, trying to figure out what he is saying.
The other day, Seth turns to me and says "gablablapa." Or something like that. I, not know quite what that means, say, "garbage?" Seth looks directly at me and very slowly says, "No, gablablapa." He said it so slowly and with such care, it almost seemed he was thinking "No, stupid, I didn't say garbage I said gablablapa. How can you not know what that means!" Hence, I feel like we are living with a foreign exchange student and we are constantly working on creating a common language.
Seth really seems to love the classes we take. He still loves these foam structures, singing songs, and blowing bubbles. It is really fun to watch him thrive in these classes. He always makes me smile!
Seth had his 18 month old check-up with his doctor today. He is doing great with everything!
And he now weighs.... 27 lbs 2 oz.
Wow!
We went trick or treating with Sarita and Ronak on Centre St, where all the business were open for trick or treaters.
Seth had his first lollipop. He kept calling it "pop!" He loved it and ended up very blue and sticky.
We met up with some of our other friends to cruise the neighborhood. Pictured above we have... Seth the Vampire, Ronak the Kangaroo, Colin the Monkey and Joshua the Skunk. We are looking forward to next year when they can walk and we won't have to take our strollers. 
So I finally did it! I have been wanting to donate my hair for a long time. It was out of control long and annoying - so yesterday was the day. Above is my ponytail ready to be shipped off for donation. It is a little shorter than I would like - but I wanted to make sure there was enough to donate. I think I will be very happy with it in a month or two.
After the party was over, our little vampire and kangaroo relaxed by playing with some play dough.
Today, we hosted a Halloween party for some of Seth's closest friends. It was madness with 12 toddlers running around with their parents - but it was so much fun! Seth was the cutest vampire. And so many of his friends came in really cute costumes (pictures to come). 
We had a lot of great food, but our favorite was made by our friend Sarita. White chocolate covered marshmallow ghosts YUM!!!
Seth refused to wear his cape for most of the party. But he still looked cute! 
We have made some new friends from our temple and we decided to invite them over for a playdate.
Here is Seth and baby Xander and below is Maya.
Seth had the most wonderful time sleeping over Nana's house last night, and then spending most of the day with her. Jerald and I missed Seth but had a fun night at our downstairs neighbors house warming, sleeping in late, and going to a bar for lunch to watch the Patriots win!
As always, thanks so much Nana!
Seth has been on a vegetable strike. So I was inspired by Oprah to make this brownie recipe with spinach and carrots! You can't taste the vegetables at all and Seth loved it.
We had such an amazing day at the farm with Sara, Doug & Noah we wanted to share all the pictures.
