Under the Table and Dreaming

Happy Purim

Today was Purim, which is a happy and fun Jewish holiday when people get dressed up, read the story of Purim, drink, and have a festive meal (a Se'udah).

Seth's friend Xander was nice enough to lend Seth his woppie cushion costume. As you can see below, Seth had a great time, although the color of the costume and the fact that it partially covered his head led a number of people to tell us what a cute daughter we had...

Thanks Xander!

Birthday Celebration

I had a fantastic birthday yesterday. Thank you for all the telephone calls, emails, cards and other good wishes. I spent a wonderful day with my guys. And last night, Jerald cooked up an amazing dinner. He made three different types of crepes: (1) brie and apple; (2) zucchini, mushroom, onion and tomato; and (3) potato, red onion, ricotta and sage. How amazing is that? And we finished off this fantastic dinner with a chocolate decadent cake from Finale. I am a very lucky girl!!!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Today is my Mom's Birthday. What a difference a year makes! Last year, I was still in your belly...
and now here we are playing together.
Happy birthday to my favorite person in the whole world. Thank you for always taking the best care of me, and for being so much fun.

Love, Seth.

59th Wedding Anniversary

Happy Anniversary Great-Grandpa & Great-Grandma (Lauren's Grandpa and Grandma). Congratulations on 59 years of marriage! We love you!!!

Seth and Mom

At first Seth didn't recognize Lauren with the straight hair. But he quickly figured out who she was.

Sitting

From Lauren:

Yesterday when I went to get Seth up from his nap, I found him sitting in his crib. It was so shocking since I have never seen him sit up on his own from a lying down position. Seth was just sitting there smiling - looking very accomplished.

Seth's favorite books

These are Seth's two favorite books. Everytime we read them or get to a specific page he smiles.

Good Morning

This is how Seth greeted his Mom yesterday morning.

10 months old!!!

Big stuff happened this past month. The biggest was that Seth started crawling! He is so happy that when he wants something he can just go get it. Seth started refusing any foods that came on a spoon and insisted on feeding himself. And speaking of food, Seth ate his first cookie. Seth also played in his first Snow due to our crazy winter.

These pictures were too funny not to include. We will call these "Seth destroying the sign!"

Seth's Famous Grandpa

Seth's Grandpa (Lauren's Dad) is now a famous photographer! A couple of weeks ago this picture he took on a vacation in Prague last summer ran in Newsday. We have appreciated his beautiful pictures for a long time - and now everyone else can as well!

First Night Apart

Last night was Lauren's first night apart from Seth. Seth had a sleep over at his Nana's house. Nana and Seth had a great time together. And Lauren and Jerald knowing that Seth was safe and sound, had a great night out. We went for sushi and then saw a movie. The best part was that we slept in this morning! Lauren woke up at 9 and Jerald woke up at 9:30. For those of you without kids you are probably thinking this is not sleeping in at all. But we have been waking up at 7:00 am for 10 months - at the latest! We enjoyed our night away and sleeping in but we were thrilled to see Seth today.

Thanks Nana!

I don't know what they are looking at either...

Seth and Xander looking at what we don't know. I suspect they are plotting something!

Duckie

Post-bath fun!

Seth says...

"With this medicine dropper I can rule the world!!!"

"Now give me your camera!"

Poker Buddies

One of Jerald's poker buddies Danny, his wife Shosh and son Sammy were in Boston this weekend. Danny and Seth's Uncle Josh were college roommates. The boys had a great time playing together. Sammy is 18 months old and he is fast on his feet. It has us really scared for when Seth starts walking!

How I Roll

One of Jerald's great friends from college, Sara, was in town for her bridal shower. Sara and her fiance Judd (of the great band Visible from Space) got Seth this funny onesie while ago. How cute? Lauren had a great time at her shower. Dave, Sara's Man of Honor, did the most amazing job with the food and organizing. Seth even got to eat some of the leftovers! We cannot wait for the wedding this April in New Orleans...

Dancing with Mom

This video was from a couple of weeks ago.

Crawling!

Today Seth started moving himself forward! He is not doing a "traditional" crawl. It is almost like an army man crawl. He gets his knees and feet going but gets his right shoulder stuck under him. We are sure he will figure it out soon. It is crazy to think how much our life has just changed now that Seth can move on his own...

Balancing

Look Mom - no hands!!!