Congratulations Radhika and Rahul!

Here are a few pictures from our friends Radhika and Rahul's wedding. We met Nana and Pop Pop in Long Island and also Teresa's high school friends Mary and Molly. Radhika was radiant and glowing; the ceremony was so happy and colorful; and Emmett was an angel the entire time. What could be better??
Emmett, Mommy in the Sari that Radhika brought for her, and the purse from Dawn that happened to match perfectly.

Emmett enjoying the lawnmower from Nana and Papa

Radhika and Rahul after the ceremony!

Mary and Molly at the reception

Radhika and her bridesmaids at the reception

Late night fun with Emmett and Pop Pop

Mother's Day week/weekend

Happy Mother's Day to all of the fantastic mothers in our lives! We are so blessed to have you all in our lives, as parents, grandparents, aunts, sisters and friends. Thank you for all you do.

We had a slightly crazy week when Emmett was diagnosed with the Flu on Tuesday afternoon. Our poor baby was so sick that even though it was horrifying to learn that he had the flu, we were happy to know what was wrong and get some meds so that he could begin the road to recovery. We alternated staying home with him throughout the week, and sadly had to postpone his 1st birthday party on Friday. We are hopeful that one more day at home will put us all back in action (he needs to be fever free without medication for 24 hours before he's no longer considered contagious.) We miss playdates and the playground!!

The good thing about having a sick baby: he lets you hold him like a baby!


We've been spending lots of time in our backyard, which Andrew mulched like a pro!

One of the first bouquets of roses...

Emmett playing with the sweet new toy from our awesome neighbors:

Peek-a-boo at Legends on Saturday

Feeling better...


Mother's Day afternoon. Total bliss.

THE BIG ONE!

Emmett Charles is officially a YEAR old!! We celebrated his birthday on Saturday, May 1 (May Day) to remember this day last year, but are looking forward to a get-together at the end of the week with friends and some family.

Here are the stats from a Dr visit earlier this week:
32" long (still above 97th percent)
26lbs 7 oz (unbelievably only at 90th percent. I pity the 10% of mommies whose babies are heavier than him... and their backs!)

Emmett has a handful of words: bottle (bobble); mama and dada; dog; car; door (this is new - he says it when he wants to go out on our screened in porch, which is constantly). Also, earlier today he said "bye bye" when Teresa was going to the store, but we couldn't get him to repeat it. He also makes 'yummy sounds' like in Young Frankenstein when he eats something that he likes, and sometimes repeats animal sounds.

Appropriately, he took tentative steps this week!! One occasion was on his actual birthday - the other was earlier in the week while Mommy was in Vancouver for a work trip. His motor skills seem to be developing just fine - he points to everything, crawls, does a bear walk when he doesn't want his knees to touch down.

In general, he's very into exploring everything with his hands and examining objects. He puts his nose very close to the page to investigate books. Since he was able to grasp things, his number one way to get to know them is to shake them, or drum on them. He still does this, but also works more delicately, emptying a box of Q-tips one by one, etc.

Here are some pictures of our man this past weekend. Love to all, and thank you for the phone calls/text messages and cards - we all appreciate the thoughts :)

1 year old, wanting to walk to Daddy:


Playing with his BFF Juddy on his birthday:


Sitting in his chair: