Meeting more very important people

So, this is Christina posting. Emmet has spent the past few weeks meeting more important folks in his life! Our friend, Daniel, who lives in Rochester, has agreed to be Emmet's godfather. Two weeks ago two of our great friends from Toronto, Susana and Claire, came down for a visit and, because we could not choose between them and did not want to make one wait for the next baby, we've asked them both to be Emmet's godmothers. Emmet is fortunate to have such caring, creative people in his life to broaden his horizons.

Next was a trip to D.C. to see my oldest, dearest friends, Anne and Kristin. It was Anne's bridal shower and Kristin is a matron of honor, so we had a great time celebrating together. Emmet seemed quite content among the 20 women and was especially pleased to meet his "aunties". It was a bit surreal for me because I remember holding Kristin's baby brother, Eric, when we were younger (who is in college) and I now have a baby of my own. Crazy! Emmet was amazing on the car ride, by the way, only needing to stop once on the way down and twice on the way up- we were very appreciative parents.

Stefan's mom from South Carolina came a week ago to see the baby. She and Emmet are having a great time getting to know one another.

My sister, Andrea, delivered her first baby on Friday morning (12:02 am). He's 7 lbs 12 ounces and 20 inches long. We look so forward to meeting baby Matthias! (We received this photo today-he's so beautiful).

I have to wait for some photos from the bridal shower and from Daniel's visit and Grandma's visit to share, but we'll post these for now! One of Emmet's new smiles.

The last is of Emmet in the swing he received- (thanks Cindy, James and Ben)- I love this photo-he doesn't quite know what to make of it...