On Friday night, six days before his due date, my gorgeous nephew and more importantly, Clara and Leo's very first cousin made his appearance!

The 'lil guy is just beautiful and has stolen the hearts of everyone in our home. He is still without a name but I am assured that an announcement will come within the next 30 days (or so).

So, on Sunday we drove to Ottawa to meet our newest family member. Both Clara and Leo loved him but, Leo loved him even more than I had anticipated. He pointed and giggled and said "bebe" repeatedly and touched and pointed out his cousin's nose, mouth, ears, fingers, feet, and toes every chance he got! Clara got to hold the new babe - even before I did and she was just so proud of herself. After much head stroking (the baby's not Marc's!), and gazing we said good bye to Auntie Patricia and Uncle Ashley. In the car on the way home Clara asked when we would be going back to Ottawa to see "my baby cousin" Awwwww.

First glimpse

Two very happy cousins

Some baby gazing in action!

The proud cousins with mama and baby

And not to be outdone, we became the proud owners (parents?) of 8lbs 3oz (or thereabouts) of zucchini straight from Ashley and Patricia's garden... they grow big babies and big squash!