Weight: 2740g (6lb ½oz) 

Length:  49cm (20in)

Sean has managed to fill out a bit. Okay, more than a bit. He's packed on the poundage, tipping the scales at 9 lb 12 oz on September 5th. Sean and Mum also managed a few 'outs' over the month, with a visit to work and an honest to goodness baby shower. Sean wowed the ladies - and they were all ladies, we'll have you know - who came to see him. Daddy had to go away for a week, and was honestly surprised at how much Sean had changed in only that brief period. The arms and legs are filling out, and those preemie-sized clothes have been relegated to the "don't fit any more" pile. He's still a bit of a string bean, but Sean is definitely starting to grow. Even his hair - which held so much promise at first, then promptly fell out - has started to fill back in. To Mum's delight, it shows signs of being light-coloured and curly. Now, if we could get him to sleep anywhere else but on Mum's chest, we'd be in really good shape. Angela has also taken Mr. Bean to visit her choir, and of course, they were all very happy to meet the little gentleman. Choir mate Peggy put together a delightful little package called a "Smile Box" for Sean. It's actually really quite neat, and you can visit it here. More things next month! 

 Vancouver hosts the Word on the Street Festival every year, and Sean got to visit for the first time. Lots of admirers made him quite happy. I guess we're a bit on the lucky side that Sean seems quite social and friendly with everyone. We also got invited to a friend's wedding, and Sean managed to charm practically everyone there too. But he wasn't the youngest there - a very cute little girl beat him out by a whole month. Tough to do when you're only three months old yourself. For Thanksgiving, we went along with Sean on his first plane ride. We went to Calgary (okay, Dad went to Edmonton on business) and stayed with Grandpere and Grammie for a week. Much fun was had by all, especially the turkey headgear. Sean wasn't very impressed by that, but seemed to enjoy the company. Then - as if the social scene was getting too slow - we joined our friends Gerald and Anna at Gerald's 40th Birthday celebration. Mr. Bean wowed them all with his exceptional behaviour and charming giggles. To round out his third month, Sean went to the pumpkin patch to select his first Halloween pumpkin (and assist Alexander and Caroline with their selections too, of course).

Sean was a social butterfly once again as he joined "Auntie Kim" and Grace on a shopping trip to IKEA. Sean does seem to inspire other very small children into wanting to be with him, play with him and so on. It's actually pretty cute. Grandpere joined us in Vancouver for cousin Owen's Eighth Birthday, and again, much fun was had by all. We're planning to try baby sign language with Sean, and as he grows, he's already getting the gist of some signs. Of course, he has his own uniqueness to add to everything - just so long as we can keep up.

Busy time of year, this. Prior to Christmas was the much-awaited cookie exchange. We managed to get a whole crew together to check this out. Oh, yes - the parents came too. Then, the big day. Sean again surprised us with how well he handled being moved around. Of course, he loved all the crinkly, crackly paper and plastic being torn off packages. True to form, he was a bit less interested in the contents of those packages than the packaging itself. Nan loves to let him kick like crazy, so Sean's socks were off within ten minutes of her arrival. Not that Sean minds - he seems to be kicking his feet harder and faster than ever when he's excited. The most fun of the day: Sean found some mylar wrapping 'paper' that had a great diffractive pattern on it. He couldn't get it wet and tear it apart, so it seemed an ideal not-too-noisy paper toy. Well, we were wrong - the silver diffraction coating began to peel off after a serious going-over by Sean, leaving his face and hands covered in a silvery sheen. It washed off, but we decided that Sean was getting enough iron in his diet to skip the extra metallic stuff. Dinner actually went well - we hosted, and everyone seemed to go away happy... Boxing Day was at Grannie and Grandad's - a great dinner as always, with lots of fussing over Mr. Bean. We honestly did try to relax after that, only a couple of visits between Christmas and the New Year.

Wow. Now that Christmas is over we can relax, right? Um - no. There are more visits to do, more people to see. More foods to try. Solid foods started just after New Year with rice cereal. This was okay at first, but quickly paled into an also-ran sort of position. Sweet potato, apple and banana took over as the favourites - although Mum is slipping a little cereal into each of those. Also favoured: Baby Mum-Mum rice crackers. These things are like crack cocaine for babies. All the kids from the pre-natal group are chowing down on these little rusks like they're going out of style, and Sean is no exception. He needs a fix of at least two to three packs a day!