FOR HE'S THE JOLLY GOOD FELLOW

last weekend's kiddie birthday party was full of action and about 5 adults per child to keep things under control.

with por por who provided the party hats, balloons and birthday boy bib!

the little man of the moment opening one of his many prezzies.

ludwig and stellan in their favourite book corner

miss eden gets ready to take a ride on stellan's new set of wheels.

"for he's the jolly good fellow, that nobody can deny!"
actually, it was abba playing on in the background but stellan took a liking to eden's daddy and here he is being held up by his new bestmate, martin.

time out: eden takes a moment to lie back with a drink while ludwig looks on.

Stellan's First Birthday!!!

apologies for those who have been waiting for new posts but we've had our hands full, literally.

unfortunately, the birthday boy was moving around so much in his excitement that these were the few pics that didn't come out blurry. not to fear, christian will be blogging some other photos and zio giorgio will also be forwarding some pics to us to blog so stay tuned......

so here is the one year old birthday boy!!!!

mum finally got me some gel so we could coiff a real mohawk!

a totally decadent "puits d'amour" cake from our favourite patisserie, stohrer

with a little help from por por and while big brother pierre watches proudly, stellan blows out the candle.

the artful dodger

beginner course: lock picking 101, birkin bags

child labour

cruel mummy and daddy have put me to work: making me do my own laundry now because i make such a mess while eating :-(

PICCOLO PRINCIPE

not only does the little prince have a silver spoon but stellan received his own monogrammed sterling cutlery set from his zio roberto. as if having a food-obsessed mother were not enough to make him a foodie baby!

it's my party! while mummy and daddy were entertaining friends for dinner, stellan was having a party on his own to celebrate his 10 month birthday. not wanting to go back to sleep just yet, he played by himself while watching baby einstein.

10 months old!!!

check out my four teeth!

just another day

no longer satisfied to take it lying down, stellan now stages his protests standing up when he wants attention.


ever determined to make a foodie-baby of him, stellan gets his first taste of pizza and a good gum massage from the crust as well!

Meanwhile back in Paris.....

they may look like mini star-crossed lovers but really, eden and stellan are just staring one another down for the dangling orange teething toy!

daddy was working so vincent did the honours of helping stellan go down the slide.  ever eager to stand, he did not realise that he has to lift his feet up otherwise, he'll get stuck mid-way because of the rubber soles of his converse all-stars.

Water Baby

Stellan's very first swim!

more random postcards from toronto

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stellan with grand-auntie betty

being held by auntie leslie, president of the toronto branch of stellan's fan club

funny face while watching the big people play soccer

 water baby with mum in the jacuzzi

Postcards from T.O.

now that the jetlag has subsided, am just getting around to going through and editing some of the photos during our month in canada.  here are just a few to begin with.....

out on the lawn with por por

stellan, por por and gung gung

stellan with his grand-auntie julie

happy summer days

with por por on the front lawn

the proud grandparents of the most adored baby in the northern hemisphere!

cousins lana and elliot met stellan for the first time and a family get-together last weekend.

Sunday Night Dinner

on sunday night, we celebrated dad's 71st birthday and also introduced stellan to many of our nearest and dearest in toronto.

with the vast choice of laps to sit on and arms to hold him, he not only charmed all the guests but stayed amused enough for his mum to get through a 3 hour plus, 10 course chinese dinner!

coco-bonking with tim

stellan and tanya

with uncle mark

on the lap of grand-uncle fred, with gung gung and the birthday sow toh (chinese birthday buns)

Aunt Lo & Company

Laura (center, holding Stellan) moved back to Canada at the end of last year from Scotland so this was the first time that I have seen her in 5 years and met her gorgeous boys, Thomas and Harry.
Eager to meet Stellan as well, her sister Holly came along with her daughter Paige.

Truly Canadian Experience

Stellan enjoyed his first truly Canadian experience this weekend at the home of his Uncles Rowley and Blake, who hosted a serious barbeque complete with 1" thick steaks, sweet corn and an added surf 'n turf touch - mussels!

kidding around with uncle blake

2 peas in a pod + dad

late night with uncle rowley

Air France 352

Stellan made his third transatlantic flight on Friday (11/7) from Paris to Toronto. With mum, dad and big brother to amuse him, he was just as well behaved as the previous crossings.

Getting a little tighter in the airplane bassinet.

You know those cold, hard as hell bread rolls that they serve on the airlines? Well, at least one little passenger enjoys knawing on the crust. Check out the crumbs around his face and shirt :-)
(what cannot be seen here are the crumbs that fell into the folds of his neck!!!)

VIP Guest

Before leaving Paris last week, Stellan got to spend some time with his Auntie Joce, who was in town for business from Tokyo.

She came especially on this particular evening to be photographed with this little punum so we could blog them as she has been following funkypastry and single-neuron avidly from Japan.

check out those cheeks!

Brunch & Baguettes

with daddy at brunch on the canal st. martin

stellan and his first hunk of baguette

ton ton pascal

pascal gets a lot of laughs out of our boy with his funny faces and mischievous nursery rhymes.

Just looking terribly cute and naughty!

Mens' Fashion Week

Being the very fashionable baby, Stellan met Uncle Cliff and Uncle Mark on rue de Montpensier, outside of the Margiela shop followed by a wee walk through Palais Royal to the Rick Owens boutique!