Swedish Medical center seeking cutest babies

This year marks the 100th year anniversary for Swedish Medical Center serving patients all over Washington including Stanwood. In honor of its 100th year of nonprofit service, Swedish wants to recognize some of its patients through a search for the cutest Swedish baby photos. If you, your baby, or any member of your family was born at Swedish Medical Center, you are eligible, and invited to send in your best baby shots – whether your photographs are from 1910, 1939, 1999 or 2009. Any baby born at a Swedish birthing center is eligible, including Swedish Hospital (Swedish First Hill, Swedish Ballard and Swedish Cherry Hill), Doctors Hospital, Seattle General Hospital, Ballard General Hospital, Ballard Community Hospital and Providence Seattle Medical Center. Entries will be accepted online from now through June 1. To register and upload your photos, visit swedish100.org.

Categories: craziest hair, biggest sports fan, trick-ortreat, my first birthday, most adorable, and, I love my pet.

Prizes: each contest category will have a grand prize, second prize and third prize winner. Grand prize: a twonight stay for four people to Great Wolf Lodge and a $300 gift card to spend at the lodge; second place, $500 Nordstrom gift card; third, $250 Amazon. com gift card.

Rules: photos must be of a baby (18 months of age or younger) at the time when the picture was originally taken (they can be any age now) and must be accompanied by the entrant’s first and last name, baby’s first name, if different from entrant, relationship to the baby, name of the Swedish Medical Center campus or hospital “birthplace,” birth month and date (excluding year).

Entrants can also submit a 200-character story or information with the photo.

To protect any privacy concerns, baby photos will appear online with only the entrant’s first name, baby’s first name, birth month and date, birthplace and a short story.

Photos must be in .jpeg image format; only online entries will be accepted. Winners will be notified on or about June 21.

For additional information, contact Natalie Kozimor, Swedish Medical Center, 206- 386-6767, or Natalie.Kozimor@ swedish.org, or Twitter@ Swedish.