Dr. Phil gets a special birthday gift: a grandson!

Jay and Erica McGraw © Jesse Grant/WireImage

Dr. Phil celebrated his 61st birthday on Thursday and this year his birthday was extra special. His grandson arrived!

Dr. Phil's son Jay McGraw, exectutive producer of The Doctors, and his wife Erica, a former Playboy Playmate - she and her sisters Nicola and Jaclyn are identical triplets and posed for Playboy together -, welcomed son London Philip on September 1st. The little boy weighed in at 7 lbs., 3 oz. Jay, 31, and Erica, 33, are also parents to 17-month old daughter Avery Elizabeth.

Dr. Phil tweeted about the special birthday delivery, "What a Bday! London Philip McGraw arrived!! Mtr [Mother] & baby doing fine. They BARELY made it to the hospital in time! ... We are so blessed." Dr. Phil's wife Robin tweeted as well, "ERICA MCGRAW IS MY HERO! She barely made it to the hospital n time ... had London Philip w/o epidural!! Wow! She is fierce!! Life is fabulous!!"

Jay and Erica got engaged on August 26th, 2005 and they were married on August 12th, 2006.

Fall in Philly -Brush with Fame

Fall in Philadelphia brought a rainy dreary day. Nonetheless, my good friend Joan and I dodged the raindrops to wander about. William Penn keeps watch atop City Hall.

Ben Franklin should live in today's publishing world. Bet the Farmer's Almanac would still be a hit and he'd have an agent.

The City of Brotherly Love. You can't see it but this sculpture heads up one end of Ben Franklin Parkway. Way in the distance is the Philadelphia Museum of Art, ready for you to charge up the steps and give your best Rocky impression.

Love and Relationships - Is that working for you? Dr.Phil brings his show to Philly on Wednesday 9/23, but was in town for promo work. Joan and I were hanging in the Comcast building lobby to watch their huge video screen (fun clips). Anyway, Dr. Phil was filming blurbs, and we had a brush with fame.

Robin McGraw (l), an author in her own right was gracious and joined Joan (r) for a picture. Robin was very pleasant and asked, "Where are we?" Joan replied, "Comcast building." "No, like where are we?" Joan and I both said, "Philadelphia." She smiled and said they'd traveled so much recently, she had no idea.

Aah, the price of fame. They were headed back to New York. Joan and I caught the train to the 'burbs.

Fun in Philadelphia.

Joanne