L' Shana Tova 5767

Happy new year to everybody. A lot has happened in the past few weeks:

* Jonah turned one month old on September 17th. At his one-month checkup, he was 22.5" long and weighed 11 lb. 6 oz. He's doing great (except that he now has a cold, as does Rick - it's much tougher for Jonah, though - and Andi).

* Rick turned 40. And doesn't want to talk about it. And don't ask about the vitals! We did have a great wine-and-cheese party featuring incredible cheeses mostly from France, except a couple from Spain and Italy, and some terrific Mediterranean wine. Some pics below.

* Rick's dad and Donna came to visit for both of the above. It's thanks to them that we have so many excellent pictures (including the two great pictures in the blog entry from 9/18).

Here are the latest pictures. I'm still amazed that I can continue to post these and store them on blogger.com with apparently no limits. I guess I'll reach them eventually...

And here are the pictures.

Jonah and Papa Steve



Ariella and Papa, out for a walk



Ariella in her "Juicy NYC" T-shirt



Andi and Jonah



Jonah, deep in thought?



Rick with both kids



Rick, holding Jonah, with one of his first smiles



The Frenkels, September 18, 2006



Nana and Papa babysat while Rick and Andi went out to dinner and to Ariella's preschool for "Back to School" night. Our first of years and years of such events! Everyone had a fun time!



And now some of Rick's party. Here's Ariella, helping Nana get ready



Rick's 40th party, with Jonah



Dad, making a toast

More Pictures from Jonah's Bris

We discovered that there were additional pictures taken by Mom & Ron at Jonah's 8/24/06 bris - enjoy!

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Charlotte, setting up for the bris.


Julie bringing in Jonah for the bris, with the mohel(et) Debra.


Noah handing Jonah off to Uncle Jonathan and Poppy Harvey.


Uncle Jonathan and Poppy Harvey.


Ariella and Isabel, after the ceremony.

Jonah at One Month

My dad and Donna are visiting and while I'll do a bigger post later, I thought these two pictures are fabulous!

Jonah in his crib - look how he lifts his head so well at one month old!


Jonah, looking like a little boy.

Ariella's First Visit to the Dentist and First Day of Preschool

Here's a picture of Ariella's first visit to the dentist last week, one of her first day of preschool, plus a couple of other good ones of Ariella and Jonah.

First, Ariella and Dr. Vernon Adams. The dentist's office was awesome - they played Dora in a video on a TV embedded in the ceiling while she had her teeth cleaned.


Here's Ariella at her Palo Alto JCC preschool. They had a pancake breakfast for the kids and teachers.


Ariella in an orange shirt.


In a dress that mommy wore when she was a girl.


Here's Ariella and Jonah after our first shabbat alone as a family of 4.


Ariella and her friend Isabel watching a movie outdoors at Isabel's mommy's (Julie, or "Lulu" to Ariella) birthday party in Mill Valley.