Welcome Baby Jonah

Andi, Rick, and Ariella Rose Frenkel are pleased to welcome Jonah Gabriel Frenkel into the family. Born August 17, 2006 at 10:10 a.m. in Mountain View, California, he weighed 9 lbs. 6.8 oz. at birth and measured 21 inches long. Here are some early pictures.

Here's Andi welcoming Jonah just minutes after his birth.



Here's proof that Jonah weighed just shy of 9 lbs 7 oz.!!! A big healthy boy!



Just as she did for Ariella's birth three years ago in Santa Monica, Andi's friend Julie came to the birth and helped out, seeing the whole thing first-hand! Here's a picture while in labor.



Here's Jonah at peace, minutes after birth, having been cleaned up.



Ariella came to see her new little brother. Here's Andi, mother of 2.



And here's the whole family of 4.



Snuggling Grandma Charlotte ("Gamaw") on her shoulder.



After two days in the hospital, Andi and Jonah were ready to come home (and Rick, too). This is the same outfit Ariella was in when she came home from the hospital.




Here we are after coming home from the hospital - Ariella in her "I'm a big sister T-shirt" and Jonah in the car seat. The stork on the right of the picture was made by Rick's great-grandfather Sol Frenkel in 1942 to welcome home twins Steve and Alan. It was also used to welcome Rick, his sister Robin, and Alan's children Beth and Amy. In this generation, it has been used to welcome Ariella, Robin's daughter Nina, Amy's daughter Alli, and now Jonah - the first boy the stork has welcomed in 40 years.

Jonah's bris will be on August 24, 3 years after Rick's Uncle Alan passed away.



Ariella, Andi, Gamaw Charlotte and Jonah, everyone happy to be home.



Ariella has amazed us with how warmly she has welcomed an addition to the family (any bets on how long until she asks us to send him back)?



Hope everyone likes the blog!

Love,

Rick