Shabbat Shalom

Seth wearing his Dad's yarmulke.

Jerald's Side

Here is a picture of Jerald's side of the family at his Grandma's 80th birthday celebration.

11 lbs 14 oz

Today was Seth's 2 month doctors appointment. He now weighs 11 lbs 14 oz (up 5 pounds from when he was born!) and he is 23 1/2 inches long.

Seth, Lauren & Jerald were all very brave as Seth had four shots today! And Nana (Jerald's Mom) was great in helping care for Seth post shots. What a little trooper!

2 Months Old!

Happy 2 month birthday Seth. And... GO SOX!!!

Here are the other attempts at the 2 month old picture.

Seeing Double?

At the birthday party yesterday, Seth got to spend time with his second cousin, Elan, who's just a couple of weeks older than him. It was a lot of fun seeing the two of them side-by-side. Everyone kept saying how much they looked alike, but we're confident we took the right one home (frankly, we see a family resembalance, but they're not exactly twins).

Happy Birthday!

Today we all went down to Connecticut to celebrate Jerald's Grandmother's 80th Birthday. It's hard to believe, but with just immediate family we numbered 24! It's really wonderful to know that just one survivor can become the matriarch of such a big family. Here are all the pictures from the day. Here's a really cute picture of Great-Grandma with her 7 great-grandchildren:

We had a lot of fun sharing memories and spending time with cousins, aunts, uncles, second cousins, first cousins once removed, etc. Seth spent much of the day with Nana, who doesn't like to let him go, but he doesn't mind because he loves being in her arms:

Pulke

We had never heard the word "pulke" before Seth was born. But since then it is a term we hear all the time. "Pulke" means - the upper thigh or drumstick in Yiddish. People love to grab Seth's thighs and say "look at those pulkes!" We think this picture captures the essence of his pulkes.



And for some reason he looks like a giant baby in this picture. He is not that big. Next week we will find out what he actually weighs.

Whoopee!

Seth showing off some of his new moves...

Steps on grass

Here is Jerald helping Seth along with his first steps in the grass when we were down in New York.

Happy Father's Day

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!! Today was Jerald's first father's day. The three of us had fun and celebrated by being together. After only 7 weeks - Jerald is already the best Dad!


We're sad that Jerald's father is not here to celebrate with us as a dad and grandfather though. We think about him everyday.


Happy father's day to Lauren's Dad and to our Grandfathers.

Trip to NY - part 5

And now we come to the last part of our trip to NY. Ivy and Brian came out to visit Seth on Sunday. They got some good quality time and it was great seeing them!!!

Here is a link to all of our pictures from the weekend.

Trip to NY - part 4

Here is a cute picture of Seth with Grandpa enjoying the backyard.

And here is Seth on his second play date with Jake and one of Lauren's oldest friends Stefanie.

Trip to NY - part 3

Lauren's high school friends came out to visit Seth. Unfortunately we do not have pictures of everyone. But we will give a shout out to Ben, Cary and his girlfriend Edna for spending some great time with Seth. Also it was great seeing Lauren's sorority sister Rebecca.

Pictured here is one of Lauren's oldest friends Rebecca and her husband Danny. Rebecca and Lauren met when they were five years old. Boy does time fly!

Trip to NY - part 2

Thanks to all of our friends that visited! Cat and Nicole (our friends from law school) were the first to arrive. Nicole relinquished control of Seth only for a quick picture! We can't wait to see the whole law crew at Matt's wedding next month on the Cape!

First Trip to New York - part 1

This weekend Seth had his first trip to NY to visit Grandma & Grandpa (see picture above) and to meet many friends. It was a fantastic weekend. It was WONDERFUL spending time with Grandma and Grandpa. We can safely say that they loved having Seth for the weekend. Jerald and Lauren loved it too as they were able to catch up on some much needed sleep. And of course to spend quality time with Lauren's parents and our NY friends.

Thank you to all the friends and family who made it out to Long Island to meet Seth and visit with the Michaels/Korns. We LOVE you all!

There were so many great pictures this week that we will post a couple each day to give each their proper place. At the end of the week we will post a link with all of the pictures.

Captured?

Two attempts to catch Seth's smile. One of the places he is happiest is asleep on his Daddy's chest!

Smiles

Seth began smiling on Saturday. He had been smiling for a couple of weeks in his sleep but now he does it when he is awake! We have been unable to capture this adorable image on film yet ~ but we will keep trying.

An afternoon with Nana

Nana (Jerald's Mom) stopped by the other afternoon, to spend time with her first grandchild and let Lauren nap!