My Little Men

It's late Tuesday night and Amy and I just got back from a dinner date!  The nurse had the babies and Amy's parents came to watch the older ones so we got a night off!  We went to Princeton and had a very nice dinner.  

Back to the bris.  It was go time! 

 The kids kept my great aunt company.

 My grandmother was in the middle of the action.

 Passed the babies around to all the family, even Aden.

 The mohel always gives the dad the scalpel and tells him to go for it or to pass it back to him to take over.  I almost gave it a try.

 And it's done.

 Nothing like some wine on a stick.

 Yum.

 Mazel Tov!  I'm surprised Aden didn't run away from him.

  Ali and Todd and Nate.

 Jaime, Abby and Andrew.

 My grandmother and her baby sister.

 Everyone should have been eating more.  There were lots of leftovers.

 It's really hard to have a party at your house.  It's always such a blur.

Almost Bris Time

So last Thursday was the boy's bris.  That's always an emotional time for the parents but I think we were so worried about having people at the house that it really didn't get to us till last minute. Aden's bris was huge.  We invited everyone.  That was too much and too overwhelming.  This time we made a conscious effort to keep it small.  We really didn't invite anyone.  People seemed to invite themselves so please don't be offended if you feel you should have been there.  We were just trying to get through the day.

Cantor Kushner, who also did Aden's bris, took this picture of us.

Ariel was ready.

And so were the petit fours.  My favorite.

Got the table and white pillows.

 Catering by Foodarama.  Yummy.  

 Cantor K is on a strict schedule.  We were his third!

 Our beautiful neighbors.

Baby Nathan is getting so big!  Hope going to another Bris didn't bring back any bad memories from December!

 Gina is having the next baby.

 My high school buddies Andy and Jaime.

 The basement was full of kids.

 Ariel and uncle Mark playing catch.

Ariel and Ashley going crazy.

 Melissa and baby Nathan.

 The pretty friends.  

 I think this might be our first family shot!

 Ok, time to get this started.....

Swollen Tonsils

It's Sunday night, the big kids are asleep, the little ones are stirring and we are watching the Academy Awards.  It's not as much fun if you haven't seen any of the nominated movies but we are sticking with it.  We had a busy weekend.  Lots of visitors and one crazy photoshoot.  Here are some more random pics from last week.

The babies sleep a lot!

 All four kids.

 Watching tv together.

 Someone getting burped.

Aden took these with his iPad and about a hundred more.  Of course I have his iPad hooked up to Photostream so all the pics ended up on my phone.

 Haircut time!  Ariel pigged out while Aden got his hair cut.

 My handsome guy.

 Ariel's turn.

 All done.

 Visiting Lou, Jackie, Nicky and their new baby Christian.  

 Nicky loves his baby brother.

Aden waiting to have his ears checked.  He had an ear infection a long time ago and still had fluid in his followup so this was the second followup.  His ears looked fine but his tonsils were swollen.

 Hey there buddy.

They are always side by side in their Fisher Price Rock N Play Sleepers.

 Good night sweet baby!

 Putting on daddy's socks.

 I found this online.  The bride sent this un-invite to her parents.

 Crazy how little they are.

 Fun in Aden's room.