Baby's in Black

Nathaniel had his bris today. Instead of 8 days later, it turned out to be 28 Days Later. Mom-mom and pop-pop were here of course, but grandma and grandpa listened to the ceremony on speakerphone. We offered video Skype but they suggested that this might be one ritual that is better without seeing it. They were right. Nate did ok. He was fussy but not really from pain, since he did get a shot of lidocaine. We expect it to get a bit worse tonight.

Susie asked me if, religious custom aside, I would want the boys circumcised. I don't know. At a very basic level, it is barbaric and has no practical value. So why do we do it? The U.S. is apparently about the only country left that generally circumcises its boys without religious commandment. But this seems to be changing very quickly. So, if Nate weren't Jewish, I don't think I'd do it.

But, Nate is Jewish.

(By the way, an "update" to my blogging software has taken away my ability to post pictures. Hopefully that will be corrected soon.)




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Drive My Car

Eli has started singing along with his music. Well, "singing". He says "la" or "nnn" repeatedly, but the way his tone and rhythm changes, it's clear he's singing along. Then "Drive My Car" came on, a song we haven't listened to any more than any of the other 200 Beatles songs. When John starts singing, Eli joins in. And when John first sings, "Baby you can drive my..." just before John says it, Eli loudly sings, "car!"

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All Together Now

It's been two busy weeks since Nate was born. At the beginning, he was such a good sleeper that he wasn't a very good eater, and he dropped more than 10% of his birthweight. This made life pretty rough for us, and by "us" I mean "Susie". For about a week, Susie would feed Nate, pump, then give him more milk with an eye dropper, and about an hour later, start the process over again. But he bounced back very fast and is doing great.

Eli has been having a harder time over the past week. Part of that may have been that grandma and grandpa were here, which was great, except we think it made Eli feel even more insecure. But, we made it Golden Gate Park and Sunnyside park, where he now goes down slides on his own.

Susie is doing great, and hasn't had any trouble going out on our long walks.

There seem to be a number of reasons why you don't take as many pictures with the second one, but we did at least manage this:




It makes me laugh too. If you're wondering, she's trying to get Eli to smile by saying "Eeeeeee."

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