Yes, We're Still Here

Where to start, we have been so busy!

Avraham Tzvi is totally a little boy now. Walking everywhere, starting to talk, and he knows what he wants when he wants it. Yes, he has his very own mind now and is getting to be quite the expert at temper tantrums. Joy of life, he's growing up :)

Rivka had her tonsils and adnoids out last month and did beautifully. She is breathing much easier and even sleeping a little better. Still crawling in with us almost every night (ok, every night), but instead of waking up to come in at 10 she's waking up around 4. Much, much better. She doesn't even wake us up anymore, she just crawls on in and goes back to sleep.

Rena is dong great in gan chova (kindergarten). She has tons of friends and is really doing well. We are so pleased & proud :D

Nechama is also doing well in her class. I think the separation was good for both of them, but more for Nechama. She's coming into her own and not relying on her sister for everything anymore. I visited her class today (someone forgot her bag) and it was great to see her happy, playing with friends, and having a great time. They think she's the cutest kid, and I have to agree :D.

In other news, had a nice (if crazy) visit with the parents. We went to the Dead Sea (pictures to follow) and had a nice time. The girls didn't really get into the sea because there were huge sandstorms, but they put their feet in. We adults got to soak in Dead Sea water in the hotel. It was great to have a little break, thanks mom & dad :)

Pictures from Sukkot

Better late than never :)

Maybe I should rename that "Picture" from Sukkot. Blogger is acting up, I'll try to get up more later.

In Other News

Rivka is recovering from having her tonsils & adenoids out. Getting her to drink or eat (even popclicles and ice cream) has been a real challenge, and it's HOT. She had fever for a few days but none since this morning B'H. She's genarally not happy and I'm a bit worried about dehydration, but about how I thought it would be. Hopefully she'll be back to herself in the next week or so and I'll get some time to put up pictures on this long neglected blog.

Shabbot Shalom all :)

A Slew of Words.

I have to say I am really pleased how Avraham Tzvi's language is picking up. Finally he's really talking! For the last 6 months or so he's had the same 5 words, and in the last two weeks he's coming out with a ton more! In the last week we've gotten:

car

imba (bimba, little ride on car)

key

off

on

up

book

and the one that inspired this post just now:

apple :)

All in all I'm really pleased.

Another Milestone

A loose tooth. Nechama's is just about ready to come out. Yes, I have pictures. No, I'm not posting them now :P

I need to set aside a time to get to the blog, but it probably won't be until after the kids go back to school next week. I have lots of pictures old & new to put up :)

A Walker, and a New Word

We have a walker. He started on Yom Kippor and hasn't slowed down. I have to get a chance to put up the pictures, but he is defiantly walking :) He also has another word, car. So that brings the total vocabulary to:

Hebrew

Aba (daddy)

Ima (mommy)

Et Ze (this, picked up from the girls)

English

car

bye bye (let's go out)

more

and his oh so cute but I can't get it on video head shake for "no" LOL.

Exactly a Month Later....

He's Walking! Still not all the time, but went straight across the room. I don't have any pictures yet (little stinker will get down to crawl to get to the camera faster @@), but he's really walking! My friend just called and said he walked all over the house. I'm so happy my little baby is growing up :)