Jonathan's 18 month check

Jonathan saw his pediatrician today for his 18 month visit. It was a great visit especially because there were no shots involved! She is very happy with his progress but wishes he would completely feed himself.....we're working on it :)
His weight is 11.87kg/~26 lb (54%), Length is 83.8cm/~33in (70%), Head Circumference is 50.2cm/~19.7in (96%!!). We are very proud of his progress and his next visit with the pediatrician will be after his little sister is born!

Baby #2 is a.....GIRL!!!!

We're so excited to officially announce that Baby #2 is a girl! We've had our suspicions for a while now, but as you can see in the ultrasound pics, it's finally confirmed! I've been feeling her kick for a couple of weeks already, but they are getting stronger by the day.
And in other news, Jonathan has started brushing his teeth (all 8 of them!) before he goes to sleep! He loves it and has a lot of fun with the whole routine. He doesn't quite get the whole baby concept but will point to a baby on the TV when asked "where is baby?". But, there's definitely no connection to the one that I'm carrying. It'll be quite a suprise for him!
Click the title above to access all the pics.

Hanukkah 2006!

We had a great Hanukkah this year with a full house! Saba and Savta came from Kansas, Idan and Amy from Boston, Matt from New York, and Yaron from Israel! Of course, the main attraction was Jonathan, as he is learning new words every day. He got lots of great gifts for Hanukkah, and his favorites are the legos and his race track with cars. He loves to say "shake shake" when he wants you to come and shake the cars with him (it turns them on). He also loves to say "noooo" while turning his head, and to go to his chair and say "sit" when he's hungry. He's saying "up" to be lifted, points to things and says "dis" for "this", and of course "oh-oh" when he's about to do something he knows is wrong. The newest development is lifting his hands to his face and saying "awdon" when he's all-done! He is becoming more and more entertaining with each day. We are very proud of him because he finally gave up his pacifier a couple of weeks ago. Click the title (Hanukkah 2006!) above to see the whole album.
Here's another classic video...sorry for the shaky camera work.