Sledding

Uncle Matt has joined the fun here and we are taking full advantage of all of the snow that we have here. Today, Mike, Yoni, and Matt went out to the backyard and built their own sledding slope (as the neighbors protested the use of their natural slope..."in case someone gets hurt on our property"...). Everyone had a great time, and here are some videos from today...


This video is from inside. Yoni is watching Mike and Matt from the kitchen window.

Saba and Savta's Visit

We are all having a great time with Saba, Savta, Shanee, and Brandin! Yoni loves the extra attention and is now pooping and peeing in the potty!!! Not perfect, but we're getting there....Savta is using all of her techniques and Saba is helping greatly. For those who are not familiar with my amazing mother, she has a PhD in Special Ed, and professionally potty trains children with autism. So training Yoni is a cinch for her. Thank goodness I'm at work! :) We have been getting tons of snow, but it's been very manageable and really gorgeous outside. We have also started using our wood stove and are absolutely loving it. I think that with one log, we got the house to like 80 degrees....yay...less money on oil!
Here are all the pictures so far from their visit.

Fun Times

Yoni and Sylvie have started playing "together" a little bit finally. They are really starting to enjoy each other and it's so much fun to watch. Here's a sneak peek at them in the kitchen:

Sylvie is 6 Months old!

With all of the stress and excitement of starting work again, I definitely want to give Sylvie her due. She turned 6 months old on Monday!!! I am so proud of my little girl...she weaned from nursing exclusively to taking formula in a bottle in a matter of a few days and has taken to daycare as if it was completely natural for her to be there. She is so sweet, constantly smiling, happy, and very active. She sits with some support and rolls over with ease. She had her check-up today and she weighed in at 15lb 13oz (7.2kg), which is 48 percentile...just right! At the appointment, the nurse walked in and Jonathan promptly told her "Hey Baby!", which is what Mike says when he walks in the door...we all cracked up laughing. Here's the little rollie-pollie in action.

Jonathan is developing quickly too and always comes up with something new. I've been speaking to him only in Hebrew for the past month and he's picked up on the language rather quickly. He'll now speak sentences with both English and Hebrew in the mix, like he'll say, "Bye, bye kelev (dog).", or "Happy Birthday Sameach (Happy)!". He's been saying "Happy Birthday!" every time we light the Hanukiya...I guess it's a candle thing. His new favorite (or at least most used) word is "Lishon" (sleep)...around bedtime, he'll start saying "Lo Lishon! (No sleep!)" over and over again, or "Sylvie Lishon (Sylvie sleep)". Last night, we told him that it was bedtime, and he turned to us and said "Four Minutes!". Mike and I looked at each other and cracked up. Jonathan started laughing too and we said "You need four more minutes?" To which Jonathan replied "Yep, four more minutes!". So, we let him have four more minutes. Wonder where he picked that one up. He's also talking to objects now. Recently, he's been kicking the ball around the house and yelling at it "No!! Not that way! Over here! This way! Faster!". Jonathan also likes to tell us to "open the doors!" and by that he means our legs so that he can crawl through them...nice imaginary play. His Saba and Savta are coming this weekend (my parents) and he's in for an intensive potty training course...we've been preparing him...stay tuned!

Busy Busy....

So I have officially started working this week. My schedule is now Mondays, Thurs afternoons, and Fridays. No more free time for me...I started seeing patients at 8am, took a lunch break (I think I got maybe 5 minutes to eat) and kept seeing patients till 5:30pm, even though my last one was scheduled for 4:30! And then, I picked up both kids from daycare, served dinner, gave them baths, and got them to bed at around 7:30p (usually 7 on normal days). Mike, of course, was 'conveniently' MIA as he was on call (3 more to go!!!!). Then, I stayed up till 11p trying to finish the 'paperwork'. Of course, there is no paperwork, as everything is electronic medical charting (thank goodness they gave me a laptop!), but I think that made it worse. I have to get used to the whole system and get faster, otherwise I'll drown in "paperwork"! Once again, I'm constantly thinking about patients I've seen and if I missed something and if I should call them to see how they are doing, but then I'd really have no more time to myself. And I'm only working half time!!! How do mommies do this full time?! Needless to say, no more time for frequent blog updates (no more time for sleep!), but I'll do my best. Hannukah came and went so fast, I barely noticed the holiday! Luckily, Saba and Savta are joining us this weekend for another Hanukkah celebration, if they ever get their power back after the ice storm, that is...

Happy Birthday to Idan!!!

We had a great time with Amy, Idan, and Hudson this weekend. They paid us a visit to celebrate Idan's birthday and we all had lots of fun. Happy Birthday Idan (AKA...World's Best Uncle)!!!

Hear Ye, Hear Ye!

Let it be known that Dr. Michael E Beckerman, of the Radiology Department at DHMC, has only 5 calls left!!! And here is the world's best daddy feeding his kids some applesauce. Well, technically it was Sylvie's applesauce but Yoni ran to get a spoon of his own.