Shoshana hosted a delicious Seder and the kids had a blast.  We kept them both up until 10:30!

And here’s some pictures of happy Jordan….

The time really is flying by.  Eli is 6 months old and really starting to show his cute smiley personality (and chubby cheeks).  He’s over 16 pounds, in the 40th percentile.  He loves to be kissed and hugged, and he LOVES Jordan.

Tamar is also hosting a Mommy and Me class for second time Moms at our house, with the same teacher who taught her first mommy and me class.

And he also loves being entertained by Jordan.

We had a nice visit from Grandpa a couple of weeks ago and hosted everyone for brunch in our backyard.  It was great to see Eli and Grandpa bond, but it was also admittedly difficult not to have Grandma there.  But I could see her smiling in my mind while Grandpa held Eli.

We made the fun yearly trip to Descanso Gardens in honor of Elie’s birthday, to carry on the tradition.

A great reason to get the kids together to run around outside!

Can’t blame Jonah for wanting to pinch those cheeks

And then here we are at Travel Town

And here’s Jordan in front of his school

About three weeks ago we started giving Eli solid foods.  He really loves it so far.  We started with rice cereal and then butternut squash.  Today he’s going to try peas.

Here’s pictures and video of the first day of rice cereal, and then a few additional photos of Eli at the end.  Pretty much all he does is smile these days.  He’s going to be 6 months old in 3 days!

Loving sitting in the high chair!

Happy boy!

Meeting Tamar’s friends…

The greatest thing about having two boys so close together in age is watching them bond.  Eli’s face lights up when Jordan gives him attention (which is all the time), and Jordan asks to see Eli when he first wakes up.  There’s no shortage of hugs and kisses for his little brother.  Eli has even been able to sort of play with Jordan when Jordan tries to share his cars.  Hopefully the love lasts forever.

Reading together

Hi baby!

It’s been a long winter, although a very warm one in LA, but we are looking forward to Spring.  Here are some recent photos and videos from the last month or so.  The boys are growing up fast.  We had our first parent teacher conference at Jordan’s pre-school, and Eli is starting to sleep through the night consistently.

This is actually an older video, from January I think, but it makes me smile

We try to get good pictures of Jordan, but he usually makes this face, which is one of his new fake smiles

Here he is reading one of his favorite books.  His language skills have had another explosion lately

Here’s some videos of Eli starting to experiment with his voice.  He’s 5 Months old!

We went to the science and space museum to see the space shuttle.

Here is Eli from that day

The next weekend, we went to the Natural History museum to see the dinosaurs.

Eli smiles more and more every day.  After a rough first 4 months, he’s a VERY happy kid!

Man are his cheeks getting fat

Jordan has been a great brother (when he’s not punching Eli in the face)

More of Eli

Did I mention Jordan’s silly photo smile?

Occasionally, I snag a good one though

He was very into Purim.  Apparently he knew the story better than anyone in his class.

Dressed up for the party

At the Purim carnival with his friend Gia

Hugs

He was brave to do the pony ride because his friend Jorge was crying right next to him about not wanting to get on

And then we went and had a nice dinner out with Jorge and his family

Looking forward to out mini vaca with Nanny and Poppy this weekend at Terranea!

As promised, here’s the backlog of videos going back to early November when Eli was only a few weeks old through January.

Jordan: sweet brother

About 3 weeks old and sleeeeeeepy

Wanna watch Jordan eat his Honey Bunches of Oats?

Jordan rocking out to Hendrix for the first time (yes I know I’m a terrible father for letting him rock out while eating)

Jordan dancing at the super bowl party we took him to at Adam Paul’s

We’ve had so much going on that I haven’t had a chance to post any photos for months.  Now that Eli is sleeping in his own room and giving us a chance to sleep a little bit, we are starting to go back to our real lives.  So I am posting a ton of pictures here going back to early November, when Eli was only a few weeks old to early February.  He is growing and changing so much; already over 14 pounds.  He’s got chunky thighs now and chubby cheeks, he smiles all the time and already loves Jordan.  They both really love each other.  I love watching them together.

Here we go in order.  (Oops, I accidentally had the date/time stamp on some of the photos.)

Eli at 3 weeks, still a sleepy newborn…

At about 1 month old:

Meanwhile, Jordan is still completely car and truck obsessed…

Here was one of the first times we ventured out as a family of four into the scary world.  The changing leaves on our street made it a beautiful walk:

Here’s Eli at about 5-6 weeks:

Jordan playing with some of his cousins:

He’s a happy kid (most of the time)

Pooped after Daddy/Jordan outing to Oxnard

These photos are from around Thanksgiving/Hanukkah

And these photos are of Eli between 7 weeks and 2 months:

He’s not always smiling of course

Hopefully if he’s not smiling, Jordan is:

Here’s Eli at about 9-10 weeks:

HAIRCUT!

Visit from Nanny and Poppy around Christmas allowed us to go to a wedding

More brother love

Getting bigger!

New Years Eve in Laguna with the Cashmans:

Jordan pondering the upcoming year

Eli at about 3 months

Jordan’s snow day at school.  They brought in real snow!

Eli at about 3 1/2 months

We were finally able to move back into our house.  Here’s what the neighbor’s new house looked like then:

Jordan getting much more interested in construction, wearing his hat and often playing with his tools

Here is Eli at 4 months old.  Happy and healthy.  We feel so lucky.  Hopefully I will do a better job of keeping up with photos now.  Ill also post some recent videos soon

Here’s one recent video of Eli

Chatting it up

It’s hard to believe it’s been more than 3 weeks since I last spoke to my Mom.  As the days pass without being able to talk to her I miss her more and more.  I hope that she is at peace.