Holding their Sukkot Decorations at this mornings Modeh Ani Assembly
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Thursday, October 4
Monday, November 28
Sunday, October 2
Saturday, September 18
Break Fast
Went to CSZ for final Yom Kippur services - my favorite part of the holidays is always ending the services with all the CSZ kids up on the stage at Herbst Theater (well all the kids except ours who was feeling shy or something) - followed by breaking of the fast with an amazing view of SF City Hall across the street.
Friday, September 17
Saul's pre - services
While mommy was still at work the boy and I prepared for the fast pre-services at Sauls Deli on Shattuck. Lovely shot of boy and brisket above as well some nice matza soup below.
Thursday, September 9
Tashlich
L'Shanah Tovah Ya'all.
I can't believe that we are back in the Bay Area to start the New Year (5771). We attended erev services at Beth El - the reform congregation just down the hill from us in Berkeley. Yoel Kahn from CSZ is the Rabbi there now and Rueben is the Asst. Rabbi so it felt very at home for us - and there are a lot of kids at the early service so the boy could sit and play angry birds without causing too much of a stir. In the morning we came into the city for the CSZ services at the Herbst Theater which REALLY feels like coming home. We sat in one of the boxes and the boy played with magnets on the floor - I was surprised to have Jack's Grandma Inez come over and say hi - didn't realize that she attends CSZ. We went from services to grab a lunch to go from one of my favorite dives then headed out to Chrissy Field to do Taschlich.
The bridge was just visible through the fog but as we enjoyed our lunch the sun came out more and more.
For the boy it was a chance to play on the beach as we cast our crumbs into the sea.
Oh yeah - it was also a great chance for him to enjoy Jesse's company as well and to gather some more tips on strategy for taking on the helmet heads of Angry Birds.
I can't believe that we are back in the Bay Area to start the New Year (5771). We attended erev services at Beth El - the reform congregation just down the hill from us in Berkeley. Yoel Kahn from CSZ is the Rabbi there now and Rueben is the Asst. Rabbi so it felt very at home for us - and there are a lot of kids at the early service so the boy could sit and play angry birds without causing too much of a stir. In the morning we came into the city for the CSZ services at the Herbst Theater which REALLY feels like coming home. We sat in one of the boxes and the boy played with magnets on the floor - I was surprised to have Jack's Grandma Inez come over and say hi - didn't realize that she attends CSZ. We went from services to grab a lunch to go from one of my favorite dives then headed out to Chrissy Field to do Taschlich.
The bridge was just visible through the fog but as we enjoyed our lunch the sun came out more and more.
For the boy it was a chance to play on the beach as we cast our crumbs into the sea.
Oh yeah - it was also a great chance for him to enjoy Jesse's company as well and to gather some more tips on strategy for taking on the helmet heads of Angry Birds.Friday, December 18
Happy Holidays....
Just a little solstice note to let our family & friends know that we are thinking of you with love at this time of year. We have shared a lovely Chanukah with all of our East Coast Family & have been lucky to have Emily working nights which means that we get full weekends with her.The snow has been coming down in bucketfuls and that's given us some shoveling fun. Thankfully we haven't had to travel any further than WholePaychex so we have been able to stay warm & toasty as we try out some new recipes.
I can't believe that the year is nearly coming to a close - it does seem as if it has flown by.
Sunday, September 27
Monday, May 4
Thursday, March 26
Monday, March 23
Wednesday, May 10
Crossing the Threshold
Here I am bringing little Riley (still called blasto by his moms) into the house for the first time. He is about 2 days old & not really paying attention but it was a BIG moment for us.
At the doorpost of your home
Friday, April 8
Sperm Bankin'
Spies in the House of Sperm
Well this really does have to be one of the strangest experiences that you can have. E & I headed on down to our neighborhood sperm center were we checked in & had a seat in the waiting room with a quiet nice looking young guy -(a donor perhaps??). They have 3 or 4 binders sitting out which contain the long descriptions & in some cases photo's of all the current available donors. We have already pretty much picked our guy from the short descriptions offered on-line but we go ahead & take this time to read through the catalogues & see if there are others to consider. There isn't a photo of our guy as a kid which is too bad, cause it is cool to see the baby photo's of some of the other donor-guys.
We have a fairly long wait so we each wade through a complete binder before being called in for our intake appt. The meeting goes ok - but I don't really feel like they told us anything that wasn't in all the registration paperwork that we already went through. I want to be present & remember what was said & ask the right questions but I really just zone out a bit. E asks some questions - and then we head back out to the waiting area & reception/accounting desk.
So this is the good part --- we have a mini-in cause we sorta know one gal who is working here. She comes out to sit with us as we are looking through all the dudes & helps rate our prospects -- Our number one choice gets high marks from the spy in the house of sperm - both for his looks & personality and also for the quality of his seed. Our spy tells us that he's already been quite successful in the pregnancy dept.and he has good handwriting e&I both think so .... Maybe its weird to be picking the genetic co-creator of our child based on his handwriting but hey its what we have to go on - so that’s that.
We do have a minute when we look at the price scale & wonder if we should pick another donor cause factors make him a bit more of a bargain & then I get a really strong feeling that this is not the moment to be working my thrifty shopper persona & we drop it.We put 3 vials of mr. donor on hold & head for the parking lot feeling really .... strange .... this is an unfortunately not intimate moment in our road to baby making. & its tinged with some real sadness because for both of us in our hearts of hearts we want to create a child that is hers & mine - not mine & some dude who's got the right body type and eye color.
Well this really does have to be one of the strangest experiences that you can have. E & I headed on down to our neighborhood sperm center were we checked in & had a seat in the waiting room with a quiet nice looking young guy -(a donor perhaps??). They have 3 or 4 binders sitting out which contain the long descriptions & in some cases photo's of all the current available donors. We have already pretty much picked our guy from the short descriptions offered on-line but we go ahead & take this time to read through the catalogues & see if there are others to consider. There isn't a photo of our guy as a kid which is too bad, cause it is cool to see the baby photo's of some of the other donor-guys.
We have a fairly long wait so we each wade through a complete binder before being called in for our intake appt. The meeting goes ok - but I don't really feel like they told us anything that wasn't in all the registration paperwork that we already went through. I want to be present & remember what was said & ask the right questions but I really just zone out a bit. E asks some questions - and then we head back out to the waiting area & reception/accounting desk.
So this is the good part --- we have a mini-in cause we sorta know one gal who is working here. She comes out to sit with us as we are looking through all the dudes & helps rate our prospects -- Our number one choice gets high marks from the spy in the house of sperm - both for his looks & personality and also for the quality of his seed. Our spy tells us that he's already been quite successful in the pregnancy dept.and he has good handwriting e&I both think so .... Maybe its weird to be picking the genetic co-creator of our child based on his handwriting but hey its what we have to go on - so that’s that.
We do have a minute when we look at the price scale & wonder if we should pick another donor cause factors make him a bit more of a bargain & then I get a really strong feeling that this is not the moment to be working my thrifty shopper persona & we drop it.We put 3 vials of mr. donor on hold & head for the parking lot feeling really .... strange .... this is an unfortunately not intimate moment in our road to baby making. & its tinged with some real sadness because for both of us in our hearts of hearts we want to create a child that is hers & mine - not mine & some dude who's got the right body type and eye color.
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