On Tuesday October 7, 2008 we had the amazing experience of meeting our new cousin & nephew, Gabriel Jackson Wallach!
When we arrived Grandma Hillary, Grandpa Ricky and Great-Grandma Pearl "GG" were already there and "settled" in. Gabriel posed for some pictures with the family and we all just relaxed around the house. Gabriel was kind enough to share his bedroom with his cousins Isaac and Olivia. They really enjoyed sleeping on the blow up bed and in the pack and play for a change....except the night I forget to close the cap on the blow up bed and Isaac basically ended up sleeping on the floor.
On Wednesday, Stacey and Josh held the Briss at their house which was a beautiful ceremony!
Isaac was really intrigued by the rabbi and the ceremony in general but later retreated from the masses up to the bedroom to watch some shows while the rest of us enjoyed the bountiful spread Stacey and Josh had for their guests. This is when he met his new fried Ava.
After the ceremony Christina and Joe (Ava's parents) invited Isaac over to hang out with Ava since it also happened to be her 3rd Birthday. Isaac jumped at the chance and was so excited he did not even realize this was his first official "play date" without Miriam or I with him. He spent all day there and when we came to pick him up for dinner he was not "ready" to leave so he stayed for hot dogs...later we came back to celebrate Ava's birthday with cake and presents.
The next day we were heading to the
Magic House in St. Louis so we invited Ava and Peggy (her Grandma) to come with us. We all had a great time exploring.....
It was quite an electrifying experience....
and really blew us all away.....
Later that afternoon we all went outside to play some soccer and baseball. Isaac got a soccer workout playing goalie against mom and Grandma and then received a free batting lesson from Grandpa......his first.
Check out the video of the Magic House and sporting events
We had a great week and were so excited and happy to meet Gabriel and see everyone!
We did miss Stuey and Jeb though....maybe they can come to Albany for Hanukkah???
MANY MORE PICTURES
Click here for more of our pictures from the whole weekend.
Here is a link to some of Peggy's Pictures from the Magic House and the Marian's apple picking.
Check out Josh and Stacey's Blog for even more pictures!!
This morning was the Halloween Parade at Isaac's school. Isaac has been very excited about this all week. Lita came over around 8 and helped us all get dressed up.
The kids had some time to play around in the classroom and then it was time for the parade. The parents all went into the "Big Room" to watch. After the kids circled around the room a few times they all gathered in the middle to sing some Halloween songs.
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