Orlando and Max's Bar Mitzvah

This past Memorial Day Weekend we visited our family in Florida for Max's Bar Mitzvah. It's so hard t believe that Max is really 13, I remember when he was just a small thing (I realize I'm channeling Aunt Janice now, I had to refrain myself from pinching Max's cheeks over the weekend.)

Max was spectacular at the synagogue. He read Torah, led the service, gave a d'var torah. It was quite impressive. Both Lauren and I had the honor of also reading Torah at the service.

After the Bar-Mitzvah service, we went to Sea World. We thought that Koby would have been more excited about it, but he was a bit out of sorts. True to form, Koby didn't sleep all that well while on vacation, and I think that was wearing on him a bit.

Pictures from the trip:

Max's Bar Mitzvah

And, we're back!

Wow, what a hiatus! We've missed you all very much. Here's a quick run down of the past several weeks - keep in mind that Koby is just GREAT now!!

Visit to CHOP ER, twice. Broken leg, healed leg, first ear infection ever, first sinus infection ever, first stent inserted ever, alone time with Aunt Alexis, first huge snowfall, 2nd birthday celebration with meme and g-pop james, lots of newly born friends - Abby, Aaron, Elijah, Roni.

So, before I get to the details, here are the pics (Enjoy, Great Aunt Mimi!!)

Spring 2009

The visit to CHOP is probably the most concerning. Here's the scoop - Koby had been limping for a little while (about a week), he was absolutely happy, and not cranky at all, but after a week of a nearly-two year old limping, it was time to see the doc. So, on to the pediatrician we went. Because of the timing - 3 PM on Good Friday - and because our doctor believed it to be his hip rather than the splinter that Mark adn I thought it was, she strongly encouraged us to go right to the ER to have it xrayed. Apparently, an inflamed hip can be an indicator for some rather awful blood disorders. Well, after two x-rays (one on his hip, one on his ankle), Koby was still happy as could be and smiling at the docs. The docs sent us home and instructed us to come back should he have a fever. Well... Easter Sunday came along and Koby woke up blazing hot. So, back we went. The ER wanted blood work done, and thought that he might need a stent should they need to do a biopsy of his bone, so the nurses tried and tried and tried (no joke - three times!) to get a stent into my little toddler's pudgy hands. It was horrendous, and Koby was not at all happy during this visit. After reviewing the blood work and again reviewing his x-rays, they determined that he doe snot have the awful bone infection that they thought he might, rather, he just had the flu. So, home we went to let the little one rest finally!

On Tuesday, we met with the orthopedic who told us that the hip theory was hooey. It was actually his ankle and that he recommended that we cast it. If only we could have met this Doc on Friday!!! At Koby's age, we've learned it is possible to have a fracture, but for it not to appear on the x-ray. So, we casted an invisible fracture. I figure that if it was sprained, the remedy would also be to imobilize it, so a cast it was to be.

Good news - he's out of the cast and walking around and very happy again. We're gearing up for a fun summer, we have the bike seat all ready adn have already been on a few jaunts. Koby has bottles of sunscreen all thoughout the house adn car, and hats galore!

We're gearing up to celebrate cousin Max's bar mitzvah over memorial day and then Koby's 2nd birthday the weekend after. Yowza, how does the time fly like that??!?!