Hanging out

We spent our first day alone as a family hanging out, resting, and eating some of the frozen meals that Molly prepared for us.

Kale and Dad hanging out on the couch...


...practicing our singing

Baby Rockstar

Keva is trying to jump-start Kale's musical appreciation...

Goodbye Grandma!

Today was Grandma Kitch's last day here helping us out. We went to Solly's for bagels and hot cinnamon buns in the morning and then took her to the airport.

Thanks to her for so much help - Kale misses her already!

PEE

One Week Weight...

At Birth Kale was 4455 grams (9lbs 13oz).


Today at one week he was already up to 4700 grams (10lbs 6oz). We got to impress the midwive with his stellar weight gain.

What a champion eater.

I will post a picture later (they are on moms camera which we can't upload here, she didn't bring her cable.)

Kale's first bath!!

We tried to wait as long as possible, but the inevitable struck: it was time to bathe our little boy. We poured some warm water, suds him up, dried him off and then put on a new cozy sleeper.

Bath time!!


Drying off...


Warm and cozy!

Happy (Canadian) Thanksgiving!

Kale and we celebrated our first Canadian Thanksgiving!
He decided to dress up for the occasion:

pumpkin boy

Moskowitz Grandparents come to visit

Grandpa Steve and Grandma Arlene came to visit today! They brought us a few prepared meals and a birthday cake for Molly. We're very grateful!

Happy new grandparents


Sleeping baby


Smiling at each other

Happy Birthday Molly!!

Today is Molly's 27th birthday - just wanted to take a moment to wish her all the best!

Kale's birthday present to Mum was to let her take a nap for almost 2 hours!!

A special thanks

We wanted to give a special thanks to Grandma Kitch for staying with us and helping us out before, during and after the birth. She's cooked, cleaned, run errands, been emotional support and given us some much-needed respite.

Thanks so much, we love you!!!

Announcing...

KALE OLIVER MOSKOWITZ
Born Oct. 4, 2005 at 7:17 a.m.
9 pounds 13 oz.
22 1/4 inches long
Perfect in every way.

First photo (that's 4,455 grams - a lot!)


Mum and baby sleeping


Kale and Mum having a chat


Dad seems tired...


I'm so beautiful...now let me sleep!

My dear husband...

When you buy a 100 year old house you expect a few (many many) projects ... We knew about lots of them but we hadn't noticed how rotten our bedroom window was until we noticed that the glass was sinking so there was an inch plus of air space at the top. (Kinda Scary!)

Keva took this...
















Filled it like this over several days with various wood fillers and then a top coat of wood putty.
















And yesterday he sanded it so it looks beautiful like this...
















We then managed to install new glass and seal it in. Currently the last coat of paint is drying and tomorrow I may go to sleep with a bedroom window. =)

Back yard photos

We took some more photos of Molly's beautiful pregnant belly in our backyard today. We had some great sunlight to work with - and the neighbour girls helped us out by peeking over the fence as we snapped photos in different positions for about an hour.

Some pregnancy photos

Molly at 39 weeks and 6 days pregnant - that's one day before the due date!

We bought a house!!!

We just bought a house in Vancouver for our soon-to-be expanded family. We're very excited about it - it's a 100 year old red victorian house in the eastern part of Vancouver.