Turner's first week

It has been quite a week! A couple of days after Mom, Dad, and Turner got back from the hospital, we got a bunch of visitors.

On Saturday, Uncle Daniel and Aunt Lauren came from Pennsylvania. Then on Sunday, Bubbe and Aunt Laurie came here from Atlanta and stayed with us. They all stayed here in Austin until today, and it was great having some extra people to play with.

Uncle Daniel and Aunt Lauren took Hazel and me to Terra Burger, out to breakfast and the Children's Museum, and played with us a lot around the house. Bubbe and Aunt Laurie roomed with Hazel and loved playing with her at 5 am, which is when she wakes up.

Turner had a busy week as well. He had a couple more doctor's appointments. His latest latest stats are 8 pounds, 5 ounces (50th percentile), 21.25 inches long (80th percentile!), and a 35cm head size (25th percentile). The doctor says he's doing great.

Turner also had his brit milah this week. For those who don't know, Jewish boys have their circumcision on the eighth day of their life. This is called a brit milah, or more commonly, a bris. This is a 4,000-year-old tradition, and is one of the oldest practiced religious rites in the world. The bris is also when a Jewish boy is formally named. I had mine a few years ago.  I was at school during Turner's this week, but here's what I heard about it.

During the ceremony, my Dad explained that Turner's English middle name Edward and his Hebrew first name Aharon are named for Papa.  Papa was kind, compassionate, playful, and intelligent, and Mom and Dad hope that Turner will have those qualities as well.

Then, Mom talked about where Turner's first name came from. She said that Turner was her grandmother's maiden name and that is Grandpa's and Uncle Daniel's middle name. They are smart, persistent and kind, and Mom hopes Turner hopes to be like them in this way too.

Turner's Hebrew middle name is Teva (pronounced Tehvah) which means nature. Mom picked this name out of a book one day a few weeks ago when we were all playing outside. Mom was looking for a name that started with T like Turner. We were very happy and it was a beautiful, perfect day. It seemed to fit.

Turner slept through the whole ceremony, lucky guy. 

Hazel, Turner, and I were sad to see everyone leave today, but it will be interesting to see what the new normal is in our house. I think Mom and Dad will have their work cut out for them over the next few weeks.

Here are pictures from this week, mostly courtesy of Bubbe.  And a couple of videos of Hazel making a smoothie and me reading.