An early flipper

Perhaps the most impressive event of the past few days (holiday of Shavuot) is that on day 13 of life AA rolled over from his stomach to his back. According to me, his pediatrician-to-be father that's about 3-4 months ahead of schedule! No assist, no tricks, he really just did it. The rollover came when we were practicing the "tummy time" advocated now that we put children "back to sleep" to help reduce SIDS. Below is an updated picture with his increasing open-eyed time as he is getting older as well as a picture Jen took while I was working on this post.

Going to shul. AA went to our shul, that goes by its own initials, AY. He was a perfect angel and stared quietly into the distance until we reached the silent shemoneh esrei. Then the screaming began and of course ended as soon as that quiet portion was over. He got an official welcome from the minyan at the end as perhaps the youngest member ever to attend.

10 days old. Hard to imagine how much can happen in 10 days and yet it has been a roller coaster already. Here are some highlights below from day 1 until now.

Day 1: Like his parents, AA (short for Aaron Adir) tends to leave things to the last minute. What better way to start then procrastinating your own delivery. Nevertheless, here he is moments after birth:










Day 2: Grandpa Moshe admires:

Day 3: Posing for the Camera       

     

On his way home and lots of birthday celebrations to join.

Day 4: Meet the Raskas grandparents:

Day 5: Taking a bath at home               

            

               













Sarah, Lizzie, and Rachel admire their nephew

Everyone is almost exactly a decade older or younger than someone else. See if you can figure out the generations:

Friday night - AA's shalom zachar. Jen and I make a quick getaway after our speeches. . . 

Day 6: (no photos available, plus we were in the hospital again . . . )

Day 7: Isaac getting ready for his big Kvater role (or his next big airline announcement)

Pre-brit milah family huddle

Day 8: watch the brit milah recap here, thanks to all the cameramen who made this possible

Credit to Randy Barnes for the amazing photo below

Sandek for the naming, grandfather Moshe Rubin

Raskas men:

Day 9: A peak at AA's eyes:

Day 10: checkup with his own pediatricians and doing great. Weight nearly back to birth weight, now 6 lb 13.5 oz.