| Valerie and Aurora (Val's Mom)
came to visit. I've been emailing back and forth with Aurora since
well before the birth and it was such a delight to hand her our sweet
little son. She is a retired nurse who held lots of sick babies and
knew all the best tricks. We hope she comes back soon and stays a long
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Click on this image to see
some really big gums. |
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Here is Val with her
Mom. |
 Valerie is one of Boaz's
Godparents and a fabulous Auntie. |
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Suzie is too of course! |
 Another Auntie that Boaz totally
adores is Sherri Paris. |
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My back went out Christmas-eve and Sherri spent a lot
of Christmas helping us out and getting to squeeze Bobo without all the
"baby-hogs" (as she calls them) around. |
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| This is Boaz's incredible
Pediatrician, Dr. Block. Meeting this guy was one of the best things
about being in the hospital. |
Sarah-Hope still
comes over practically every day just to hold the little guy for a
couple hours. Here she is practicing eye contact. |
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Teaching him important skills such as
swinging by his
teeth. |
 Bobo "tough-guy" Peleg. |
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Boaz in his "body-bag" with his
stuffed animals. |
| Me, Boaz and our new friends Julie
and Brady. Brady was born about 2 weeks before Bobo. |
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Eli Vakni (Sharona and Simo's
son), Boaz's designated big brother, is seventeen months old in this
picture. Here he is, caught red-handed stealing Bobo's pacifier. We
don't think Bobo cares much yet, especially since he is probably wearing
all of Eli's hand-me-downs. |
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| Dana and Boaz, Julie and Brady at
Neary
Lagoon. Hey Moms this is a perfect baby-stroller spot. Because it
is 100% handicapped accessible, 2+ strollers can walk together through a
park built on a peaceful lagoon. There are lots of ducks, occasional
turtles and you kind of float on buoys which is comforting for the
babies. The walk down to the lagoon from California and Bay is a bit
hard to find. Go in through the park and then go down behind the water
treatment plant. |
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Boaz's first "centerfold" shot. |
One very windy day we took Sarah-Hope to the wharf
to look at the seals. |
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Just this week he started grabbing everything. |
He is pulling everything towards his mouth. |
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...and laughing
and laughing. |
 A person
can never have too many toys. Those chimes are from Adam, Anne and Benjamin.
The magician bear is from Savta Rena and Saba Eliezer. We love and miss you
all! |
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Sometimes he looks redheaded these days. |
Here is Elsa pooping in what was once a
beautiful plant. Lately she has been acting really needy. She has turned
into one of those cats that need to be held a lot more. She insisted on
staying locked in the garage today by climbing up to the highest
rafters. Poor Elsa. |
 Honda Civic's new
hood ornament. |
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He sure does make me
laugh sometimes! |
 ...and I totally love this little
guy. |
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Recently my Grandfather Joe passed away.
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Our dear
friend Tym stayed with Dana and Boaz while I went back to
Youngstown Ohio for the funeral.
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Tym is Boaz's Fairy Godfather.
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Tym come back again soon!
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Click for full-size
rabbit ears. |
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Tym turned us on to a great
old movie: Jacque's Demy's "Umbrella's of
Charbourge (buy the DVD)".
The photography
is magnificent.
It stars a very young Catherine Deneuve as an innocent enchantress
and an adorable Nino Castelnuovo as a French...well...mench.
If you ever thought of
bursting into song while buying gasoline, this is the musical you've
been waiting for all your life. Step aside Grease. |
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| Bobo sleeps again.
Our sweet angel. 
| Dana
is pictured here wearing the Moby wrap that Denis got us as a
gift. Thanks Denis! This amazing
device has freed us to walk longer distances with Boaz on our
bodies. Here we are walking in Arana Gulch which is right
behind our house. |
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couple other nice nature shots from that beautiful winter day. |
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Boaz Wilde Peleg the great!
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Actually, this picture is illusive. He tries to
hold up the bottle himself but after a mere 3-5 seconds he usually lets
it drop so we let him try and at the same time, we carefully watch him. |
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Wendi Jo is
another great baby squeezer. Here she is
with Bobo at our local health food store:
Staff of life. |
Grandma alert!
Click on either picture
to the right for a really large image of Boaz sucking his favorite
rattle (a gift from his sweet friend Kathleen Pouls, Artist and
Accupuncturist extrodinare who helped a lot during the
birth): |
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Still beta testing section:
Boaz, the almost
movie (a 3.7 MB .mpg download).
Oof. Instructions for download: Highlight the link above, right-click and
choose "save-as" instead of trying to view this
online. You can't see much in this clip but what is great about it is
that you hear our friend Sarah-Hope playing a very sweet call and respond
game with Boaz.
Computer geeks help!
For the life of me, I can't figure out how to convert from my digital
camera's *.mov files (my only capture option) to *.mpg files without the
stripes appearing that you see in this downloaded clip. Currently I'm using
WinMPG video convert. I'm converting *.mov > *.avi's > *.mpg. Please email
me if you have any hot
tips. I've tried a bunch of products. |
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