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18 months

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There's no stopping Itamar these days. During the past month he has undergone a huge developmental leap. He understands everything he is told, and is a lot more communicative. Saba Avi came over to visit, and introduced Itamar to the wonderful taste of cappuccino froth. Every time Itamar sees him on skype now, he runs over to his mini basketball game and starts playing, because that's what they played when Saba Avi was in Israel.

Itamar is in love with Justine Clarke and he loves putting in the DVD and pressing Play on his mini-DVD player (which he still calls "et ze, et ze", meaning "this"). That's the only DVD he likes to watch, despite having an incomprehensible amount of DVDs to choose from. So although we don't have a TV (yet...) we do use the little DVD player to keep Itamar occupied while doing the housework. Very handy little investment. Highly recommended!

The hot season has arrived so we went to the beach a couple of times. Itamar loves playing in the sand. On our first visit he preferred to stick to the sand, but on later visits he loved running into the water - but of course only if it involved running after a ball. This guy has a thing for balls. But we already mentioned that, didn't we.

We are pretty sure that Itamar is left-handed. If given a ball in his right hand, he transfers it to his left hand in order to throw it. He eats and draws mostly with his left hand too. But if he is holding something important in his left hand, he will use his right hand instead. Itamar is learning how to be polite - he says "da" (toda = thank you) when told to, and he gives kisses and hugs on demand, if he is in the mood. We are enjoying this (probably brief) period of obedience, and hoping that it will continue on at least to the teen years. Yeah right.

We have had some issues with separation anxiety this month - Itamar cries when mum or dad leave, but relaxes pretty soon afterwards. His first babysitting experience went well following a rough start. He is also very stubborn. At day care they tell us that if Itamar doesn't feel like doing something, or if he has other plans, it is quite a task to 'convince' him to stay with the rest of the group. Once he finishes eating, he puts his things down and trots over to the door expecting to be let out to the playground. But he has to wait until all the other kids have eaten too... try telling him that. Thankfully, he doesn't express any aggression towards other people (i.e. hitting, biting and the like), even if he doesn't want to do what he is told. Just distract him with something else and the scene ends pretty soon.

Sleep-wise, we were having a lot of trouble sleeping through the night until now, especially since coming back from NY. Itamar slept with mum when he was sick there, so he needed mum a lot in the middle of the night. This got better after 2 weeks, and by 1 year 6 months Itamar started sleeping through the night completely. Of course, there are still some nights when something bothers him, but at least now we know it's possible to sleep from 8pm to 6:30am! It is definitely associated with some sort of growing up that he is doing right now.

Better sleep is definitely related to the huge developmental changes as well. Itamar now points to body parts when asked (nose, mouth, belly button, knee, etc.) and says the name. He does the twinkle twinkle little star action, does "all gone" action and says "go" when something is finished. He points to people in photos, including himself and sometimes points out objects in books (moon, apple, animals, etc. ). He also gets the colours right sometimes, like "point to the green balloon", etc. Itamar can now climb ladders in the playground, drink from a straw and from a cup. He likes at puzzles with colour-matching, and just starting to get excited about regular puzzles.

At age 1 year 5.5 months, a whinge was still worth a thousand words. When he wanted something he would yell "ma ma ma ma" until we responded. Within 2 weeks he changed tactics and started calling us when he wanted stuff: "Aba" and "Ama" loud and clear. Another new and useful thing is shaking his head and saying "no no no" in a very cute fashion, when offered something he doesn't want. Finally some expressiveness! We have also now entered the wonderful age of books! Previously Itamar wasn't interested at all, but at age 1.6 he has finally begun to share his parents' favourite past-time.

Itamar has a lot of new words. He is now at the stage where he repeats what we say and copies what we do a lot. His consonants are mostly bilabial or dental, with fricatives being f (as in flower) and v (as in woof woof). He has started saying closed syllables now. Not surprisingly, so far they all end with a sonorant consonant (m or n). A cool thing about Itamar's language aquisition is that for each word he chooses the language (Hebrew or English) according to the sound. So he will say the sound "da" for duck in English, but also for "dag" which is fish in Hebrew. This could be an example of phonological code-switching. Not sure exactly.

Here are some more words that he has picked up (E = English, H = Hebrew):

E - baba = cucumber

E - che = cheese
E - che = cheerios
H - da = toda (thank you)
E - da = duck
H - da = dag (fish)
E - faa = flower (with an australian accent ;-)
EH- bom/boom (closed syllable)
H - ata = savta
EH - ayo = Allo (hello on the phone)
EH - yay, aya = ayin (eye)
H - pe = peh (mouth)
EH - ping = penguin (closed syllable)
H - a-yeh = Yair
H - ami = Amit

EH - ama = mum/ima

H - vovo = sevivon (dreidle)
H - mayin = mayim (water, closed syllable)

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New York, New York

We went up to New York for a short visit to NYU. The location was fantastic, the weather was cold, and the baby's fever was 39.2 degrees Celsius. Boo hoo. Itamar was pretty miserable for the first half of the trip, with a painful ear infection. But as soon he felt better and the sun came out, we had a great time. Itamar felt right at home on the basketball courts of Greenwhich Village. Imagine four huge guys playing basketball, when a little cheeky boy rushes into their game with his arms outstretched, yelling "bo, bo". It was rather hilarious. We also got to spend time with our new friend, baby Romy in New York at the Children's museum which was fun. The definite highlight of the trip was our visit to Princeton. Itamar was reunited with his baby-hood friends - Johanna, Alessandro and Laura. They played really well together and made us feel like we should be coming over there more often. Laura is so far the first kid that Itamar lets keep the ball. If anyone else dares to take a ball from him he goes nuts. But with Laura he is quite the gentleman. Hmmm.... Alessandro might have some competition here. Compare: THEN and NOW.

So the trip was short but sweet. Here are the photos.

And here are some photos from before we left - hanging out with Ziv at a gymboree called Yalduta in Zichron Ya'akov.

1 year 4 months

On Purim Itamar dressed up as a bee and was very busy, running around a lot. When the weather began getting nicer we went to Nachal Alexander for a picnic with the Green Movement. Itamar didn't seem to notice the beautiful place as much as the balls that were being kicked around. Boys will be boys... Other than that, Itamar has started building up a little vocabulary, mostly made up of single syllables. He has officially been crowned the "cheekiest but cutest" kid at Day Care. We are also very excited about our visit to NY to meet Itamar's 'childhood friends' in Princeton.

More photos are here.

Words:
1 year 4 months:
a-vu = it fell (or 'nafal' in Hebrew)
vu vu = woof woof
neh = knee

Words

1 year 3 months:

aba = aba (Dad)

ma ma = ima/mum

et ze - et ze (this)
eh meh = dummy

mao = meaow

bu = bakbuk (bottle)

bo = ball/baloon

be = pea

bi = dubi/bear

aya = shalva (a type of snack)

am am = i'm hungry
mu = moon
yay = light
may = mayim / water
mo = more
go = liftoach (liftoach means 'to open', but go comes from lisgor which means 'to close')
baaaaaa! = Wow! (this is usually said when Itamar makes a huge mess)

We hear mostly 'bi-labial' sounds, single syllables and lots of duplications, i.e. go-go, ba-ba, meh-meh, ma-ma.

Merav, we miss you ...

Last Saturday we lost Merav, Boaz's sister, after a fierce and courageous battle against leukemia. Merav loved Itamar very much, and we are grateful that he at least got a chance to play a little bit with such a wonderful person.

Photos of Merav
הספד

On the phone to Dad

1 year 2.5 months

At 14 months Itamar moved to a new day care, in which all the kids are around his age. No more sleeping babies to sit on. During the first 2 weeks Itamar was sick (eye infection, virus, grumpy, whingy, not sleeping, etc.) but we are on our way to a full recovery and back to normal.

Despite his lack of speech, Itamar is showing signs of a deep understanding about life. At 14.5 months, he is making huge leaps towards grown-up-hood. He is very excited about following instructions: putting a nappy in the bin, closing the lid and clapping his hands in satisfaction. This is usually followed by putting his dirty clothes in the bin as well, and then transferring them to the laundry hamper after several frustrated requests from us. This action is very handy too: instead of the cheerios hitting the floor during meal-time, we give him a bowl and he patiently places them one by one inside the bowl. Itamar now does lots of things in order to get praise, such as stack rings on a stick, put shoes away in their place, put things away in a drawer or closet - always followed by clapping his hands happily. He also now likes to add blocks to a tower, rather than knocking the whole thing down. Quite an achievement.

His linguistic awareness is expanding to more complex babbling, but still only 1-2 words in his vocabulary. Meh meh means either water ('Mayim') or dummy. Et ze means 'this'. But he now says 'Aba' in the correct context - i.e. whenever he hears the front door open, or when he wants Bo'az to come to him. Mum's arrival is probably taken for granted, so he doesn't call her yet at all.

Other physical advancements include seating himself down on chairs, running very fast, passing objects to people when asked, feeding himself and others with a spoon, among other things.

Another thing Itamar does lately is throw himself on the floor in frustration. Classic symptom of not being able to say what he wants. When he started walking he enjoyed his newly-found independence very much and constantly ran all over the place. However, now he is at a stage where he refuses to walk and wants to be held all the time [Note: Apparently this only happens with Mum, according to Dad...]. If we refuse he bends his knees and folds over backwards on the sidewalk. This form of communication is quite annoying, and we are waiting patiently for the day when he will simply say "hey, pick me up, i can't be bothered walking!" This also explains why we so often see empty strollers in the streets, with the strollers' natural inhabitant being held in the parent's aching arms...

Itamar also got his first haircut!

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Run run run

In December we went to support the new "Green Movement" party as it prepares to take the Israeli Knesset by storm in the next elections. Itamar couldn't vote in the primary election, but he did enjoy the drumming circle there. Some more info here.


Itamar started walking (well, more like waddling) around Christmas time, and has thus earned a nice pair of size 22 shoes. He has also moved on to the copying phase, which includes clapping his hands, sitting down/standing up, and pointing to various objects (head, duck, ball, etc) "on demand". His family came for a long visit from Down Under, so Itamar spent a lot of quality time with his auntie Shani and his grandparents. He also ate lots of "sufganiyot" for Hanuka, and he learned to communicate with Morse code and became the family's youngest HAM radio amateur.

Here are the latest photos and videos.

Happy Birthday!

This month Itamar finally got to taste dairy products and it seems that his bad reaction to milk is officially a thing of the past. He is eating and enjoying cheese and even had some yummy chocolate cake! Itamar has also mastered the art of mastication and can chew every food without choking. yay!

In terms of movement, Itamar is still walking very well while holding on to things, but he can now let go and stand by himself without support. He can go up and down stairs very carefully, and also up and down slides in the playground. Aparently he has taken a few steps by himself but we need to see it to believe it :-)

Itamar is very playful too. He can play peek-a-boo with us, and throws/catches a ball. Throwing other objects (food, dummy, mobile phones) is also very fashionable right now. He loves to play with anything that has buttons, and also with things that open and close, like the kitchen doors and the drawers in the dresser. Fingers do get smashed every so often, but that's how it is - no pain, no gain.

Vocally, Itamar's output has become a lot more specific. He can say "Aba" (Dad in Hebrew) which mostly comes out as 'ba ba' and also uses 'ma ma' to refer to either "Ima" (Mum in Hebrew) or maybe "Mum". His newest word is "et ze" which means "this" in Hebrew. Itamar also has several grunting noises used specifically for things like "i want more cheerios NOW!", "i do NOT want to put on any clothes!", or "I want to play with that thing". He has a favourite object, which is quite odd: anything that looks like a lid. Most of his day goes by while he is holding on to a green plastic bottle lid or a lid of a gerber jar.

And of course, we celebrated Itamar's 1st birthday at Day Care with all his friends. He seemed to enjoy the attention and the cake very much!

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Itamar's 11th month

Itamar is starting to act more like a boy than like a little baby. He graduated to the big bath - since he was climbing out of the smaller one. He loves to do things that are clearly not allowed and then laugh hysterically when we say 'no'. Some worrying examples include playing with the water faucet and turning on the hot water in the bath, opening interesting cupboards in the kitchen, and reaching for electrical outlets in the walls. So this is the stage when we have to start the whole discipline business. And possibly influence our kid's behaviour for ever and ever. Hmmm.... not a problem at all....

Itamar's motor skills now include climbing up and down stairs, getting down correctly from the sofa and our bed, climbing up slides in the playground and cruising along the furniture. He goes very fast around the house while holding onto things, and also likes to push objects around and use them as a 'walker'. He is very careful when bending down to reach for things and pick them up. Especially if it is a tiny stone, leaf or cigarette butt that he feels like putting in his mouth.

In the food department we haven't made much progress this month. Itamar had a stomach virus so he was eating a lot of blender foods, rather than advancing with finger foods. He is still learning to chew, rather than swallow things whole, so there were many incidents in which we saw his food twice - both before and after he ate it...

This month we also went to visit Ayelet's Kibbutz family in Ashdot Ya'akov Meuchad. The Kibbutz is situated just South of the Sea of Galilee, on the border with Jordan. We were lucky to witness the birth of a new calf, and she was named Itamara! Hopefully she will still be around and producing milk when Itamar is old enough to come over and chat with her. We had a lot of fun with Itamar's new friends Shiri and Ron.


The dominant sound this month in Itamar's vocabulary is "meh meh meh", which sounds extremely cute but the meaning of which is not exactly clear yet. Hungry? Mummy? Dummy (pacifier)?

For a tour of Itamar's 11th month click here.

And here are the photos from the Kibbutz.

A visitor from Down Under

Undoubtedly, the highlight of this month was Savta Sariti's visit from Melbourne. Itamar had not seen his grandma since he was 2 months old, so they had quite a bit of cathing up to do.

Since Itamar is a lot more active now that he is crawling around, we went a few times to a 'gymboree'. This is an activity centre with lots of soft objects to climb and play with.

And again, this month Itamar spent quite a few days being sick with a stomach virus. Here is what the miserable version of Itamar looks like:

Also, Itamar can now easily hold a bottle and drink all by himself. He is also able to insert a dummy (pacifier) correctly into his mouth, rather than be lazy and hold his mouth open ready for it to be popped in for him. This trick comes in very handy in the middle of the night :-)

Language: Lots of indistinguishable babbling. Hear for yourself in the videos. He seems to understand what he's saying, even if we don't...

Photos from Itamar's 10th month

Catch me if you can

In the beginning of August Itamar started crawling around and standing up a lot while holding on to things. It's nice to see the progression of his abilities. First he stands up and falls when he wants to get down. Then he learned to bend sideways to reach for objects, and play with them while holding on to the furniture with one hand. Then he learned to get down nicely without falling over. Towads the end of the month he was already comfortable standing up and holding on with only one hand, with lots more control over his movements.
Also, this month Itamar was sick quite a few times. One of the lovely 'benefits' of Day Care, and unavoidable if Ayelet is going to keep her new job.
Some highlights from this month are going to the pool with our friends Ariel, Lena and Tomer, and also going to the beach for the first time. Itamar seemed to enjoy the sandy beach more than the salty waters of the Mediterranean. We have to work on that...

Finally, Itamar's 3/4 birthday was celebrated at the end of his 9th month with a very geometrically appropriate (and tasty) cake.
Language: Lots of babbling, with the most dominant sounds being the bisyllabic "da-dn" and "ba-bm". Very cute.

Photos from Itamar's 9th month.

Astronomical leaps and bounds

Itamar's 8th month was our first month in Israel. During these past 4 weeks he has changed so much, that it feels like we have a completely different baby! Itamar met most of his family already (from both mum and dad's side) and has settled in to his neighbourhood in Ramat Aviv - near the Tel-Aviv Uni campus. Apparently, there has been a wave of births on our street, so the local park is always full of mums with babies. Itamar has yet to explore the wonders of the holy land... we will leave that to the next month and beyond. Here are some videos of where we live.


Developmentally, Itamar is a very different man now - as can be seen from the photos and videos. Until the 21st of the month, he still did not readily roll over from his back to his tummy. But by the 25th, he started sitting up by himself, and loving it! By the end of the month he was already standing up in his bed - and smiling very proudly every time.

As soon as we arrived here we were told that you should never sit a baby up until he can do so alone. They are supposed to crawl first and only then sit up by themselves. This was quite a surprise, since in the US nobody told us anything about such things. We were letting Itamar sit since he was 5 months old, rather than letting him spend time on his tummy. Apparently it can lead to bad posture and delayed walking. So in Israel we discovered that everyone has something to teach you, and they are always willing to do so (even if you don't want to listen :-) But this has many advantages too.

Itamar finally met Ziv and Tamar - their mums went to high school with Ayelet in Melbourne.

Itamar started going to a new day care here, and also had a virus with a fever. He was very lively and happy - even with a slight fever of 38.3C. However, the illness made him regress to being quite spoiled. He wants to be held a lot lately and is a lot harder to put to sleep. We are hoping that this is just a phase and that he will go back to being his regular calm self. And finally, at the end of this month, he sprouted another tooth. That may explain the mood swings - who knows.

Itamar is now officially a toddler.

Weight at 7.5 months: 9.1kg
Language acquisition (in this order): ba/be, nga, da/de, ma/me, fe/ve.

All the photos are here.

Tel-Aviv here we come - תל-אביב באתי להזיע

The eagle has landed.

Welcome to Israel!

No smiling visitor will be turned away: 054-5384923.

More photos here.

Goodbye Princeton

The time has come to say farewell to our dear friends in Princeton.

We said goodbye to Johanna,

Goodbye to Alessandro,

and even goodbye to the nice UPS man, who always brings us prezzies from 'the Amazon'.

Itamar is officially ready to hit the sunny beaches of Tel-Aviv.

"I'm leaving on a jet plane, don't know if i'll be back again..."

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Babies everywhere

Nice day for a stroll into town. Princeton was full of people with strollers and there were babies everywhere! We met some friends at Palmer square and had yummy ice cream from the Bent Spoon (that shall be sorely missed when we leave...)
The burning question at the time was: Who won the soccer??

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Itamar and the city

We finally managed to take a drive up to New York, which was really fun. Now that Itamar has been to the big city, he is much better prepared for the night life of Tel-Aviv.

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June - Itamar's 7th month

This month Itamar was especially cute, so there is a ridiculous amount of photos. Mind you, there is a very good chance that next month he will be cute as well, so you may as well make time for some serious procrastinating (i.e. photo browsing).


Itamar started using a high chair.





Here are some photos from day care. Itamar has been going there for 4 hours a day since he was 4.5 months old. He loves it there!




The weather was really hot for a few days, so we jumped in the pool with Johanna.
Itamar also started having big kids' baths, now that he can sit up straight.















We visited Mum's lab and Dad's office.







Itamar started drinking beer and singing pub songs at the top of his lungs before bedtime.

And we finally got two very sharp teeth!

There rest of the photos are here.

May - Itamar's 6th month

This month was busy busy busy. We had 2 Aviads come to visit us in Princeton (one from Ayelet's side and one from Boaz's side).

On Mother's Day we had a BBQ by the canal, with our friends Itamar hagadol and Eshel Special (and their mum and dad and Yanir too).

All of the photos from the first half of May can be seen here.

There were also Itamar's first and second visits to Rutgers. The first visit was to see mum's lab. He didn't get to do any experiments, but Itamar played with a test tube, so that was very exciting and tasty for him. Itamar also heard Chinese for the first time and seemed to love it! You can see more photos and videos with Chiann-Chyi and Yacov in the album.

The second visit to Rutgers was for mum's graduation (or 'commencement') ceremony. 'Twas very medieval and Ayelet even got to dress like a wizard for the occasion. The rest of the photos are here.

On Memorial Day weekend we had a BBQ with millions of other babies at Alessandro's place. For the photos click here.

This month Itamar started sitting all by himself and can stand with support. He responds to his name, he can roll over to his backfrom his tummy (if he's not too lazy) and he has started vocalising and babbling a lot!

The next month will be our last in Princeton... getting ready for the big move to Tel-Aviv City.

Itamar's 5th month

This month Itamar started "eating" some carrots, but some may hesitate to actually call this eating. At this stage it's more like "wearing" carrots.

Itamar also went to the Princeton university farmer's market, he hung out with his little friends - Johanna, Alessandro and Jarek, and also with his new big friends - Chiann-Chyi, Yacov, and Nomi.

As you can see in this video - Savta Nomi is a real pro at making babies laugh!

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Spring is here

These past couple of weeks have been nice and sunny. We went for a walk at the IAS with Anna, Daniel and Johanna. Itamar also began going to a weekly baby music class, where he mingles with some other lads his own age and rocks his socks off.

Here are some recent photos.

Giggles

This video here is a favourite among the fans... enjoy!

So Itamar is now 4 months old and gaining like a champ. His numerical values are as follows:

Weight: 15 lbs / 6.8 kg (50th percentile)
Length: 26" / 66 cm (85th percentile)

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אצל הדודה והדוד

Finally the moment has arrived... Itamar's uncle and auntie have come to see our new creation. As you can see from the photos, they were not disappointed!

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Click here for beautiful photos from Shay's camera.

Itamar is 3.5 months old

Here are the kangaroo boys (Alessandro and Itamar) peeping out from their pouches. Finally the mums (Anna and Ayelet) got some yummy sushi at Kanokos. **Guy, are you jealous?


Itamar also met his 'mathematical grandfather' Vitali Milman,







and he already enjoys spending his days relaxing and doing nothing.

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Itamar is 3 months old

Itamar is now 3 months old, and still growing (amazing isn't it?). This week we enjoyed the snowy weather when it was possible, i.e. above zero degrees Celcius, and went for a couple of walks around the campus. Itamar also had his first Shabbat dinner at the CJL, which was a special Muslim-Jewish Shabbat dinner. For more photos click here.

Snow!

New friends

Itamar's 12th week was very exciting and multi-cultural.

He met his new German friend Johanna (2 weeks old), and he also "played" with his Italian friend Alessandro Farneti (8 weeks).

For more photos click here.

Itamar's 11th week

This week Itamar spent a lot of his spare time on his tummy. He even got one of those innovative "gyms" that lets him see the world from atop a ladybug-adorned plastic thingy (see photo on left).


He also visited the Cotsen Children's Library on campus, and explored his feminine side at the Women's centre (well, he was more interested in getting fed than in all of the activism books around him).



For the complete photo album, click here.

Itamar's first movie

On Saturday Itamar went with his mum and dad to catch a movie at the local cinema (at noon, of course, so not too risky). The movie was Persepolis. Itamar slept like a baby.

Itamar's 10th week

Here is Itamar's dad demonstrating what is known as the "football hold".

(A different kind of "football hold" can be viewed here).





Other than footy, Itamar's Aussie skills have recently expanded. Not satisfied with being a eutherian mammal, Itamar is experimenting with the notion of becoming a marsupial. He has recently become very fond of falling asleep in his mum's pouch (see photo on left).


Other photos from Itamar's 10th week can be viewed in this album.

Guy's visit to Princeton

Some more beautiful photos from Guy's amazing camera can be seen here.

Itamar 9 weeks

Photos from Itamar's 9th week.
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8 weeks

Photos from Itamar's 8th week.

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The new bouncer

One day, a box came in the mail from Amazon and in it was Itamar's new bouncer! He seems very happy with his present.

You can see proof of this in this album.

London bridge is falling down?

Spot the difference...

Itamar at 6 days

Itamar at 6 weeks

And of course, some more cute photos of Itamar can be seen in this album.

A walk to the canal

Today Mum was wearing Itamar on their walk to the Princeton lake behind our apartment block. More photos can be seen in this album.

6 week visit

Itamar went with his mum to visit Carolyn Neimann, the midwife who delivered him. He has changed quite a bit since the last time they met...

Cute faces

A million more photos and 2 videos of Itamar making cute faces can be seen in this album.

New Year's Day 2008

Went for a long walk through the university campus to Nassau Street with Mum and Savta Sarit. Here are more photos.

Tummy Time

Here are some photos of Itamar playing on his tummy, and also saying goodbye to Saba Avi and Doda Shaniti.

Christmas time in Princeton

Itamar went for a walk along Nassau Street with Mum and Dad.

Also, Ben and Lissy came to visit, and introduced Itamar to "Uncle Albert".

More photos/videos are in this album.

More friends, salsa dancing and mum's birthday

This week Itamar met some more friends, and also had his first professional salsa class! He also celebrated his mum's birthday with her and wrote her a very nice card. Here are some photos.

איתמר מביט לאופק

התמונה היפה ביותר שאבא של איתמר צילם אי פעם
עוד תמונות

First trip outdoors

Today Itamar went for a walk with mum and dad in Princeton University. More photos can be seen in this album.

Hanging out with my family

Itamar is very lucky to have his family with him in his first week. Click here to see more photos.

Itamar's Brit Mila

Here are photos from Itamar's Brit Mila, a very exciting day in his short life!

Some nice videos too, but don't worry, you won't see anything private...

Hanukka with Itamar

Here are some photos and videos from Itamar's first Hanukka.
His grandparents came to visit from Israel & Australia!

Hello World

Itamar was born on the 30th of November with the first snow of 2007, in Princeton, New Jersey.
Here are some photos of his first moments.