Rosh Hashana . . . Noah Style!

Tonight is the first night of the Jewish High Holiday Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year). We do not currently belong to a Synagogue but we have taken Noah to Tot Shabbat a few times at the synagogue that I grew up at it. It was 30 minutes, intimate, and a lot of other toddlers there so Noah did fine. He could crawl around, make noise, and he blends right in.

Synagogue membership is outrageously expensive ($1000-$1,700) and tickets to High Holy Day Services are just as bad. For non-members you can expect to spend $300-500 for a family. We can't afford to go, but because I work for a Jewish agency and because I have an awesome boss we were able to get tickets at the Synagogue I grew up at, which right now is the largest in Phoenix. . . back when I was growing up it was one of the smallest.

ANYWAY. . .I gave Noah a bath, dressed him in his new overalls and off we went to the family service. Dan and I figured we could bribe good behavior out of him with graham crackers, juice, his pacifier, and some melon. In theory, this was a good plan. There were tons of kids but Noah was the youngest. And while he seemed interested in the music, he had ZERO desire to sit on anyone's lap or a chair. All he wanted to do was walk to the front of the sanctuary and that was not going to happen. Even at a family service the Rabbi would have been pissed. We lasted 20 minutes. Let's just say this was not an appropriate venue for Noah to entertain the masses with with his babbling. We were planning on taking him to the morning service tomorrow but there is no way that it happening now.

Noah had his one year check-up this past Friday. He weighed in at 23 lbs., 12 oz. and he is 31.5 inches tall. This puts him in the 50-75th percentile for weight and the 75th percentile for height. Not bad at all. As the doctor tried to examine him Noah toddled around the exam room in nothing but his tighty-whitey Huggie's. He also got his flu shot and his Chicken Pox vaccine and when he opened his mouth to scream I saw that his two front teeth had broken through. The bottom teeth took SO LONG to come in that I was not expecting his these for another few months.

Noah took his first steps a few weeks ago, which was nice be cause Dan's mom was here to see it. For the last week or so he has been practicing but we had a breakthrough this weekend. Friday night we went to Desert Ridge and we let Noah push his stroller. It must have given him confidence because he is now walking all over the place.

Enjoy the new pictures!