Category Archive for 'Musings'

At 5:23 PM MT on Thursday, June 4, Marni birthed the newest addition to our family, Elijah Hudson.  He is 6lbs 13oz, 21″ long, and delicious!  Marni was simply amazing: 8 hours of labor, 45 minutes of pushing and no drugs at all.
Elijah is named after his great-grandfather, Josh’s paternal grandfather, Harold Zapin:

Elijah.  A prophet [...]

So, it finally happened: We gave birth to a beautiful baby boy on August 10th 2006,

His name is Avery Brooklyn Zapin.

Vitals:

August 10, 2006 @ 11:24 AM
21" long, 7.0 lbs
Brown hair and lots of it.
Named after his great grandfather Abraham (Marni's grandfather who was also my Rabbi (Kass) religious teacher)
Middle name is because Dad was raised [...]

Baby Registry

Time is ticking…

As I write this, we are but a few weeks away from the due date (August 6th).  Yikes

We are almost ready to enter that quintessiential American tradition of the Birth process: Buying loads of crap

Marni and I have been really fortunate: we have tons of great friends who have been giving us LOADS [...]

Now that I've spent nearly 32 weeks watching Marni's belly grow to an amazing size, it's hard not to imagine something being in there.    I mean what else could be the size of a basketball in your wife's stomach?

 

Now that we're in the final throes of pregnancy, the next big question for Marni and me: What [...]

Try this out: Get a big bowl and cram it with ice cubes.  Stick your hands all the way to the bottom of the bowl and hold it there for a minute.

OUCH! That, in a nutshell is what a contraction feels like. OUCH!

That's what Marni and I had to do it in our birthing class [...]

Our new website

Am I married to a genius or what? He has created this new website for us to share our photos and stories with our friend’s and family. Soon you will be able to write comments back and tell us how much you love it! Enjoy!

Am I married to a genius or what? He has created this new website for us to share our photos and stories with our friend’s and family. Soon you will be able to write comments back and tell us how much you love it! Enjoy!

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