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One friend has asked me if I was concerned that posting all of the intimate details of the Little Man’s life would someday come back to haunt him. I think we’ve been in the clear, until now…

At his last music class, Avi had an explosive poop, the kind that makes a diaper look like tissue paper and really gets all over your back and legs, totally soiling your clothes. Worse than the poop itself, though, Mom and Avi were caught without a spare set of clothes. Luckily, our good friend Tula was in the music class, too, with mom Eve–and they had an extra set of clothes for Avi!

It was a VERY nice offer from Tula and Eve but there was one GIANT problem… Tula is a girl (!) Avi faced a difficult dilemma–sit through music class with poop all over his pants, or wear girl clothes. It was a tough choice. In the end, though, Avi felt confident in his masculinity and decided to wear Tula’s clean girl clothes. He thanked her, and squeezed into the girl-sized clothes with masculine confidence, flexing and spitting on the ground to prove his toughness after zipping them up.

So now here’s Avi’s most embarrassing photo, EVER:

Avi Cross-Dressing

Avi’s Two Month Birthday on March 31 was a wild one: first a music class (more on that tomorrow), then a visit with our friend Tula, and finally he boarded a plane for a trip for Las Vegas. What a wild day! Luckily, between all of these events, we managed to squeeze in a photoshoot which we added to the same photo set as his One Month photoshoot, now updated in the photo gallery!

Avi Turns Two Months Old

Kim Chai, our old pal from BMA who has since moved down to LA to start a charter school there, sauntered back to SF for a visit and came by to meet Avi. Now, rumors have been circulating that Kim has been trying to seduce people to move south by singing the praises of LA, so we didn’t let Kim hang out with Avi for very long–we like him in San Francsico and he’s too young to move. After Kim left (just to make sure), we explained to Avi that SF was just as hip as LA and here he’d have an easier time avoiding the paparazzi (who are even more aggressive with the camera than his parents are). Then we took a few more pictures of him.

Meredith, Kim, and the Big Man

Instead of the traditional rushed 1-on-1 doctor visits while we were pregnant, we joined a “Centering Group” —a group of 12 pregnant families all due around the same time who met regularly at the hostpital with a Nurse and a Midwife. We started each session with individual medical exams and then spent the remainder of the two hour sessions discussing a pregnancy topic (more general information on Centering groups here). It was a great way to ask questions, share concerns, and get support in a relaxed, open environment of people in your situation with hours, instead of minutes, of medical expert time (according to Holly… Joel generally felt that the entire setup was “inefficient”). Anyway, after everyone gave birth, we had a “birthday party,” which produced a couple of cute pictures…

Last time we all hung out, we were inside Mommy's belly!

Proud New Families

Dad had a business trip in Las Vegas this past week so Avi asked mom if they could go do Vegas, too. After all, he’d never been and had heard so much about Sin City. Mom and Dad talked it over and decided that if they kept a close watch on the Little Man, it might be a fun idea. Indeed, although dad was working the entire time (usually arriving back to the room after mom and Avi were asleep and leaving in the morning before they were done sleeping off a wild night), mom and Avi had so much fun, that we have both a new photo slideshow and a video to share–both now posted in the photo gallery! We also have lots of crazy wild stories, but on the plane ride home, we all agreed that What Happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas. Instead, you get some tame pictures of Avi playing it cool while catching some rays…

Avi Rocking the Pool in Vegas, catching some rays before another wild night

Rachael, Misty, and Brandi all visited for a great weekend last weekend, and we’re finally getting around to posting some pictures. Brandi came in from LA while Rachael and Misty hopped on down from Seattle, along with Rachael’s husband, Chris. We’ve added some photos to the Avi and Friends photo album, though here are a few from the weekend as a teaser…

Three Amigos

Avi at the BBQ