New Pics (Finally)

We had some technical difficulties so we apologize for the lack of pics. But see below - a few shots spanning from Passover to Benjamin's actual birthday, then Mothers Day, and finally, his birthday party. Enjoy!

Spring 2011

Birthday fun!

So we've been totally lax in posting pictures -- partly our own fault, and partly due to some technological glitches that appear to be all worked out. Pics will be coming shortly, but we wanted to post a short video of Benjamin's 2nd birthday!

Happy 2nd Birthday Benjamin! from bnzvideo on Vimeo.

Another set of videos from cousin Ez...

Two BZ/EZ videos for your viewing enjoyment!

Happy B-day cuz! from Alan Zibel on Vimeo.

Slide Already! from Alan Zibel on Vimeo.

A Weekend of Firsts

Benjamin had quite a weekend to celebrate his first year of life!

On Friday (his actual birthday) we celebrated, just the three of us, by going to the park after school and then having dinner at the brand new Ted's Bulletin restaurant.

Saturday morning Benjamin had his first cup of real milk without any complaint (fingers crossed that drinking milk sans bottle continues to be easy).

Later on Saturday, we had a BBQ with some of Benjamin's little friends, but mostly with our grown up friends that we hadn't seen in awhile. A good time was had by all - including two other firsts: Benjamin's first hot dog (Hebrew National All Beef) and his first piece of cake (with the slight exception of a bite from Ezra's birthday cake last week).

Pictures from the weekend are below with a few more likely to come after our Mothers Day spent at Nats Park. We're also hoping to post a video of Benj with his cake.

B's First Birthday (& Weekend Festivities)

Six Months!

Last weekend, Benjamin celebrated his 6 month birthday. Today we went to the doc for his checkup - he got a great report and continues to be in the 75th percentile for height (27 1/4 inches), weight (19 lbs. 3 oz.), and head circumference (45 cm). He also got a ton of shots (and is now sleeping them - and the tylenol - off!).

Below are two albums - the first from last weekend when Ellen and Allan (Dan's Aunt/Uncle) visited us and the second is a mish mash of pics from the last couple weeks. It includes our trip to Ann Arbor (B's first plane ride!) and some random shots.

Enjoy!

Ellen and Allan Visit

Ellen and Allan Visit

Other Pics

Misc. Benj - Oct/Early Nov

It Really was THE time!

It was a little surprising when Chrissie's water broke last Thursday at 2 am and 12 hours later we had a son!

We're not sure there are any loyal readers out there who haven't heard the news, but just in case, Benjamin Noah Zibel entered the world last Thursday, May 7, at 2:07 pm. He weighed in at 7 lbs. 1 oz and was 20 inches long.

We have been home since Saturday and are doing well. Here are some pics from Benjamin's first few days with us.

Introducing...

It's a....

Below are family-friendly pictures, but we are happy to report that we did indeed see some external genitalia Monday morning so... It's a boy!

Dan is proud to say he saw "it" before the sonographer confirmed its presence. Chrissie is proud to say that all the "old wives' tales" that imply boy, like being all baby in the front and craving mad protein, held (Dan keeps telling her those are stupid).

The pics below are from the ultrasound, probably our last glimpse until the big day.

The face - still looking a little alien like - is below. (We have some concerns about the size of his nose...)



Here's one of him waving.



These two are "full body" if you will - the greyish dot is the heart, which was beating at a healthy clip.

Pardon the interruption

Sorry for the long delay between our postings... it's been a crazy few weeks. Where to begin?

While its no longer breaking news generally, there's exciting news in the blogosphere. Our kitchen is renovated, we've cooked up a storm, but now... there's a very different sort of bun in the oven. That's right! On or about May 24, 2009 -- our blog will be getting a new staff writer. The writing skills may take some time to develop -- but we're convinced that we're making a good new addition to the blog. Photos are below.


Above, you can see the baby waving! The other photos show other angles of the little tyke.

As for other developments from the past few weeks -- stay tuned! There's more to come. But no more babies!

Beach Weekend Part II

This past weekend (and Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday), we were in New York for Carol's (Chrissie's mom) 60th birthday. We had fabulous weather for all but one day out in Southold, which as you can see from the map is on the north fork of Long Island (the tab on the map is where we stayed).


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To celebrate the big 60, we had an excellent meal at the North Fork Table and Inn. The food was out of this world, as was the dessert. Below are the pictures we took before and at dinner.







We also toured some Long Island wineries (which are not as bad as you may think) and did a nice little kayak in the marshes of Orient Beach State Park. Sorry to report we did not take any pictures in the kayak (we were in a double so it would have been hard).

That's all we got for now. Dan is off to lovely Fayetteville, NC for work next week, but I doubt he'll take any pictures!

Beach Weekend Part I

The first weekend in August we did a beach weekend in Dewey with the Zibel/Kolb clan. Check out the pics (mostly of our nephew Ezra)!

Coming soon: Pics from our most recent beach weekend in NY for Carol's (Chrissie's mom) 60th birthday.