Rosh Hashana

It was great! I think Gedalya summed it up very nicely. We let the kids stay up the second night and partake in the simanim. Gedalya was standing on his chair, waiting for Kiddush when he started waving his arms around and exclaimed, "Dos, dos iz unzer gantze velt!" (This, this is our whole world!) Awww.

I was a little apprehensive bringing Adel to shul because of the questions we might face. "What is she up to?" "Does she crawl all over the place?" "Is she attempting to walk?"
I rarely go to shul since I can't bring Adel there on Shabbos, so I haven't seen these people in a while! But B"H the timing wasn't very conducive to conversation. I only spoke to one person in shul and she didn't ask me about Adel.

On Pesach someone did ask me what's up with Adel's ears.
She said her mother in law had some babies with ears that stick out. They were called "Elephant Ears" in school. This lady said that whenever she had a baby, her mother in law would check the ears first and say B"H they are normal.

Yes, that's what she said to me.
No, I don't know why.
Yes, it's a perfectly normal person. A very nice lady.
No, I wasn't insulted. I was just kinda amused that she thought it was an appropriate thing to say.

Ironically enough, she has a new baby. And his ears stick out.

But this time there were no such conversations. I did talk about Adel with our landlady's daughter in law who was there for Rosh Hashana. I'm kinda friendly with her. She's the one who brought up a meal for me when Adel was born, and lots and lots of juice when I was losing my blood pressure.
It was pleasant to talk to her. Turns out her son also had some sort of scare and had to go for genetic testing, but everything turned out well.

Alright... gotta go get ready for another big day for Adel tomorrow.