About ten days after they were born, Ella and Sam had their debut at their bris and baby naming. Oma and Opa (Marcel's parents) and Nana and Zayde (Jaime's parents) as well as Uncles Mike, George and Allen and Aunt Lauren were all there to help welcome them, along with about 250 members of their new community.
As most of you know, a bris (brit milah) is a circumcision ceremony for boys. This can be a very scary experience for the parents but luckily we had a great mohel (pronounced moy'l) who dosed Sam up with some heavy penis numbing drugs so that he didn't feel a thing. Ella had her own covenant ceremony too, a welcoming ceremony with water. Aunt Lauren, Uncle George and Uncle Mike all washed little Ella's hands and feet just like our ancestors Abraham and Sarah did to welcome their special guests.
After the ceremony (which was beautifully conducted by rabbis Kahn and Keller) we ate some seriously yummy grub. Besides for the bagels, tuna and egg salad, fruit salad and other yummy brunch stuff, we were also treated to two special brews made by Daddy -- Ella's IPA and Sam's Milk Stout -- and several gallons of freshly squeezed orange juice, grapefruit juice and lemonade from our garden. There were also some seriously delicious deserts. So all in all the day was fabulous.
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