Go to 2005: Mickey, Macca, 'Mo
Go back to 2003: "...But I'm
happy!"
February 2004: San Juan, Puerto Rico. Karen is clearly in the
family way.
February: Eli, Mia and Alec share potty jokes at the Crayola Factory in
Easton PA.
Sophia!
Sophia Dafna was born on Monday, March 29, 2003 at 8:25 am. For those of you who knew that Eli wanted to name his little
sister Bobo, please be informed that Karen and David outvoted him.
She weighed 8 lbs. 4 oz. (3.75 kg) and was 20.5 inches (53 cm). Here are some of her first photos...
Meeting Mommy and Daddy:
Sophie meets her grandmothers (Judy and Rita):
While Karen and Sophie rest, Sam and Mike congratulate each other for a
job well done:
Mug shots. And what a mug!
Eli met Sophie in her first evening "on the outside":
She gave him a gift when she came out. Eli couldn't figure out how
the truck got into mommy's belly.
Sophie's Hebrew name is Tzufit Dafna, after her great-grandmother DORIT Katzovicz (z"l) and her great-grandfather SHIMON Fiks (z"l).
Passover 2004: Karen, Sophia, David, Judy, Eli, Mapela (our au pair
for about 30 seconds) and Doris (our beloved baby nurse) put together a modest Seder that
year.
May 2004: David with his mentor, Shervert Frazier, at the annual meeting
of the American Psychiatric Association.
Eli and Alex burn rubber.
May 2005: Eli and Megan Orlanski share a cotton candy and a tender
moment at Princeton's Communiversity.
June 2004: The Nathan's hosted Astronaut Dr. Story Musgrave as the guest
of honor for the Medical Center's annual June Fete. Story loves machines, "the
bigger the better."
Eli's best memory was waking up with a real live astronaut in his house.
Sophie was a bit young to appreciate the special visit.
Story flirts with Karen at the Fete dinner. He was raunchy, but
she could give as good as she got!
Story and adoring fans.
David, a wide-eyed child of the moon landings, thinks he's died and gone
to heaven..
September 2004: Eli's fourth birthday at My Gym.
At the end of the party, Mommy and Daddy surprised Eli with a visit from
Joe, the ice cream man.
It just doesn't get better than this!
October 14: A Soyuz rocket carries the ISS 10 crew to the International
Space Station...
On board was a photograph signed by all of the Nathans...
It was cancelled on board (David's face got smeared), photographed in
zero gravity and returned to Earth with the crew in April 2005. We all spent half a
year in space!
Saba holds two bundles of joy.
Alex, Eli, Sophia and Karen for Halloween 2004.
November 2004: Eli and Sophia get together for some free-form
improvisational jazz.
That's boss, man.
Savta feeds Sophia for the first time.
Jamaica, December 2004: Karen didn't inhale, but apparently David did.
Go to 2005: Mickey, Macca, 'Mo
Go back to 2003: "...But I'm
happy!"