Baby Eli

Baby Eli Emmanuel Solomon was born December 6th, 2009, at 2:30pm, somewhere in Cebu, Philippines. He was 7 pounds, 14 ounces.

I am now officially "Uncle Mark." Or, since the baby was born in the Philippines, does that make me "Tito Mark?"

Sorry, no pictures to be had just yet, as my brother is in China and the child is in another country.

Today my family grew. A generation has been added to our family tree (or as someone once put it, since Filipinos have such large families already, our family forest). I became an uncle, my parents became grandparents, and my grandmother suddenly became great.

"dude, other than you solomons, have you heard of other flipino jews?"
-JRT